Weapons scanners have officially been approved for many Prince William County schools. This mitigates the obvious threat of a student bringing a gun, knife or explosives into a classroom.
Go to almost any parking lot in Prince William County and invariably you will see discarded gloves and masks, littered reminders of the pandemic we all lived through.
There is no better way to spend a day in Prince William County than a road trip with good company checking out our county’s 300-year history.
When pollsters and politicos rank the likely candidates for the GOP nomination for president, it’s a long list. They range from former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to former U.N. Secretary Nikki Haley.
Sometimes I’m wrong.
Education can be freedom – if it’s on your own terms.
One of my favorite places to wander around is Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center in Woodbridge. A new shop there caught my attention – A veteran business pop-up shop.
The Prince William Board of County Supervisors has sought voter approval on two bond referendums that I can remember (2006 and 2019). The county conducts regular satisfaction surveys to gather residents’ opinions on various topics. Departments within the county government use online polls to…
It’s one of the most duplicitous arrangements in Virginia politics and one open government activists have been fighting for decades – without success.
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A police car screamed past me, followed by a second cruiser, red and blue lights flashing and siren wailing. Immediately, I thought, “There’s been another shooting.”
Editor's note: A clarification has been added at the bottom of this column about the availability of materials at the Ruth E. Lloyd Information Center (RELIC).
Actually, Virginia has several data center problems.
There have been bazaars and markets as long as there have been people. No matter the time or the place – ancient Babylonia, 14th-century Tenochtitlan, Paris during the French Revolution, or any number of malls across the United States – if you want to know a people, go to where they shop.
Ten years ago this week, the first edition of Prince William County’s newest newspaper rolled off the presses.
I’m an Eagle Scout. Every now and then, I am invited to a Scouts’ Court of Honor for new Eagles. My friend Ehsan Islam invited me to attend a Troop 5404 Court of Honor recently to watch his son, Safa, become an Eagle.
I have been a member of and occasional donor to the ARTfactory in Old Town Manassas for a long time. I enjoy looking at the creative products of others in every form.
For new arrivals, coming to America is like winning a golden ticket.
I remember the first year it aired. At the time, I didn’t know it was the show’s premiere, or that it was the start of a national holiday tradition. I was a little boy, and I just knew that I wanted to see it.
I like the senior breakfast menu at IHOP – their “Rise and Shine” is my favorite. I stopped there for breakfast one Saturday not long ago. As I waited for my order, I reflected on my last column, about Manassas Mayor Michelle Davis-Younger.
