There will be fireworks in Quantico again this Memorial Day weekend.

The tiny town on the Potomac River will spend more than $7,000 on a fireworks display for town residents and visitors. The show starts Saturday, May 23, at 9:15 p.m. and the show will be preceded by live music concert starting at 7 p.m.


The president of the Anne E. Moncure Elementary School Parent-Teacher Organization, Emily Fallon, has announced that she is running for the Stafford County School Board in the Griffis-Widewater district. Dana Reinboldt currently holds that position.

“The status quo is not good enough for our kids,” said Fallon in a press release. “Our kids and the taxpayers of Stafford County deserve schools that have a plan for excellence and milestones to measure our progress.” 


Potomac Local sent a candidate survey to Kathy Sterne. She’s running to become the next Stafford County Clerk of the Court, a seat currently held since 2001 by Barbara Decatur who will retire this year.  

Sterne faces fellow Republicans Darrell English and Jim Fry  in a June 9, 2015 Primary Election. The winner of the Primary Election will go on to face a potential Democratic challenger in the November General Election.


Yesterday afternoon, Prince William police responded to a call for a robbery on Bombay Way in Woodbridge.

According to Prince William police, the victim – a 30-year old Woodbridge man – stated to officers that he was delivering a pizza to a home near the site of the incident, when he was approached by two individuals, who asked him for change.


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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