OCCOQUAN, Va. — A terrace, amphitheatre, even ice skating could be coming to a new park in Occoquan.
The Town Council Wednesday approved a memorandum of understanding with with Fairfax Water and Prince William County that clears the way for a new one-acre park to be built where a water treatment facility once stood at the end of Mill Street in Occoquan.
FROM POLICE REPORTS
Destruction to School Property, Firearms Violation near School – On January 9th at 9:01AM, police responded to the 1500 block of Constellation Way in Woodbridge (22191) for a destruction of property. A witness reported to police that sometime between 9:00PM and 10:00PM on January 8th he saw a group of males standing on the steps near the school. He saw a young male fire what appeared to be a handgun at Fred Lynn Middle School, located at 1650 Prince William Parkway in Woodbridge (22191.) Police searched the school and located a security light that appears to have been shot out, valued at around $500. There were no students at the school during the time of the incident and there were no injuries.
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — Harrell Road in Stafford County will close once to traffic once again on Friday.
The two-lane road will close at Claiborne Run, where the road often floods out after rainstorms. The road will close between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Friday so crews can clean debris from channels at the water crossing, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.
UPDATE 3 p.m. Friday
On Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013 fire and rescue units from the City of Manassas, Manassas Park, and Prince William County responded to a fire in a storage building at Micron Technology, Inc.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Chemicals used in a fire suppression device inside a kitchen at Saunders Middle School left one employee sick and after school activities canceled Wednesday.
School administrators held a planned fire drill at 1:30 p.m. and staff and students had all safely made it outside the building. But during the drill, a fire suppression system was accidentally activated inside of the cafeteria kitchen and an employee had a reaction to the fire suppressant substance, said Prince William schools spokeswoman Irene Cromer.
STAFFORD, Va. – Need to talk to Stafford County Government offices? There’s a new three digit number for that.
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By MARK ROBINSON
Capital News Service
RICHMOND, Va. – With the General Assembly set to convene, Gov. Bob McDonnell proposed Tuesday increasing Virginia’s sales tax and abolishing its nearly 27-year-old gas tax, making Virginia the first state in the country to do so.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — This year’s flu has created a mean season for those who have fallen ill.
In Virginia and at least 40 other states in the U.S., there have been widespread outbreaks of the flu virus this year and it shows no signs of stopping.
