By Uriah Kiser
NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — A 40-year-old school building along the busiest road in North Stafford is reaching its end.
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Author: Potomac Local News
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OCCOQUAN, Va. — A company fascinated by things that go bump in the night will offer ghost hunting tours in Occoquan.
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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Prince William has a new Department of Parks and Recreation after officials voted Tuesday to merge county government with the Prince William County Park Authority – an independent corporation in continuous existence since 1977.
The merger puts control of all 67 properties owned by the Authority in the hands of the county government, under the leadership of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors. The independent parks board will now be merged with the county to become a Parks and Recreation Advisory Board.
DALE CITY, Va. — A check cashing store in Center Plaza in Dale City was robbed early Monday.
Police were called at 8:49 a.m. to Ace Check Cashing at 4337 Dale Boulevard after an employee told police a man walked into the lobby just after he had opened the store, displayed a handgun, and then demanded cash, according to police reports.
TRIANGLE, Va. — The vision of bringing a village-like setting to Triangle took its first step Tuesday.
The Prince William County Board of Supervisors approved Brady’s Village, a 3-acre mixed use development that will sit to the east of U.S. 1 and is bordered by Brady’s Hill Road and C Street in Triangle.
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Editor’s note: This is the first is a series of columns that aims to share the lighter side of Slugging – the popular commuting method used on Interstate 95 / 395’s High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes. Read on to find out how you can win $50 in gas.
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By KJ Mushung
QUANTICO Va. – The U.S. Marines of Marine Corps Base Quantico will be conducting a full-scale exercise Wednesday, March 14 from 8:30 a.m. until 2 p.m., to test their readiness and response should a train derailment take place. Train tracks run through the base, and a derailment or other train accident could happen anywhere along those tracks. The concern is not just of a derailment but of a hazmat spill should one occur.
MANASSAS, Va. – The Manassas Boys & Girls Club has received over $10,000 from the United Way Community Impact Grant to be used to upgrade the site’s Club Tech program to “center of excellence.”
Club Tech is an ambitious, multi-year initiative led by Microsoft and Comcast to provide all Boys & Girls Clubs with state-of-the-art software, hardware and programming to build youth members’ computer skills and integrate technology in core program areas. The Club Tech program at the Manassas Boys & Girls Club will give up to 1,500 annual youth members each year, from ages 5 to 17, access to a curriculum that advances their computer literacy skills through a 12-unit series. The program also bridges the gap for youth who don’t have access to a cell phone, computer or an Internet connection at home.
By Pia Talwar
Capital News Service
RICHMOND, Va. – It seemed like a simple task: posting “Children at Play” signs near Middleburg Elementary School in Loudoun County so drivers would be especially alert for youngsters crossing the street or retrieving stray balls.
WASHINGTON – Virginia Congressman Gerry Connolly, D-Fairfax, Prince William, filed a motion with the Postal Regulatory Commission today to make public a study on the impact of mail service cuts on United States Postal Service revenue. The USPS has filed a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to keep the study secret.
The Postal Service study quantified the impact on revenue of reducing mail service from 6 to 5 days, eliminating next-day mail service, closing mail processing facilities, and closing thousands of Post Offices. The study may also have considered the impact of stamp price increases on projected revenue.