The number of Girl Scouts is on the decline nationally, but that isn’t the case in Prince William County.
The number of Girl Scouts “remained steady” in Prince William, while the numbers of girls joining the ranks of the scouts has declined 6% in the last year, down from 2.9 to 2.8 million Girl Scouts nationwide. Overall, the membership numbers have fallen 27% from its peak of 3.8 million in 2003.
Some of Quantico’s most decorated officers will lead the 40th Annual Dumfries Christmas Parade.
Salvation Army Red Kettle and Angel Tree holiday campaigns are in full swing between now and December 24. Volunteer bell ringers and Angel Tree Hosts needed! Red Kettle bell ringing at Prince William County Giant, Safeway, WalMart, Potomac Mills, and Manassas Mall locations between the hours of 10am and 6pm.
The impact to our community is great! Nearly 1,000 kids receive clothes and gifts at Christmas, urgent need for rent, utility, and food assistance provided year round to thousands of our neediest neighbors in Prince William County. Thanks in advance for the generous gift of time when you volunteer with The Salvation Army!
The murder of a 16-year-old student was drug related, said police.
Officers arrested Kawain Tyrell Smalls, 20, of 12704 Dulcinea Place in Lake Ridge and charged him in the shooting death of Brenden Michael Wilson, 16. Wilson was shot and killed Monday outside Woodbridge Senior High School in Lake Ridge near Smalls’ home.
To the Editor,
The article, “Moser: Our Neighborhood Stuck Together in Good and Bad Times” was a great example contradicting the current belief that most people don’t know their neighbors any longer. It is refreshing to know there are still communities out there that look out for each other and participate in solidarity.
The same people who said the sign outside Dumfries Town Hall didn’t fit the historical feel of the town must now figure out how to fix it.
The Town Council voted unanimously to tell the Architectural Review Board to come up modifications for the sign so it will fit within the architectural guidelines of the town. Those could include modifying the sign posts, adding new landscaping around the sign, or adding a brick enclosure.
New sidewalks will soon line a portion of Route 1 in Dumfries.
Construction of the new walkway is happening now on the southbound portion of the four-lane road. Drivers can’t miss the orange barrels noting the work.
Leonard Walter Krawczyk, 72, of Bluffton, died November 9, 2014 at his residence.
He was born on December 3, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois the son of Walter and Rose Krawczyk.
The following deals were submitted to Potomac Local after we asked for local businesses to tell us what they were giving away today to honor those who served.
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Several shots were fired outside Woodbridge Senior High School this afternoon.
