After issuing a request for proposals, Prince William County Community Services has selected Connections Health Solutions (Connections) as the Crisis Now Vendor to operate the county’s new Prince William Crisis Receiving Center (CRC). While Community Services reviewed other qualified responses to the RFP, Connections, a nationally recognized leader in behavioral health crisis care, was selected […]
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Yaba Baker, Founder and President of Just Like Me World, has launched a new animation studio producing half-hour cartoons and animated movies featuring Black characters as superheroes, princesses, and action heroes based on their popular books Super CJ and Princess Briana. How many decades have Black parents complained that there aren’t enough cartoons or animated movies […]
This Saturday, the Fauquier NAACP, along with the Warrenton community, will celebrate their 125th consecutive Black Lives Matter vigil at the Historic Warrenton Courthouse. Several months ago, the PW Perspective covered their 100th vigil, which started as a response to the Freedom Summer movement of 2020 to protest police brutality and systemic racism. As it […]
With the rising rates in gun violence incidents in Prince William County, Woodbridge District Supervisor Margaret Franklin released the following statement earlier today: “Gun violence continues to shatter lives and communities across our nation including right here in Woodbridge. The time between tragedies gets shorter and shorter. However, we cannot allow ourselves to become numb […]
Michelle Davey and her 8-year-old daughter, Laiya, from Baltimore County, Maryland are the authors of My Voice Is My Superpower, an inspiring book that reminds young girls of the many ways in which they can use their VOICES as their superpower to encourage, protect, and speak out. In a world that keeps telling girls to be […]
Courtesy of the Bristow Beat The family of Arman Bohogal of Gainesville, Virginia is raising money for him via a GoFundMe page after he was seriously injured in a pool. Doctors say Arman has been paralyzed from the waist down and will require physical therapy, rehabilitation and a motorized wheelchair. Family members want to renovate […]
All three ratings agencies, Moody’s, Fitch and S&P Global, have affirmed Prince William County’s AAA credit rating. The county plans to sell bonds competitively on Oct. 25, and the ratings were obtained in advance of that sale. The proceeds of the bonds will support the school division’s capital program. The county’s growing and diversifying tax base was […]
A Richmond-area printing company acknowledged it was partly responsible for errors that caused roughly 60,000 Virginians to get incorrect voter notices ahead of the Nov. 8 midterms. Choice Printing Services, a vendor the Virginia Department of Elections and several other state agencies have used for years, was given the job of creating and sending the […]
As the 7th District congressional race enters its final stretch, both candidates are sparing no expense in getting their points across. Yesterday at Montclair Tabernacle Church, Coles District Supervisor Yesli Vega was joined by Governor Glenn Youngkin, Congressman Chip Roy, and Senator Ted Cruz to address her constituents. On Tuesday, it was her opponent, Congresswoman […]
