Don Shaw is running to unseat the long-serving Robert G. “Bob” Marshall in Virginia’s 13th House of Delegates District.
Shaw first came onto the local political scene last year when he announced he was running for Brentsville District Supervisor, to fill a seat vacated by Wally S. Covington who became a judge at the Prince William County Courthouse. Republican Jeanine Lawson went on to win the race.
The first new townhomes at Featherstone Station are now selling.
The townhomes represent some the newest construction in the area in more than 50 years, and are located near the intersection of Route 1 and Featherstone Road in Woodbridge.
Potomac Local sponsored a debate Monday, Oct. 12, 2015 featuring three candidates for Prince William County Public School Board Chairman.
Quantico streets are getting resurfaced for the first time in 30 years.
The Virginia Department of Transportation hired Julis Branscome Inc. to repave about 3 miles of streets in the small town. C Street, Broadway Street, Potomac Avenue, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th streets are all being repaved at a cost of $282,000.
Beginning Tuesday, October 20, Ashton Avenue will be closed between Crestwood Drive and Lomond Drive for emergency culvert replacement. The work is expected to take about two weeks, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.
Drivers are asked to avoid the area and take alternate routes to minimize impacts.
The Potomac River was brown, and unusually rough Saturday as a group of history lovers ventured out on the water.
“All of the sustained winds we’re getting out here makes it choppy, but we’re into fall now, and conditions change out here with the weather,” said Capt. Mark Perry, who ferried sightseers about on his Miss Rivershore boat.
A Fredericksburg woman is charged with assaulting a police officer.
Here’s the police report:
