A new motel is open for business in an old place.
Motel 6 opened its doors at the site of an old Holiday Inn near the intersection of Route 234 and Interstate 95 near Dumfries. The Holiday Inn is now located across Route 234.
Author: Potomac Local News
The property tax rate in Prince William County remains flat, but the average tax bill is going up.
Prince William County Supervisors on Friday approved its fiscal 2017 operating budget. After months of wrangling over whether or not to raise the tax rate by 3.88 percent as outlined in a five-year plan approved last year, leaders kept a flat-tax rate of $1.122 per $100 of assessed property value.
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Could a plan to outsource some library operations save millions?
The majority of the members of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors want to find out. The Board approved issuing a request for proposals (RFP) from private companies who would bid on taking over the daily management operations of the county’s 11 library branches.
A Marine, who faced charges after painting a picnic table at his apartment complex last summer and had his cased tossed out of court, won a settlement from the court.
A Prince William County Court awarded Mickey Triplett $6,500 for pain and suffering associated with being wrongfully accused of destruction of property after painting a picnic table at his then apartment complex Potomac Ridge Apartments in Woodbridge.
Those behind a study to expand Virginia Railway Express in western Prince William County say the region’s population numbers will explode.
The transit agency said it used statistics from the Prince William County Planning Office that show more 43 percent of the growth in the county between now and 2040 will be centered along a planned 11-mile extension of VRE’s Manassas line, from the city to Haymarket.
Occoquan-Woodbridge-Lorton Volunteer Firefighters responded to the report of a fire at 1324 Congress Street in Woodbridge. OWL VFD crews arrived on scene to find fire in the basement of a single family home.
Entry was made thru the front door and the fire was knocked down in less than 10 minutes. The blaze is under investigation by the Prince William County Fire Marshal’s Office. American Red Cross was called and assisted one adult and one small dog with temporary housing. Fire and Rescue units from OWL VFD, Dale City VFD, Fairfax, and [Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue] responded to the incident.
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Police identified the shooting victim as 19-year-old Ishamael Mansaray, of Woodbridge.
Mansaray is a 2015 graduate of Gar-Field Senior High School in Woodbridge, said school spokesman Phil Kavits. (more…)
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Like many road names throughout Prince William County, Sudley Road and Sudley Manor Road find their beginnings with the influential Carter Family.
In the 1750s, Landon Carter was deeded a portion of land from the Middle Bull Run tract in northern Prince William, eastern Loudoun, and western Fairfax counties. While Landon primarily lived in Richmond County at Sabine Hall, the task of developing the Middle Bull Run tract was given to two of his sons: John Carter and Landon Carter II. (more…)
There’s been a shakeup on the Dumfries Town Council. (more…)