Lorton, Va. –– A former Fairfax Mayor with a love for the arts will now lead one of the area’s premier arts destinations.
Author: Potomac Local News
In a report from VRE Chief Dale Zehner, the owner of VRE’s Fredericksburg line, CSX, has approved a plan to allow the system to let a train return to the Broad Run storage yard after it makes its final morning stop at Union Station in Washington.
Because the turn-around train can now be stored at Broad Run and not at Union Station as it has been that will allow the commuter railroad to add more cars to other trains and store them at Union Station prior to the afternoon rush hour.
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Get ready for some major closures of Interstate 95 and U.S. 1 in the Potomac Communities.
At midnight Friday, the High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes between Dumfries and Washington will close, and then reopen at 3 a.m. Monday April 18.
Marty Nohe presents a redistricting plan to make happy his constituents and to rename the Dumfries Magisterial District, it’s now a misdemeanor in to leave lock your pet in a hot car in Fredericksburg, and a delegate who represents a portion of Stafford saw his bill to reduce the size of government signed into law.
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No one was injured and all three were wearing life jackets, say Fairfax County Fire and Rescue spokesman Dan Schmidt.
The 19-foot boat capsized about noon, in the water three miles south of the Purple Heart Bridge that carries traffic on Interstate 95 across the Occoquan River.
Stafford County, Va. –– The Easter Bunny’s visit to the Rowser Building in Stafford was only a warm up to this weekend’s bigger, annual extravaganza.
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Update 4:50 p.m.: Police cite more commuters than they did Monday
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, says Lake Ridge’s annual “fish out” is in humane.
The neighborhood’s property owners association plans to bring 750 rainbow trout from a hatchery in Goshen in the western Virginia on Friday, drop them in a swimming pool at the Tall Oaks Community Center and let residents fish them out.
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The boyfriend of a woman found shot to death in North Stafford in 2010 was found guilty in her death.
Frederick Christian, of Baltimore County, Md., was convicted in Maryland on Monday after a jury concluded he shot 23-year-old Jerryell Myesha Foster and then dumped her body in a wooded area alongside Interstate 95.
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Woodbridge, Va. –– Tonight’s Potomac Nationals baseball game at home in Woodbridge has been rained out. It’s the second time this opening season week a game has been postponed due to rain.
The P Nats were scheduled to take on the Winston-Salem Dash tonight, but that game has been postponed until 6:05 p.m. Wednesday. The next game will be a doubleheader.