Uriah Kiser, Author at Potomac Local News

4 injured in Stafford dump truck crash

Published May 19, 2015 at 10:27AM

Four people were injured this morning in a crash involving two dump trucks and an SUV in North Stafford.

Four people who were traveling in two dump trucks were taken to a hospital suffering injuries that didn’t appear to be life threatening. The female driver of the SUV also involved in the crash refused to be taken to a hospital, said Stafford fire and rescue spokesman Mark Doyle.

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Quantico Town police officers to get body cameras

By Uriah Kiser

Published May 19, 2015 at 5:00AM | Updated May 19, 2015 at 9:56AM

Chief John Clair of the Quantico Town Police Department says body cameras are all the rage.

His six officers will soon get wired up with the mountable cameras that are meant to record a police officer’s entire day. That means every interaction with the public, good or bad.

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Quantico Town reverses decision to ban recordings of public meetings

By Uriah Kiser

Published May 15, 2015 at 6:14AM

Officials in the Town of Quantico reversed their illegal position of barring anyone from photographing, or recording audio or video during a public Town Council meeting without the full prior consent of Council.

Councilman Russell Kuhns motioned at the start of the meeting to reverse a decision approved last month by the Council to ban such forms of meeting documentation. Councilman Tom Davis seconded the motion. It passed without the support of Council members Peggy and Alex Alexander.

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Updated: Dumfries officials want the power to tear down this house

By Uriah Kiser

Published May 14, 2015 at 11:00AM | Updated May 14, 2015 at 2:23PM

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The owner of the home at 3527 Maple Street in Dumfries made a phone call to Town Hall after seeing our story.

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Why hello ‘River Mill Park’ on the Occoquan

By Uriah Kiser

Published May 13, 2015 at 10:00PM

If this park could talk, it would probably say something like: “My name is River Mill Park.”

Parks don’t talk. That’s just silly. But “River Mill Park” is indeed the name of the new park at the end of Mill Street in Occoquan. The new green is still under construction. It replaces an old water treatment facility once owned and operated by Fairfax Water.

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Quantico Town Council: No video of us without permission

By Uriah Kiser

Published May 13, 2015 at 2:01PM | Updated May 14, 2015 at 10:02AM

The Quantico Town Council is in violation of state law.

If you want to record video, audio, or take photographs during any of the Town Council’s public meetings, you now must first ask the council for permission.

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Why you can’t swim or boat on Lake Manassas

By Uriah Kiser

Published May 11, 2015 at 5:00AM | Updated May 11, 2015 at 10:06PM

You can look at it, and stand on its banks in and fish in it. But whatever you do, don’t boat or swim in Lake Manassas.

The lake remains closed to the public this summer, as it has for every summer since 2004. Manassas officials say they must do everything to protect the city’s drinking water supply from contamination, and to prevent the invasive Zebra Mussel from populating in the lake.

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World War II planes to fly over Washington, D.C. today

By Uriah Kiser

Published May 8, 2015 at 5:00AM | Updated May 8, 2015 at 5:57AM

The sky over the nation’s capital today will fill with a show of military might that dates back to World War II.

A total of 52 World War II-era planes – including the P-38 Lightning, the P-51 Mustang, and the B-29 Superfortress – will fly over the U.S. Capital at starting at 12:10 p.m. to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day. The flyover will also feature 15 historically sequenced formations that represent major battles fought during the war.

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