June 22, 2023 – Haymarket, Virginia – Conversations in the Community, Inc., has launched its summer reading experience with “Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom” by Ilyon Woo. “I am thrilled to launch our second summer reading experience with this amazing book that teaches us about a dark time in […]
Kevon Chisolm and his 16-year-old son, Kamari, the founders of Junior Wallstreeters, Inc. a non-profit, are offering online summer camps for children for the fourth year in a row. Their camps are great for preventing learning loss and offer fun environments for students to learn wealth-building concepts with other like-minded students. The course is called Junior […]
Behind the brand of the family mealtime staple is a husband-and-wife team who want to ensure Black students across the U.S. can thrive without financial barriers and systemic limitations. Claude and Crystal Booker created their timesaving seasoning packets, Booker’s Soul Food Starters, to help folks reconnect at the dinner table. Dedicated to bettering the community […]
by John Reid Last week, records from the Virginia Court Case Information website were posted on several Facebook groups. The records were related to Neabsco School District Board candidate Tracy Blake, stemming from 2006 – 2015. Some of the records that he pleaded guilty to include misdemeanor marijuana possession, carrying a concealed weapon, and driving […]
by Jennifer Roberts Almost every week, I read a local or national news story about an educator who has violated the trust of students and their families in one way or another and each time is equally disappointing. One story that comes to mind is the recent experience of 8th grade, Sidney Rousey, Jr, […]
On Saturday, community members, area disc golfers, volunteers, staff and leaders from both Prince William County Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, and NOVA Disc Golf Association who were involved with making the new disc golf course a reality, gathered for the official ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Forest Valley Disc Golf course. The new 18-hole course, lauded […]
by Virginia Mercury Over a four-month period in 2022, Virginia leaders in education and workforce development held a series of meetings to provide recommendations to Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration on improving state K-12 education. However, a report on recommendations from those meetings, which were convened to fulfill the requirements of a 2022 law known as House […]
On Wednesday evening, the Prince William Committee of 100, invited a group of entrepreneurs and community leaders to discuss a post-pandemic and stagnation entrepreneurial review of small businesses in Prince William county. Moderated by PWC100 Program Director Rebekah Perkins, this event was held at the Wyndham Garden Hotel in Manassas, Virginia. The panelists discussed the state […]
by Makeba White Chanay Every parent has a single priority in their lives, and it is to find the best available opportunities to help their children have a wonderful life. Whether we are parents yet or not, we would all want our children to have the best life could offer, to lead healthy, happy, and […]
In a tweet released yesterday, Dr. Julia Biggins announced she is withdrawing from the Prince William County School Board Chair race. She was running against incumbent Dr. Babur Lateef. Despite support from organizations such as the Prince William Education Association encouraging her to continue running, she made the decision in part due to the endorsement […]
