News

Tomorrow, Saturday, October 22, Stafford County Public Schools will hold a multicultural day.

It’s the first time the school division has scheduled this type of event. Residents are invited to participate from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at Colonial Forge High School, 550 Courthouse Road.


Fairfax

If you’ve got business at or near the Fairfax County Government Center, charges are coming to a popular exit ramp from Interstate 66.

Crews working to build E-ZPass Express Lanes are preparing to close the ramps at Monument Drive and Stringfellow Road. As early as Monday, October 24, the ramps to I-66 East from Monument Drive and Stringfellow Road will close.


Event

Join me during this National Craft Open Studios weekend, a celebration of Amrican craft organized by the American Craft Council (ACC). Come visit my studio July 18-19th, 11am-5pm at 10449 Metropolitan Ave, Kensington, MD. Please drop in, see how my work is created, tour my studio and try your hand at hammering some metal.


Neighborhood Notes

Prince William School Board passes collective bargaining rights as rancor continues between board and education association — The Prince William County School Board adopted a collective bargaining resolution Wednesday night, formally enshrining the right to collective bargaining on compensation and working conditions for thousands of county school employees in a 7-1 vote. [Insidenova.com]

Funeral costs for Dale City homicide victims to be paid by donations — Three GoFundMe fundraising campaigns are live to help pay for the funeral expenses for victims of the quadruple homicides in Woodbridge. [Patch]


Business

Finally, Prince William County will get a Whole Foods Market after years of pining.

The Prince William Board of County Supervisors unanimously agreed to rezone 145 acres of land that  SKW VA, Inc. and Southern Knolls, LLC will develop into the Quartz District. Whole Foods Market will anchor the mixed-use development, including more than 1,000 homes and nearly 375,000 square feet of office space.


News

Authorities said a Washington, D.C. woman walked into a Sheetz off Courthouse Road in Stafford County, sprayed an employee with aerosol, and then made off with stolen goods.

At 4:52 p.m. Wednesday, October 19, Stafford sheriff’s deputies were called to the gas station at 15 Wyche Road. A store employee who received the spray of aerosol feminine deodorant to the face tried to stop the woman, police said.


News

Updated October 21, 2022 — The Prince William County Police Department says Justin Allen Tothill, 34, is safe.

The department reported Tothill went missing near his home on Old Dominion Hunt Drive near Manassas on Wednesday, October 19, at 4:30 p.m. He is believed to be missing under voluntary circumstances and may need assistance which qualified him as being endangered, police said.