News

PotomacLocal.com thanks the Town ofDumfries Community Services Department for their continued support of local news in our community.

Community Services Director Cydny Neville wishes Happy Holidays and a Merry Christmas to everyone in the Potomac Communities, and hopes you come to Dumfries at 1 p.m. Saturday for the annual Christmas Parade with its theme “Christmas Past, Present, and Future.”


Originals

DUMFRIES, Va. — The Dumfries Christmas Parade will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday and it promises fun for the whole family.

This year’s parade theme is “Christmas Past, Present, and Future.” More than 70 organizations will march in the parade, and PotomacLocal.com is proud to lead the parade as the first organization in the line up.


News

Memo to the Prince William County Planning Commission,

This evening, you will be discussing the fate of Purcell Road and the Purcell Road Widening Project. While I live in “the neighborhood”, and naturally don’t want to see this local treasure covered with asphalt, I would like to bring a larger issue to your attention.


News

East Coast Rapist pleads guilty, again

One day after pleading guilty to rape and abduction charges in Loudoun County, the man known as the East Coast Rapist pleaded guilty to rape and abduction charges in Prince William County. [NBC 4 Washington]


Politics

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Ideas on how to fund the needs of Prince William County are on the table, though some of them differ.

The Board of County Supervisors on Tuesday reviewed each proposals from supervisors Corey Stewart, At-Large, Peter Candland, R-Gainesville, Frank Principi, D-Woodbridge, and John Jenkins, D-Neabsco.


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