Quantico, Va. — A plan to replace Quantico Middle / High School is in place, now it’s up to congress to provide the money.
In addition to Quantico Middle / High School, over the course of the next five years, the Department of Defense has plans to consolidate Russell Elementary School, Ashurst Elementary School and Burrows Elementary School at Quantico into one new elementary school facility.
Dumfries, Va. — Jeff Frederick will kick off his campaign for the Virginia Senate’s 36th District seat tomorrow at 10 a.m. in Dumfries.
The Republican will face challenger Tito Munoz in an August 23 primary, the winner of which will go onto face democratic incumbent Toddy Puller.
Dumfries, Va. ––Dumfries Town Manager Kim Alexander, who is leaving to become the town manager for Culpeper, confirmed that Daniel Taber, chief of the Dumfries police department, is being considered as an interim town manager. The town council will vote on the matter Aug. 2.
Taber said that, if chosen, he will accept the position and Robert Forker, who is the police department’s administrative manager, will become interim police chief. Taber added that he expects the search for a permanent town manager to take about three months.
The heat is on once more as the mercury is expected to climb above the century mark today.
The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory that goes into effect at 11 a.m. and will last through 9 p.m.
Update 11 a.m.
While no one has reported coming down with any illness, officials say there is no clear way to clear harmful algae blooms from Aquia Creek.
Demny, coming off two disastrous road starts, appeared rattled early. Three straight one-out hits in the first inning scored a pair and put the Blue Rocks in front 2-0. But Demny got the next two outs and was outstanding from then on. He retired nine straight hitters and allowed only two more baserunners through seven innings and earned his seventh win as the Nationals moved to 20-13 in the second half, nine games ahead of Wilmington in the second half standings.
With their record at 49-53 overall, the Nationals also moved to four games under .500 for the first time since the first day of May.
Woodbridge, Va. — It could be the first Spanish-speaking political debate in the Potomac Communities.
Virginia Senate candidate Tito Munoz today said he wants to debate his primary challenger Jeff Frederick (both are Republicans) to a debate where every spoken word is in Spanish.
The fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, August 6 in Merchant’s Park in Dumfries, and is once again free to attend.
“The town is the only community in the area to host a Multicultural Festival highlighting the diverse population through music, dancing and food,” said Dumfries Director of Economic Development Debbi Sandlin.
The shelter on Bristow Road at Independent Hill will now open Sundays from noon until 4 p.m., and will now be open Tuesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday hours will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will remain closed on Mondays.
The new hours take affect Aug. 2, according to a press release from the shelter.
Sixty-four years ago this week President Harry S. Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947 into law. In a break with what had been previous American practice, this law set the stage for the establishment of the Department of Defense, the U.S. Air Force as a separate service, and the first publicly acknowledged peacetime intelligence agency, the CIA.
In effect, the National Security Act of 1947 marked America’s acceptance of the fact that it had become a Great Power and that it could no longer afford to turn its back on the world’s problems like it had after World War I.
