I did a search on 'Montclair, VA' on Facebook, and found this group. Since I'm not a Montclair housewife, I am not eligible to join and so can't tell you anything more except that it exists. And now you know...

The Real Housewives of Montclair, VA

Looking to replace my driveway with either concrete or asphalt. Anyone have any recommendations?

Noticed in the September 2009 issue of the Montclarion that the board denied a request for Set Up Events to hold the 2010 triathlon at the lake. Anyone know why?

From the Potomac News...

UPDATE: Missing teen found safe

Police search for missing Montclair teen

Prince William County police are searching for an 18-year-old girl with Down syndrome last seen on Cedar Knoll Court in Montclair.

Annice Leininger has medical problems and is mentally disabled, Prince William County police 1st Sgt. Kim Chinn said.

She was last seen about 10:30 a.m. Lenninger is 5 feet tall, 150 pounds with brown, shoulder length hair.

It’s not known what she was wearing, but she usually wears Capri’s and a T-shirt. Neecie Lenninger has medical problems and is mentally disabled.

County police called out search and rescue teams at 12:45 p.m. The organization “A Child is Missing” has been notified and will generate an automated message to listed phone numbers in the area.

Eight members of Girl Scout Cadette Troop 3849, based in Montclair, took home the top prize in the first-ever Teens in the Timber Outdoor Survival Competition held May 22 to 24 at Camp Brighton Woods in Maryland.

read the entire article at the below link...

Montclair Girl Scout troop takes top prize in Timber Outdoor Survival Competition
The Potomac News, 6/17/09

(Editors note: My wife is a leader of this troop, and my daughter a member. Very proud and impressed with each of them.)

I'm interested in learning if there are others, students or parents, who have had experiences as a victim of theft at Forest Park High School. My son is a Sophomore there and recently had some valuables stolen from his shared gym locker. He says that students are warned that they use the lockers at their own risk, and that the school takes no responsibility for anything stolen from them. The lockers are very small, and shared by multiple students, and apparently are easily broken into.

Some other anecdotes I've heard, but for which I have no first hand information:

- a friend's child recently had a wallet, cell phone and iPod stolen from their locker.

- in one instance a member of the football team was found to have stolen from another student's locker, and his only punishment was a one-game suspension

There was an interesting article in today's Post about how Prince William County's schools are selling advertising on the school web sites. The ads started last October and have so far brought in $50,000 in revenue, which will help offset the costs of the school system's online services. Some find it controversial, and other attempts to advertise to a captured audience of students in public schools have been knocked down by angry parents. But I don't have any issue with these ads and applaud PWC Schools for finding the revenue in tight times.

What do you think?

Money-Hungry Schools Getting Down to Business
The Washington Post, 3/13/09

The video from last week's Candidate's Night has been digitized and can be viewed online at the MPOA site.

Tonight the MPOA Board of Directors unanimously approved a Draft Budget that contains expenses totaling slightly more than $2.3 million in expenses and will result in an annual assessment of $520 per lot, a decrease from the current $528 annual assessment. The most significant change in the budget was the cancellation of the contract with our private security contractor, effective March 1, 2009. MPOA will begin to provide a lessor amount of contracted security by hiring off duty Prince William County Police office to patrol in Montclair. Some current services provided by our current security contractor, including after hours use of the MPOA Building, house checks, and the opening/closing of beach parking lots are not yet specifically accounted for and will cease unless alternative approaches are made for their continuation.

In 2009, homeowner assessments will be due in 10-monthly payments, rather than the current 11-payments. Monthly payments include a two-dollar service charge, so if approved, this budget will have assessments to be paid with 10 payments of $54. As always, lot-owners can also pay their assessment in a single lump sum.