By KJ Mushung
Dumfries, Va. — The Dumfries Town Council voted Tuesday night to approve interim town manager Daniel Taber as the permanent town manager.
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Author: Potomac Local News
Woodbridge, Va. — Local leaders will meet in Woodbridge on Monday night to discuss bringing Metro to eastern Prince William County.
Extending Metro’s Blue line to Potomac Mills has for at least the past two election cycles has been a campaign talking point for area democrats, as it was last week during a candidates forum in Lake Ridge.
All proceeds from parking lot rentals and concession sales will go to the United Way.
There’s still time for you to sign up and participate.
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Woodbridge, Va. — The National Museum of the Marine Corps has tapped a high school teacher in Woodbridge to serve as their third resident teacher. Read more here.
County supervisors will first tour the Garrisonville Road (Va. 610) Widening Project, then move to Onville Road where improvements have taken place in light of BRAC. They’ll also stop by a rail bridge, see improvements at Falmouth Elementary School and end the tour at a 5 p.m. groundbreaking for the Belmont/Ferry Farm Trail at St. Clair Brooks Park and Butler Road, said Stafford spokeswoman Cathy Vollbrecht.
Officials will end their tour with dinner at Amy’s Cafe in Falmouth.
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Update
Virginia State Police said 40 people were onboard the bus that caught fire on I-95 Monday night.
Woodbridge, Va. — On Saturday Oct. 15, they’ll be exercising to help stop child abuse.
The first-ever “All in Motion Day of Movement to Stop Child Abuse” runs from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Richard G. Phitzner Stadium in Woodbridge.
Right before I went to class, I saw my “baby” brother walking the halls with birthday balloons. He turned 16, which as we know is old enough to drive. I remember smiling thinking how happy he looked. I was in AP Government with Mr. Hoffman, one of the stellar history teachers at C.D. Hylton High School in Woodbridge. Our class had finished a little early and, being that school had just started, The Hoff was indulging us with some SNL political shorts.
I don’t know if they still do, but PWCS televisions used to default to a news station. Going from Will Ferrell to “New York is burning” was certainly emotional whiplash. I remember yelling at the television along with my classmates somehow thinking we could stop that second plane. Class change came and we walked like zombies to our next class. I remember the first (and only) time I saw a fellow student use the F-word with an administrator and not get punished. They were told to put their cell phone away – their father worked in the Pentagon.
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Occoquan, Va. — Crafters will once again descend on Occoquan this weekend for the town’s annual fall craft show.
The event takes place 10 a.m. 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday rain or shine and will feature more than 200 crafters, local merchants and restaurants at the fair.
Lake Ridge, Va. — Headlining the websites of two elementary schools today are notices of a bear sighting in Lake Ridge.
A bear was sighted near Antietam Elementary School on Antietam Road on Friday morning. School officials say the mother bear and her cub were spotted near the school but were never on school property.