Author: Potomac Local News
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Competitive Edge Athletic Performance Center in Woodbridge, Virginia named Sydney Banks of Osbourn Park High School, the Athlete of the Month for November.
Sydney has been a member of Competitive Edge for three years. She began running track with the Dale City Lightning Track Club while in middle school.
MANASSAS – (Press Release) Women who serve as the primary wage earners for their families and seek financial assistance to continue their education or receive training can now apply for the Soroptimist Live Your Dream: Education and Training Awards for Women. Applications are available by contacting Helen Loera at [email protected]. The application deadline is January 15, 2019.
The Manassas club will provide a $2,500 cash grant to its award recipient, who will then advance to the Soroptimist South Atlantic Region level, where recipients could receive up to an additional $5,000. The program culminates at the national level with three finalist $10,000 awards.
Good Morning Prince William – SERVE needs a group of up to 8 members age 16+ to provide, prepare and serve Thanksgiving dinner at 5pm. Come share the joy with the families in the shelter. Please call Julie at (571) 748-2674 for all the specifics. The Un Trim A Tree Holiday Gift Program is […]
WOODBRIDGE – (Press Release) There is an estimated 17,000 cubic yards of silt clogging the channel in Neabsco Creek. To put that in perspective, one cubic yard of saturated silt can typically weigh up to 3,000 pounds. That means 51 million pounds of soil or 25,500 tons of silt needs to be removed in order to maintain the channel and ensure that boats can continue to safely navigate the creek. It would take about 6,800 full-sized pickup trucks to haul away that much silt.
The Prince William Board of County Supervisors recently allocated a $750,000 grant to dredge the channel and improve boat passage. The good news for the estimated 1,000 recreational boats that are docked and stored along Neabsco Creek near Leesylvania State Park is that the project will ensure that the channel remains navigable. The other good news is that the dredging recently started, meaning the work will be completed during the offseason so that boaters will be able to use the waterway connecting to the Potomac River during the next boating season.
GAINESVILLE – (Press Release) Long & Foster Real Estate, the nation’s No. 1 independent residential real estate brand, has announced that its Gainesville office will support the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve in its Toys for Tots campaign this year. The office will launch its toy drive for Toys for Tots on November 12. Toys may be dropped off at the Gainesville office, located at 7526 Limestone Drive, weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. before December 14.
Once the toys are collected and presented to the U.S. Marines, they are distributed through churches and social welfare agencies to the neediest children throughout the community. Started by the U.S. Marines in 1947, the Toys for Tots campaign is an annual toy collecting drive that now reaches throughout 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. Toys for Tots has distributed millions of toys to millions of children over the years, and Long & Foster contributes to this effort by collecting thousands of new toys throughout the company’s Mid-Atlantic market area each year.
STAFFORD – (Press Release) 3000 block of Jefferson Davis Highway, 11/7, 5:16 a.m. Units responded to a reported breaking and entering in progress at an auto business. The caller was sitting in his vehicle in the parking lot and observed a male subject exit the woods with a crow bar. He struck the rear glass door with it and disappeared back into the woods. He then reappeared, striking the door again—this time breaking it. The male then entered the shop for about two minutes before exiting. A K9 unit and the drone team responded to the scene, but were unable to locate the suspect. Nothing was out of place or missing from the shop. The investigation is ongoing.
1175 Garrisonville Road, 11/4, 3:46 p.m. Two subjects steal food and drinks from convenience store on two occasions. Upon arrival, deputies located the suspects sitting in a vehicle in the parking lot. The driver was identified as Taylor Perry, 18, of Stafford and the passenger as James Foster, 18, of Stafford. They admitted to stealing the items. Deputy Smith and his K9 partner, Lobo, also responded to the scene. The K9 alerted to a backpack behind the driver’s seat. A search of the vehicle and backpack revealed drug paraphernalia and a substance consistent with marijuana. Both suspects were issued summonses for possession of marijuana and petit larceny.
WOODBRIDGE – (Press Release) Over a period of several months, the Prince William County Fire Marshal’s Office has been investigating a string of small arson fires at the Dominion Middle Ridge Apartments in Woodbridge. The joint investigation, with the Prince William County Police, involved other suspicious activities but focused on the arson fires. During the course of this investigation, and with the public’s and property management’s help, a suspect was developed. Besides identifying the suspect below, additional forensic work was conducted to help develop the case.
The suspect, Mr. Christopher Hope, was interviewed, and subsequently confessed his involvement. Mr. Hope is a current resident of the Dominion Middle Ridge Apartments where the fires occurred. Mr. Hope was arrested and charged for his role in the fires. The investigation continues and additional charges are pending.