Potomac Local’s very own Susie Webb will represent Virginia at the 2019 Al Neuharth Free Spirit and Journalism Conference.
Webb, who is also a student at Stafford High School, will receive a $1,000 college scholarship in addition to attending the conference in Washington, D.C. June 14 – 20.
DUMFRIES — The first annual Dumfries Mayor’s Ball was a success.
The event hosted by Dumfries Mayor Derrick Wood supported education, and raised a total of $40,000 in college scholarship funds for area students pursuing business administration or information technology degrees from IGLOBAL University in Vienna, or a degree in the hospitality management, business administration, healthcare administration, or cybersecurity from any Stratford University campus in Virginia.
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WOODBRIDGE — When Metro shuts down its Blue and Yellow lines this summer, OmniRide will step in with an alternative to help commuters get where they’re going.
NORTH STAFFORD — A man who ordered a sandwich ended up in jail shortly thereafter.
Stafford sheriff’s deputies were called to a WaWa store at 105 Garrisonville Road at 11:04 p.m. Monday, April 22.
STAFFORD COUNTY — Virginia Senator Mark Warner will be the keynote speaker at an upcoming cybersecurity conference.
Warner (D) will speak at the third annual Cyber Never Sleeps Summit, which brings together leaders on the frontlines of the “cyber battle.”
HAYMARKET — Route 15 (James Madison Highway) between Logmill Road (Route 701) and the Prince William/Loudoun county line will have overnight mobile lane closures Monday, April 29 for rumble strip installation along the shoulders.
The mobile single-lane closures will occur along northbound and southbound Route 15 between 10 p.m. Monday night and 5 a.m. Tuesday, April 30, according to a Virginia Department of Transportation spokeswoman.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — A Nokesville man is charged with possession of child pornography.
On April 24, a Prince William County detective assigned to the Northern Virginia/DC Internet Crimes against Children Task Force concluded an investigation into an individual possessing and distributing child pornography with the execution of a search warrant at a home located at 10339 Reid Lane in Nokesville.
WOODBRIDGE — A man from Triangle is the latest Virginia Lottery winner.
In a press release, the lottery told Potomac Local winner Anthony Wesley of Triangle had a funny feeling when his wife returned home from shopping and said, “Hey. someone won for a million dollars at Shoppers. Was it you?”
MANASSAS — CenterFuse, the co-working space in Downtown Manassas, held a graduation for its first cohort of Launch-A-Business program (LaB) students on Tuesday.
The eight-week course was a first for the co-working center and focused teaching students about the value proposition of a business, revenue models, cost structures, key partners, activities and metrics, and sales theory.
OCCOQUAN — More than a hundred and fifty recreational boats are anticipated to take part in the area’s 19th annual Blessing of the Fleet.
Multiple activities are planned both on the water and land as part of “Discover Occoquan Day.”
