Stafford County is set to spend $1.8 million on a new sidewalk in the northern part of the county.
Before it does, it wants to hear from you. The Stafford County Department of Capital Projects will host a public meeting about the Staffordboro Boulevard Sidewalk Project Wednesday, May 18, from 6 to 7 p.m. at Anne E. Moncure Elementary School, 120 Juggins Road in North Stafford.
By Tyler Arnold
(The Center Square) – Intuit, owner of the popular tax-filing website TurboTax, will need to pay out $3.5 million to Virginia consumers in response to allegations of deceptive advertising practices, according to a settlement agreement between the company and the commonwealth.
The Open Space Art Gallery is now open in a space once occupied by South Moon Under, at 15000 Potomac Town Center Place near Wegmans. The Prince William Arts Council, in conjunction with the Prince William Art Society, is maintaining the space.
“Stonebridge and JBG Smith [owners of Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center] were happy to have Prince William County Arts Council utilize the space,” spokeswoman Anastasia Pordorski told Potomac Local News. “It had been sitting vacant since the prior tenant vacated in early 2020.”
Submitted by Volunteer Prince William
Greetings, Prince William – Help fight local hunger! The hard-working staff at ACTS needs volunteers on May 14, 6pm-9pm, to support the Mail Carriers Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. Volunteers will help off-load donations at their Hunger Prevention Center, 17958 Dr. David Cline Lane, Dumfries 22026. Groups, families, and individuals are welcome, and you’ll feel great helping the staff get their food warehouse organized to help feed food insecure families! Please contact Shirley at [email protected] or call 703-441-8606 ext. 288 for more information.
Police are on the scene of a shooting at a Motel 6 in Dumfries, where one person was found suffering gunshot wounds. The unidentified man was taken to a local hospital suffering non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
*UPDATE: #Shooting | #Dumfries; one adult male located with non-life threatening injuries and transported to an area hospital. Incident was isolated to the Motel 6. Expect heavy police presence as the investigation continues. https://t.co/aPXPXOeYCw
A women’s health center in Manassas was vandalized, a clinic employee confirmed to Potomac Local News today.
Someone used black spray paint to vandalize The First Care Women’s Health Center on Forestwood Lane, writing “abortion is a right” and “liars.”
While road crews changed their plans for tonight’s highway work, detours are still planned for tomorrow night as crews work to extend E-ZPass toll lanes to Fredericksburg.
Crews will lift and install new bridge beams for the future flyover at exit 148 at Quantico interchange in Stafford County. The work means all northbound drivers will be detoured a near exit 143, Garrisonville Road, onto the Express Lanes between 10:30 p.m. to 4 a.m. Tolls will not apply to drivers routed onto the Express Lanes.
[Updated 2:45 p.m Tuesday, May 10] Today, more than 160 business owners attended an annual business appreciation breakfast in Manassas.
The annual event began at 8 a.m. at the newly-opened Chantilly Air Jet Center at the Manassas Regional Airport.
A woman shot multiple times is expected to survive.
On Saturday, May 7, at 3:23 a.m., officers went to a home in the 15300 block of Watermill Terrace, just off Rippon Boulevard in Woodbridge, to investigate a shooting. They found a 50- year-old woman, outside of the home, suffering from gunshot wounds.
Police are searching for a man they say used a video camera to film women inside a restaurant bathroom.
On May 7 at 2:35 p.m., officers went to the Black Sheep Restaurant at 9935 Discovery Boulevard just outside Manassas to investigate a suspicious person. The restaurant manager told police that an employee found a man in the women’s bathroom using a phone under the stall walls to view women in the bathroom.
