WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A long talked about development along the Potomac River in Woodbridge has apparently changed its name.
Harbor Station, a planned mix-use development of homes, shopping, commercial office buildings, and a Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course, has changed its name to Potomac Shores.
NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — Two men wanted in a homicide in Florida were captured today on Interstate 95 in North Stafford.
Virginia State Police troopers received a “be on the lookout” alert from police in Palm Bay, Fla. warning of two men in a white SUV headed north on I-95. Those men are suspected of shooting and killing 26-year-old Raymond Torres, who was shot Wednesday afternoon while standing in his driveway at his home in Palm Bay.
DALE CITY, Va. — Police in Virginia and Maryland cracked down on HOV violators Tuesday, stopping 449 drivers who police say violated the rules of the road.
High Occupancy Vehicle lanes like the ones on Interstate 95 and 395 between Dumfries and the Pentagon offer a faster ride for vehicles with three or more occupants. Since the 1970s, the lanes have been successful in spurring carpooling and slugging — a unique form of ridesharing where lines of commuters all heading to the same destination form in parking lots like Potomac Mills mall in Woodbridge or the Garrisonville Road commuter lot in North Stafford, where they wait for a driver who’s also headed in their direction to pick them up and give them a free ride to work via I-95’s HOV lanes.
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — Stafford’s top educators have been recognized by that’s county’s public school system, which awarded the Educator of the Year Award at a reception at Mountain View High School last week.
Principal of the Year: William Boatwright, A.G. Wright Middle School
OCCOQUAN, Va. — Heavy rains Wednesday night had Occoquan officials on watch for rising water as The National Weather Service placed Prince William County under a flood warning.
No flooding has been reported in the town so far, but the river that runs through much of Prince William County appeared swollen this afternoon.
UPDATE
Those involved in the crash suffered injuries that did not appear to be life threatening, said Virginia State Police Sgt. Les Tyler. The crash remains under investigation and more details are expected later.
We’ll bring you the details when we get them.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — One person appears to have been pulled from a sedan following a serious crash on Prince William Parkway in Woodbridge.
The crash is reportedly a head-on collision that happened on Prince William Parkway east near Ridgewood Center Drive, just east of Ridgefield Road.
LAKE RIDGE, Va. — Keith Scarborough has been elected as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention which will take place on September 3-6 in Charlotte, N.C.
He was elected last weekend at the 11th Congressional District Democratic convention in Falls Church.
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — A homeless man was shot and killed in an apparent act of self-defense.
A man and woman were sitting a parked car having a conversation outside Earl’s Hardware at 300 Chatham Heights Drive in Falmouth when they saw two men walking across the parking lot about 11 p.m. Tuesday. One of the men came up to car and asked the male occupant for cash. The man declined and told the beggar and his companion to go away.
By URIAH KISER
COUNCILMEMBERS, ATTORNEY QUESTION LEGALITY OF CLOSED MEETING
