Editors’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on a candidates’ forum held Wednesday in Lake Ridge.
Today: House of Delegates candidates Del. Luke Torian (D, 52, Dumfries, Lake Ridge), Cleveland Anderson, Esteban Garces, and Stafford County Board Chairman Mark Dudenhefer.
Tomorrow: Sen. Toddy Puller (D, 36 – Mount Vernon, Prince William, Stafford) and Jeff Frederick
Looking for something to do on Oct. 1? There’s a festival going on along the Potomac River.
On October 1, the Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge will be the scene of the second annual Fall Festival sponsored by the Friends of the Potomac River Refuges. Special guests will include native plants, birds, butterflies and other wildlife. There is no admission charge and all activities are free!
Dumfries, Va. — Dumfries has someone new to manage the town’s storm water program, and he’s from Stafford County.
Richard West was hired by the town last month as the Assistant Director of Public Works. In addition to storm water management, he will also oversee planning, scheduling and execution of maintenance projects in the town.
Shannon Bream has made a successful TV career for her herself since she was Miss Virginia, working at WRC-TV in Washington and now FOX News Channel.
Though her job may take her to many spots around the nation to cover breaking news stories, Bream always comes back to Woodbridge to eat her favorite barbeque at Dixie Bones Barbeque on Occoquan Road, according to Northern Virginia Magazine.
Woodbridge, Va. — Almost a precursor of things to come, a project map depicting a wider U.S. 1 shows the Holly Acres Mobile Home Park being flooded and made into a retention pond sitting in a flood plain.
Holly Acres, located along Marumsco Creek in Woodbridge off U.S. 1, flooded last week not from a man-made event but did so after rains from Tropical Storm Lee inundated the region and putting the neighborhood and surrounding businesses under 10 feet of water. Nearly 100 people were forced from their homes and into a Red Cross shelter at the Sharron Baucom Dale City Recreation Center.
Woodbridge, Va. — Those in the market for a used book shelf, CD rack or anything Borders Books used to market their merchandise on got a great deal Monday. All store fixtures – which were also being sold off with the rest of the remaining merchandise after the retailer filed for bankruptcy – were marked half off.
A sign in the store window at Borders on Prince William Parkway in Woodbridge on Monday stated it was the final day for the store that since the early 1990’s served as one of the area’s largest book retailers, and as a place to cozy up with a cup of coffee and read.
Woodbridge, Va. — Woodbridge District Supervisor Frank Principi has won the endorsement of the Prince William Education Association, according to his campaign.
The organization that lobbies for the interests of educators in Prince William is expected to announce their endorsement Thursday at Fred M. Lynn Middle School in Woodbridge.
North Stafford, Va. — Officials are taking one step closer to building High Occupancy Toll lanes on Interstate 95.
The proposed lanes would convert the HOV lanes between Dumfries and Edsall Road in Alexandria to toll lanes, requiring drivers with fewer than three occupants inside their cars to pay to use the lanes 24 hours per day.
Crews were called at 9 a.m. to mile post 150 in Triangle after drivers reported seeing a geyser shooting into the sky.
It was nothing to worry about, fire officials said, as they were just flushing out fire hydrants in the area.
Occoquan, Va. — It’s one of the most unique windows in Occoquan, and the business it belongs to is leaving the building behind for a new location across the street.
Polka Dot Divas opened in nearly four years ago by two diva-licious women, Julie Marshall and Kristyn Gleason, in Bavarian-style building with an iconic bubble window on its front. Recognizing the window’s popularity, the shop used it as part of their marketing on their website.
