Author: Potomac Local News
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Do you love singing? Do you love singing Broadway musical tunes? If both answers were yes, come join the Woodbridge Community Choir for our spring season! Registration starts at 7:00 PM, and rehearsals continue every Monday from 7:30 – 9:45 PM, at the Lutheran Church of the Covenant, 15008 Cloverdale Road, Dale City, VA. No auditions are required! Registration is $35/season. For more information, please see www.woodbridgecommunitychoir.org or call 703-491-1820.
Forecasters at the National Weather Service are keeping a close eye on a storm that could bring snow to our area during the Tuesday morning rush hour. The track of the storm is important and has the potential to shift more snow into the Prince William / Stafford areas than originally thought.
Here’s the latest forecast discussion from the weather service:
A man from Triangle was struck by a car on Route 610.
The 37-year-old was hit while walking in a crosswalk the area of Route 610 and Brafferton Boulevard near a Sport and Health gym on Thursday, Jan. 1.
Gerald “Jerry” Foreman will run seek the Virginia Senate seat in the 36th District encompassing parts of south Fairfax County, eastern Prince William County, and norther Stafford County.
He will run against longtime Democratic Virginia State Sen. Toddy Puller. Foreman is fresh off a win for a second term as Dumfries Mayor. His mayoral win in May marked the start of his first full term as town mayor after replacing the late Mayor Fred Yohey.
Residents who live in the 900 block of Burke Drive at the intersection of Fitzhugh Lane say pools of water form on the newly paved streets.
The Prince William Service Authority recently completed the installation of about 16,000 feet of new water pipe line in the area at cost of $4 million. More than 400 homes will benefit from the replacement of old and rusting pipes that dated back more than 50 years.
Interviews are now being scheduled for more than a dozen high-paying health care provider jobs at the rapidly-growing, non-profit Greater Prince William Community Health Center. Qualified candidates may interview for the provider positions at a Job Fair scheduled in Manassas on January 7, 2015.
The following full-time, permanent, provider positions are available immediately at our Woodbridge and Manassas locations:
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An argument led to the murder of a 21-year-old woman just after midnight.
The victim was involved in an argument with her husband who later stabbed her to death, police said. The murder is Prince William County’s first of the year.
Someone bought a $1 million winning Virginia Lottery ticket from a 7-Eleven store in Woodbridge.
The winning ticket was purchased at the conveinece store at the intersection of Caton Hill and Minnieville roads. Its winning numbers were drawn Tuesday night.
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A homeowner in Aquia Harbour rented a room out to a man who turned out to be a convicted sex offender. Within days of moving in, Raymond Roy Frye was arrested for indecent exposure. According to police, the homeowner claimed not to know that Frye was a sex offender. Frye is listed online on the sex offender registry.
On Saturday, Dec. 27, Frye was allegedly standing in the driveway where he was living on the 2000 block of Aquia Drive wearing only a shirt — no pants or underwear — exposing himself to passersby, police said. He was apprehended by Lt. Nate Thompson of the Aquia Harbour police after a brief foot chase. Stafford County Sheriff’s Office assisted the Aquia Harbour Police Department in the arrest.