Author: Potomac Local News

Today I am ashamed to admit I saw “RoboCop,” the 2014 model with all the fancy upgrades. Not to be confused with Paul Verhoeven’s “Robocop” from 1987 that came out at the same time as Windows 2.0 and worked just about as well.

In this reboot, we find Officer Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman from “Safe House”) trying to get illegal guns off the street of his beloved Detroit. He is shocked to find some corrupt cops right in his own department. I could make a reference to Bogart and “Casablanca” here, but only my daughters would get it.

Stafford County Government offices will be closed on Monday, February 17, in observance of President’s Day.

In addition to local government offices, the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, Circuit Court, and General District Court will also be closed on Monday.

As much of the region was hit with 6-12 inches of snow, VDOT has been working around the clock to ensure that major roadways are clear.

Now that I-95 and many primary roads are clear, VDOT is moving their focus to secondary roads and subdivisions in the Stafford area.

Today I am ashamed to admit I saw “RoboCop,” the 2014 model with all the fancy upgrades. Not to be confused with Paul Verhoeven’s “Robocop” from 1987 that came out at the same time as Windows 2.0 and worked just about as well.

In this reboot, we find Officer Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman from “Safe House”) trying to get illegal guns off the street of his beloved Detroit. He is shocked to find some corrupt cops right in his own department. I could make a reference to Bogart and “Casablanca” here, but only my daughters would get it.

VDOT contract worker killed when trucks crash — A Virginia Department of Transportation contract truck driver working to clear snowy roads has died after he was struck by another VDOT truck. [Washington Post / Associated Press]

Defendants from Woodbridge, Dumfries, Stafford get jail time after Ocean City, Md. beach brawl — Three friends from Northern Virginia will spend 30 days in jail on disorderly conduct and assault charges stemming from an out-of-control police situation on the beach last summer. [Delmarvanow.com]

New Cingular Wireless, a communications business, is seeking a lease on Stone River Water Tank in Stafford. The company is seeking to rent the property and use the water tower to transmit and receive communication signals.

If permitted, New Cingular Wireless will hold a five-year lease of the property, and pay $2,850 monthly for the first year, with a 3% rent increase each following year.