I'm the Founder and Publisher of Potomac Local News. Raised in Woodbridge, I'm now raising my family in Northern Virginia and care deeply about our community. If you're not getting our FREE email newsletter, you are missing out. Subscribe Now!
Bluegrass is coming to Brentsville.
Bring your chairs, kick up your heels, and enjoy some Bluegrass and barbeque at the Brentsville Courthouse public lot on Saturday, October 3, 2020.
A Prince William County man faces charges of stalking after police were called to a woman’s home.
On September 24 at 11:46 a.m., officers responded to a residence located in the 10800 block of Caraway Circle near Manassas to investigate a report of a disorderly person. The victim, a 41-year-old woman, told police that an acquaintance came to her home and attempted to talk her.
On Sunday, September 20, family, friends, princesses, superheroes, first responders, and volunteers with The Sweet Julia Grace Foundation gathered for a celebration parade. Cars were decorated with balloons and signs of support.
The event was all for three-year-old Matthew who, in 2019, was diagnosed with cancer. Mathew has endured 13 rounds of chemotherapy, four surgeries, three serious bacterial infections, two bone marrow transplants, and six months of immunotherapy. In early September, after a week of scans, blood work, biopsies, and tests, he was declared free of the disease.
A Woodbridge man is dead after a crash on Interstate 95.
At 11:23 p.m. Wednesday, September 28, Virginia State Police responded to a two-vehicle crash in Fairfax County. The crash occurred on Interstate 95 at the 161-mile marker.
Good Morning Prince William – Halloween is almost here, and Historic Manassas is hosting a “Mask-querade” Ball on October 31 at Harris Pavilion. Volunteers are needed to work a 4-hour shift as set up crew, thermometer readers, ticket sales and check-in, game attendants and costume contest judging. Masks must be worn; volunteers can come in costume. Please email [email protected] for more information on this fun event.
Non-COVID-19 Opportunities:
Absentee in-person voting is underway in Virginia. Mail-in ballots are being sent to voters across the commonwealth.
School divisions in Prince William and Stafford counties say they’re taking precautions after a visit from Virginia’s First Lady Pamela Norham, who, along with Gov. Ralph Northam tested positive for the coronavirus on Friday, September 25.
Prince William County plans to reopen Washington Reid School near Dumfries, where Northam visited on Tuesday, September 22, at its regular time on Tuesday, September 29.
While the official temperature for the Washington, D.C. region is recorded at Reagan National Airport, the region’s official Doppler Radar is operated from The National Weather Service office in Sterling.
That radar will out of commission for the next few weeks.
Northern Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly (D, 11-Fairfax, Prince William) wants George Mason University to rename its Antonin Scalia Law School.
Connolly pens in a statement:
Police in Manassas were called to the scene of a fatal crash today at 1:41 a.m.
A 2004 blue Saturn ran off the road into the grass median and collided into a tree at Ashton Avenue and Rolling Road. The driver, identified as Derek Scott Lett, 29, of Manassas, was pronounced deceased on scene by rescue personnel.
