The meet-up was the first of its kind for the neighborhood and brought together area residents, business owners, and news media together in an effort to build better relationships with the community.
Those who dropped their business card into the raffle were made eligible to win a free lunch from Mainstreet Grill and Bar.
LAKE RIDGE, Va. — On Saturday, Sept. 29, Sentara Lake Ridge partnered with the Prince William County Police Department and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in their Fifth Annual National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day.
Sentara Lake Ridge collected 301.1 pounds of prescription and over the counter solid dosage medications, and Prince William County as a whole collected a total of 1,081 pounds.
MANASSAS, Va. – The leaves have started to change and the evening air has a slight chill. It is time to officially say welcome to fall.
The whole family is invited to celebrate the 30th Annual Fall Jubilee in historic Old Town Manassas this weekend, Saturday, October 6 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.. This popular community event has been going strong since 1982.
OCCOQUAN, Va. — Occoquan Mayor Earnie Porta in an email to constituents today noted when it rains the pumps at the nearby dam could get loud. The text of his email is below:
In Occoquan we know that heavy rains sometimes mean flooding along the Occoquan River, as well as along Ballywhack, Furnace Branch, and Boundary Branch Creeks.
LAKE RIDGE, Va. — The land near a floating dock at Lake Ridge Marine is eroding. The spot is only public place to launch a boat, kayak, or canoe on the Occoquan Reservoir in Prince William County
Now, with $77,500 in federal grant money from the National Park Service, and remaining funds from the Prince William County, The Prince William County Parks Department will improve the shoreline at Lake Ridge Marina. The entire project will cost $230,000 with the county’s parks department picking up the remainder of the tab.
Editor’s note: This is the first is a series of stories in October that will explore some of the more haunted places in and around Virginia’s Potomac Communities.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — This will be one of the very few times you don’t have to be quiet in the library.
A live band will take the stage at a party planned at Chinn Park Regional Library in Woodbridge to raise money and awareness for Prince William County’s 10 libraries.
STAFFORD, Va. — What began as a memorial to honor to honor fallen law enforcement members will expand today.
Four new names will join those of fallen Fredericksburg Police Officer Todd Allen Barr who was shot and killed in the line of duty in 2008, and Stafford County Sheriff Deputy Ford Tyson “Toby” Humphrey who was also shot and killed in the line of duty in 1980.
DUMFRIES, Va. — Prince William fire and rescue officials will sit on one side of the table and Dumfries-Triangle Rescue Squad leaders on the other.
That’s the way Prince William County Fire Department Chief Kevin McGee said a special taskforce assembled to review “internal organizational issues” at the Rescue Squad will conduct business. The review panel will be led by Dale City Volunteer Fire Department Chief Christopher Hool who will address Dumfries Chief Charles Derek Ester and Assistant Chief Steven Chasin.
