By Amir Vera
Capital News Service
Richmond, Va. — Since he was elected to the Virginia House, Delegate Luke Torian (D-Dumfries,Woodbridge) has been pushing to bring Metrorail service to Prince William County.
Author: Potomac Local News
By Amir Vera
Capital News Service
Richmond, Va. — Advocates of a high-speed rail system through Virginia and North Carolina will seek federal funding this year and hope to begin service around the year 2030.
Stafford, Va. — One man faces charges in connection to a series of burglaries at churches in Stafford County, and some of the stolen items were found in Dumfries.
Detectives in Stafford developed the identify of a suspect thought to be connected to burglaries at the Ebenezer United Methodist, Ramoth Baptist, and North Stafford Church of Christ. On Wednesday, investigators went to an abandoned home on Harris Lane in Stafford where the suspect was believed to be staying and found the suspect had been living in a shed on the property, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
Stafford County, Va. — It was a failed gas line that knocked out the heat at Ferry Farm Elementary School in Stafford County, and students today are once again displaced.
As they were on Thursday, Ferry Farm students are in classes held at Dixon Smith Middle School as repairs are being made at Ferry Farm. School officials decided to abandon the failed gas line and ordered Columbia Gas to install a new line that will service the building, said Stafford schools spokeswoman Valerie Cottongim.
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Food Lion will make a return to the Potomac Communities soon, so we want to know will miss the Bloom and Bottom Dollar stores which will be converted back to Food Lion stores?
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Marshall runs against Allen
Del. Bob Marshall said Thursday he will run for Virginia’s open U.S. Senate seat, adding another candidate to the mix of Republicans challenging frontrunner George Allen for the party’s nomination, the Washington Examiner reports.
23-year-old running for mayor
Young entrepreneur Ryan Bullock has become the third candidate to announce a campaign for Fredericksburg’s mayoral office in the upcoming May municipal elections, reports Patch.com
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA . . . The Prince William County Criminal Justice Academy Basic Law Enforcement 30th Session graduated on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, at 10 a.m. at the Hylton Performing Arts Center, 10960 George Mason Circle, in the Manassas area. This class was comprised of 26 Prince William County Police officers and one Prince William County Sheriff’s deputy.
The 27 men and women completed a 24-week course of training in all aspects of police work, including classes in firearms, use-of-force decision making, driver training, legal training, patrol techniques, criminal investigation and crash investigation. The graduating law enforcement personnel are listed below, and brief biographies of each graduate follow:
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By Chaneé Patterson
Capital News Service
Richmond, Va. – Parents should think twice about scheduling a family vacation at the end of August or in early September.
The Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission, PRTC, had a memorable year in 2011 as the agency celebrated its 25th anniversary and saw ridership increase by 7 percent – the largest annual increase in three years.
PRTC provides commuter and local bus services for residents of Prince William County, Manassas and Manassas Park. In 2011, PRTC’s OmniRide and Metro Direct commuter bus services carried more than 2.3 million passengers – a 6% increase over 2010. At the same time, PRTC’s OmniLink and Cross County Connector local bus services carried more than 1 million passengers for the first time in its history – a 9% increase over 2010. When all services are combined, PRTC carried more than 3.4 million passengers on its buses – a 7% increase over 2010, and the largest annual increase since 2008 when gas prices surpassed $4 per gallon and area residents stepped up their search for ways to save money.