The commonwealth were required to start issuing marriage licenses to all couples, including samesex couples. And it wasnt long before two young women from centerville arrived here, determined to take advantage of this historic opportunity. 26yearold jennifer and erika turner spent 20 minutes inside the courthouse filling out their marriage license paperwork. They emerged to find a reverend from the Arlington Unitarian Universalist Church ready to perform their ceremony and decided to go ahead with it. So before a crowd of reporters, cameras and activists, the young couple was married, becoming one of the first samesex couples in virginia to do so. Now earlier on the same plaza, attorney general mark herring celebrated, and spoke about the significance of todays court inaction that allows samesex marriages to begin in virginia. This is the outcome that we have hoped for. It is the outcome we have fought for and it is the outcome that the constitution requires. Todays decision will chang
HOSA Students Fundraising for National Competition Recently HOSA students from St. Mary’s School District competed at the state competition in King of Prussia, PA. Eight students placed and are fundraising for their trip to compete at the International Leadership Conference in Dallas, TX in […]
St. Mary’s village officials who stayed in their village during a massive tundra fire are working tirelessly to keep their community safe. Meet St. Mary’s School District Superintendent Dee Dee Ivanoff.
Evacuations continue, and federal officials are deploying more resources to the area to try to prevent the fire from reaching the villages. Meanwhile, another fire has ignited nearby and to complicate efforts, the community water tank is leaking.