DUMFRIES — The Town of Dumfries is continuing its commitment to ensuring a safe and clean Quantico Creek.
Last month, over 75 volunteers attended an annual Quantico Creek Clean Up event. The volunteers collected over 470 pounds of trash, including 38 tires.
Drivers headed to or from Washington, D.C. this weekend could get stuck in construction-related traffic jams.
Construction crews will close lanes of Interstate 395 north from the Seminary Road interchange to past Pentagon City/Crystal City (Exit 8C) will close on Friday night at 10 p.m. through Saturday morning.
DUMFRIES — The Prince William County Service Authority will begin sewer main rehabilitation work in the vicinity of Duke and Washington Streets in Dumfries on Monday, May 6.
The project should take six weeks to complete. Because this rehabilitation work does not involve digging up the street (trenchless), there will be little to no effect on traffic in this area.
This forecast is produced by the National Weather Service.
A Stafford sheriff’s deputy was called to the motel and found an employee who said a woman had robbed the hotel.
The employee attempted to stop the woman, but she shoved him away and took the register. She then went to a back area of the hotel where she emptied some of the cash from the register into her clothing and purse, said Vicinanzo. The employee managed to grab the woman, and that’s when she tried to bite him, Vicinanzo adds.
STAFFFORD — Senator Mark Warner (D) is scheduled to hear from brewers Friday during of Stafford County.
At 10:15 a.m. in Stafford, Warner will host a meeting with Stafford community leaders to discuss a wide array of issues, including his legislation to end government shutdowns and ensure that federal workers are not used as political pawns in negotiations. Additionally, Sen. Warner will take questions from members of the community.
WOODBRIDGE — Is anyone missing a boat?
Prince William County fire and rescue crews were called after someone reported seeing a 10-foot boat adrift in the Occoquan River, near the George Mason University Potomac Science Center.
BRISTOW — Prince William County writer Katherine Mercurio Gotthardt has released her sixth book entitled “Late April,” a collection of poetry written between April 2018 and April 2019. April holds significance in that it is National Poetry Month.
This latest collection is what Gotthardt and her readers describe as eclectic.
John Gray is once again running for the Prince William Board of County Supervisors.
Gray has previously run as a candidate for positions on the Board of Supervisors on two separate occasions. In his last bid for Chairman, At-large in 2011, Gray ran against Prince Corey Stewart. Gray ran as an Independent and lost that race.
Yesli Vega is former Prince William County Sheriff’s Deputy, and a police officer.
She now wants the job of Coles District Supervisor on the Prince William Board of County Supervisors. It’s a seat being vacated by Martin Nohe, who is running for Board Chairman At-large.
