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Superintendent Dr. Latanya McDade announced a new snow day policy, introducing a Code Orange classification to the color-coded system the division uses to indicate the severity of weather-related closures. When McDade issues a Code Orange alert, school buildings will be closed for the day due to hazardous outdoor conditions that would hamper children's safe travel to and from school.
Instead of going to school, the division will require students to log on to a laptop from home to complete independent coursework, called asynchronous learning. At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, all students attended classes online after Gov. Ralph Northam shuttered public school buildings.
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Shoppers who fill their orders at grocery stores in Fredericksburg must soon pay for plastic bags.
Today, the city announced it will begin taxing retailers five cents for every disposable plastic bag used starting January 1, 2022. The new tax should reduce the number of disposable plastic bags in the city, leaders said.
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The cost of a pack of smokes could rise in Stafford County.
The county Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on implementing a new tax on the sale of cigarettes. During the same hearing, the Board will also consider joining the newly-created Northern Virginia Cigarette Tax Board.
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During a regular county School Board meeting at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 1, parents urged elected leaders and school division chief Dr. Latanya McDade to rescind a mask mandate that's been in n place since August, the beginning of the current school year.
Making masks optional for students was the standard message parents aimed to get across. "Let those who want to wear them, and there should always be a choice," said Kimberly Stewart.
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Santa to arrive in Occoquan by boat -- On Saturday, December 4 at 10:30 a.m. on the Town Dock adjacent to Mamie Davis Park, Santa will arrive by boat. [Occoquan Mayor Earnie Porta]
Terracon expands in Woodbridge -- On November 10, Prince William County Department of Economic Development (PWCDED) hosted a ribbon-cutting event at Terracon's new DC South office located at 14001 Crown Court, Suite 109 in Woodbridge. [Prince William County Government]
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Christmas will come to Manassas this weekend.
The cornerstone event is the city's 75th Annual Greater Manassas Christmas Parade, at 10 a.m. Saturday, December 4. The theme for the parade is "Down Santa Claus Lane."
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The victim tapped an app, and now a suspect is in jail.
Police arrested one man in connection to a robbery in the 7200 block of Market Court near Manassas at 1:35 p.m. Thursday, November 25. The victim used a social media app to purchase a pair of shoes and arranged to meet someone to pick up the sneakers, police said.
While there, the suspect tried to walk away with the shoes, and a fight broke out between the suspect and the victim, police said. Then, a friend of the suspect pulled a gun, police said.
