Metro has announced track work that will close the Franconia-Springfield Metro station this weekend.
The work is being done beginning at 8 p.m. Friday and will continue until the evening of Sept. 5.
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Author: Potomac Local News
Stafford, Va. — Volunteers on Friday worked to fill more than 500 backpacks full of school supplies for children, marking the end of the annual Stuff the Bus School Supply Drive.
Business owners from the area and Marines from Quantico helped the children who gathered at the Alvin York Bandy school administration building in Stafford to fill the backpacks.
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Dale City, Va. –– Wind and rain was not enough to keep away supporters of Del. Scott Lingamfelter (R-Dale City) for his campaign kick off Saturday.
He, along with former Virginia Governor and U.S. Senate candidate George Allen fired up the crowd talking about the differences between Washington and Richmond.
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Photos by: KJ Mushung
Despite the gates to Government Island being closed and locked, there were dozens of people along Aquia Creek, on the foot-bridges and on the island itself in North Stafford on Sunday afternoon taking advantage of the pleasant post-hurricane weather.
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This past week certainly put our resources and skills to the test.
PotomacLocal.com first pulled our resources to cover a Primary Election, then shifted gears on the same day to cover an earthquake, and by the end of the week we were bringing you details about a hurricane brushing the Potomac Communities.
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Hurricane Irene brought a soaking rain, downed trees and power outages to the Potomac Communities.
Julie Bohn lives along the Occoquan River at the town that shares the same name. Though two tree limbs fell into her yard due to high winds during the height of the storm, she was happy things did not get as bad as they could have.
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Update 11 a.m.
Stafford will open its landfill on Eskimo Hill Road until 3 p.m. today so residents can haul away any debris and other refuse materials.
North Stafford, Va. — They said the hurricane was over hyped, that it didn’t live up to its excitement, so they decided to get out the house.
Mainstreet Grill and Bar on Va. 610 in North Stafford was one of the few places busy Saturday night as Hurricane Irene rolled through the Potomac Communities.
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Stafford, Va. — When the power went out Saturday night at his home, Michael Campbell knew he had to go somewhere.
He lives on a back road in Stafford County in a wooded area with large trees. Add Hurricane Irene with wind gusts reaching up to 51 mph and soaking rains saturating the ground making the trees more likely to fall, Campbell decided to come to an emergency shelter at Brooke Point High School.
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Woodbridge, Va. — The place for some boaters to ride out Hurricane Irene was on the dock at Hampton’s Landing Marina.
It was here at 7 p.m. at least two boaters decided to batten down the hatches, tie up their boats to the dock, and wait out the storm – while having a few drinks.