Lorton, Va. ––The waters of the Potomac River have been running more rapidly and brown the past few weeks.
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Author: Potomac Local News
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The Virginia Department of Transportation is reviewing plans to place welcome signs at key entrances to the county –– on Kings Highway (Va. 3), Warrenton Road (U.S. 17), and both north and south entrances to Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. 1).
The red and blue signs will state “Stafford County: George Washington’s Boyhood Home,” and would depict a colonial-era child –– to evoke thoughts of George Washington as a child –– playing a game.
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VRE CEO Dale Zehner will be available to answer questions about your commute.
Click this link to participate in the online forum. Once there, click the “ask” button to submit your question and then wait for it to be answered, according to VRE.
The plan identifies for the next 10 years the political boundaries that will be used to elect the county Board of Supervisors and School Board, as well as defines voting precincts for every election.
Three new precincts (one in the George Washington District, one in the Griffis-Widewater District and the other in the Aquia District) were created, and five polling places were moved to new locations.
Police say both men involved in the crash were not wearing their seatbelts.
A man driving a 2005 Pontiac GT at 6:08 a.m. westbound in the 13200 block of Aden Road in Nokesville was actually traveling in the wrong lane, and after the vehicle went over a hill it struck a 1993 Geo Tracker head on, said Prince William police spokesman Jonathan Perok.
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Some schools in the Potomac Communities and throughout Prince William County have released their graduation schedules:
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Dumfries, Va. –– While everyone else stood in amazement after a house in Dumfries exploded Monday, three neighbors led the charge to pull out a man who was trapped underneath the rubble.
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Woodbridge, Va. –– On a bizarre night where nineteen men were left on base and the two clubs combined for only nine hits, the Potomac Nationals delivered when it mattered most in the bottom of the ninth and walked off with a 3-2 win against the Myrtle Beach Pelicans.
After the Nationals surrendered a two-run lead in the top of the ninth, Destin Hood’s infield single sent Potomac to a win in their first home game in 17 days.