The scheduled debate between Democrat Jeremy McPike and Republican Hal Parrish on Oct. 6, 2015 has been canceled.
Due to requests for date and venue changes, the campaigns were unable to agree to a date and location for the debate.
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Author: Potomac Local News
A Woodbridge woman has been arrested, following a fight, and a high-speed car chase.
According to Prince William police, officers were called to Varsity Drive in Woodbridge for a fight. When an office arrived, they got information that the victim, a 51-year old Woodbridge man, had been stabbed, and 40-year old Woodbridge woman Tina Scales left the scene in a vehicle, stated Prince William police.
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Prince William County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (PWCAC- DST) in partnership with The Delta Education and Public Service Foundation of Prince William County, Inc., a 501(c) organization will host the 2nd Annual Business Building Workshop.
The workshop will held on Saturday, October 17, 2015 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Northern Virginia Community College, 15200 Neabsco Mills Road, Woodbridge, VA 22191. Experts in the field of small business development will share best practices, and provide participants with key resources to move forward with their vision.
Jacoba (Coe) Adriana Payne of Manassas, Virginia passed away on September 4, 2015. She was born in Homoet, Holland on February 1, 1922 and immigrated with her family to the US in early 1923. The Family settled in Minnesota and stayed there until the early 1930’s when they moved back to Holland. In October of 1938 they left Holland for the United States and settled in Virginia. She worked for Safeway for 30+ years before she retired in the late 1980’s. She remained active with her catering and was well known in the community for her generosity and business of wedding receptions and other types gatherings well into the late 1990’s. She was married to Thurston Royston Payne. She was the proud mother of four sons Harlen (Pete) Edward Veenendaal , Gerrit Thurston Payne, James Carroll Payne and Richard Lee Payne. She was a proud and lifelong member of the Rebekah Assembly of Virginia and the Women of the Moose lodge 1392.
She was preceded in death by her husband Thurston and two of her sons, Gerrit and James. She was also preceded in death by her parents, Gerrit Johannes and Johanna Jacoba Slothouber, her sister Hendrika Gezina (Slothouber) Hawkins, brother Derk Slothouber and sister Gerda Johanna (Slothouber) Fletcher, and two nephews, sons of sister Hendrika and husband Irving Hawkins, Raymond and Robbie Hawkins. She was the proud grandmother of beloved grandsons Christopher Payne, son of Richard and Sharon Payne of Flint Hill, VA and Gerrit Payne, son of James Payne and Kelly McDermott and the great-grandmother of Amelia Payne, daughter of Gerritt and Geneva Payne of Culpepper, VA. She was the proud Aunt of beloved nephews Richard Hawkins of Frederick, MD and Thomas Hawkins of Nokesville, whom were sons of sister Hendrika and husband Irving Hawkins and beloved nephews Roy Glenn, William Gerritt and Steven Allen Fletcher of Manassas whom were sons of sister Gerda and husband Joseph Henry Fletcher. She was the beloved Great Aunt to nephew Joseph Allen Fletcher, son of Steven and Vivian Fletcher of Manassas. She will be forever and greatly missed by many in our community.
Another indecent exposure incident took place in Woodbridge, yesterday afternoon.
According to Prince William police, officers were called to the Misty Ridge Apartments leasing office on Delaware Drive in Woodbridge for an indecent exposure.
Several individuals from Prince William and Manassas have been sentenced in federal court, following a long investigation into the ‘None Trey Gangsters Bloods’ street gang.
According to a U.S. Justice Department release, the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force led the investigation into the group, which led to federal prosecution of 37 area gang members – 18 of which were from Prince William and Manassas.
Prince William police have charged a man with strangulation, after a domestic incident in Woodbridge.
According to Prince William police, officers were called to an apartment on River Rock Way in Woodbridge around 1 a.m. on August 26 for a domestic assault.
Marooned in an overgrown field of weeds near where Route 28 intersects the Route 234 Bypass, the old terra cotta Thomasson barn (also known as Innovation Barn) stands forlornly on what used to be a thriving dairy farm. [Read more]
A total of 38 people make up the 2016 class of Leadership Prince William.
The names and businesses of the class members were released Sept. 3. Leadership Prince William will hold a send off reception at George Mason University Science and Technology Campus at 7:30 a.m on Thursday, Sept. 24.
Last week, the State Corporation Commission (SCC) approved an innovative solar program proposed by Dominion Resources, a project that will enhance consumer choices and facilitate clean, renewable energy production for many Virginians.
As Virginia implements the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan, the state’s utilities need to transition to systems that reduce carbon emissions and deliver reliable, affordable power to homes and businesses.