Woodbridge, Va. –– P.F. Chang’s China Bistro will join a growing list of upscale retailers and restaurants in the expanding Potomac Town Center in Woodbridge.
Woodbridge Supervisor Frank J. Principi’s office in statement Wednesday morning confirmed the popular restaurant chain has signed a lease for a 7,000 square foot space with Roadside Development, developers of the town center, adding the restaurant to a list of seven other P.F. Chang's locations in the Washington area, including Fairfax, Tysons Corner and Arlington, according to the company’s Web site.
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By Marty van Duyne
For PotomacLocal.com
North Stafford, Va. Â -- Only a handful of people trickled into the Virginia Department of Transportation HOT Lanes Environmental Assessment Citizen Information Meeting on Tuesday evening.
VDOT hosted the event to allow citizens to view documents, maps, drawings, and reports that comprise the EA for the Interstate 95 HOT Lanes corridor.
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Prince William County, Va. –– A Prince William County Government employee was arrested Monday on charges of assault and battery, police said.
Police say the 47-year-old male victim from Manassas said he and the female suspect were involved in an argument which escalated at 6:27 p.m. Monday, in the 8100 block of Porter Ridge Lane in the Prince William County section of Manassas.
During the dispute, the victim told police the suspect pulled out a knife and threatened the victim, said Prince William police spokesman Jonathan Perok. Read More
Fairfax County, Va. –– Police in Fairfax County say a man who was found in the parking lot of a Metro station earlier this month suffering a gunshot wound shot himself.
The 32-year-old victim was found by police in Alexandria at 10:24 p.m. Oct. 4, at the Huntington Station on Metro’s Yellow line, suffering a gunshot wound to his lower body, police said. Read More
Stafford County, Va. –– Got hazardous waste materials? Stafford County officials want you to know where to drop them off for free this weekend.
The Stafford County Landfill on Eskimo Hill Road will allow residents of the county and Fredericksburg to deposit hazardous waste in a safe and environmentally friendly way, between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, said Stafford spokeswoman Cathy Riddle.
Many of the items that can be disposed of are usually found in and around kitchens, bathrooms and garages, and most have the potential catch fire, react or explode if mixed with other substances.
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Dale City, Va. –– One man faces charges after another man was shot in the foot Friday, police say.
Lavon Poynter, 31, is charged with malicious wounding, maliciously shooting into an occupied dwelling and with use of a firearm in commission of a felony, said Prince William police spokesman Jonathan Perok.
The arrest was made Friday following the shooting, on the same street where the shooting was reported, in the 4700 block of Hersand Street in Dale City. Read More
Stafford, Va. –– Some elementary school students in Stafford County may be forced to change schools.
Public school officials will hold a series of public meetings this month on the proposed relocation of several elementary school students from Falmouth, Stafford, Moncure, Grafton Village and Ferry Farm elementary schools.
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North Stafford, Va. –– Residents have been invited for an informational meeting about the proposed High Occupancy Toll lanes project on Interstate 95.
The meeting will be held from 4:30 until 7:30 p.m. at Moncure Elementary School, off Va. 610 in North Stafford.
The southern portion of the proposed toll lanes would be constructed between Dumfries and Massaponax in Spotsylvania County. The northern portion of the lanes would replace the existing High Occupancy Vehicle lanes, between Dumfries and the Pentagon.
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Woodbridge, Va. –– J.D. nearly died last year after two decades of living in the woods.
His health failing after years of alcohol abuse and doctors telling him he had only weeks to live, volunteers with the AfterShare program in Woodbridge convinced him to come to the Volunteers of America Chesapeake Hilda Barg Homeless Shelter on U.S. 1.
It changed his life, and he has since moved out of the woods, is now recovering from alcoholism and rents a room nearby.
On Sunday he came back to the shelter, donating his time to clean up what was someone else’s campsite in the woods, which brought back memories of his own. Read More
North Stafford, Va. –– One man is behind bars today after an early-morning shooting at a North Stafford commuter lot.
Sheriff’s deputies were called to the lot off Staffordboro Boulevard and Va. 610 just before 1 a.m. Friday, after a man told a 911 dispatcher that the husband of the woman he was seeing shot at him.
