What does a Lt. Governor do? “Unlike in other states, candidates for governor and lieutenant governor in Virginia run separately, not as a team.” [Washington Post]
What was old is once again new as many stores are deciding to once again close on Thanksgiving. Here’s a list of stores in our region that will close on turkey day. [WTTG-TV]
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Election Day has arrived in Virginia.
DALE CITY — The Prince William County Police Department today announced it would hold a faith-based training program for area churches.
The training will be held on Nov. 21 at the Western District Station at 8900 Freedom Center Boulevard near Manassas. The announcement comes after a man walked into a Texas church on Sunday and shot and killed 26 people.
Near the base of the Bull Run Mountain, a favorite retreat for wounded warriors is expanding.
A $300,000 donation from the Pen Fed Foundation will allow the charity “Serve Our Willing Warriors” to build a second, cottage-style home on the 37-acre property in Haymarket called the Bull Run Warrior Retreat.
Transurban, the operators of the I-95 E-ZPass Express Lanes, report toll revenues are up about 17 percent over the previous quarter. A former Stafford commuter does the math and says it would cost him nearly $15,000 a year to use the lanes if he still commuted. [Free Lance-Star]
Propelled by demographic changes that are turning Virginia into an increasingly blue state and a liberal base energized by the convulsive Trump presidency, Democrats have long been favored to retain the governorship here when the state goes to the polls on Tuesday. [New York Times]
HAYMARKET — It all started about 10 p.m. Sunday with a ruptured water main.
“It looked like a geyser,” said Haymarket Police Chief Kevin Lands.
The teenage girl at the center of an AMBER Alert just three weeks ago is missing again.
Police tell us Sinahi Aguilar-Cruz left her home in the 14600 block of Endsley Turn in Dale City at 11:30 p.m. Saturday.
Residents of Prince William County,
Please join the fight to stop the Prince William County Board of Supervisors from approving another development that will add 392 housing units, an estimated 15,000+ daily trips, and 255 children to already overcrowded classrooms.
When it comes to the old and dilapidated part of town, IDI is playing the long game.
The inside-the-beltway developer known for its properties in Washington and Arlington is about to begin renting apartments at its new Rivergate complex on the Occoquan River in Woodbridge.
