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.
One person was flown to an area hospital just before 4 p.m. Prince William police said the victim was involved in a vehicle crash.
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.
The Stafford County School Board has appointed new administrators for two schools in Stafford – Terri Rivero and Brian Fitzgerald.
According to a release, Rivero – a graduate of Stafford County Public Schools – will serve as the new principal at Rockhill Elementary School.
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Voters heard from all three Democrats vying to replace longtime retiring State Senator Charles Colgan.
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.
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.
On the evening of May 17, Prince William fire and rescue was sent to a townhouse fire on Corbin Court in Woodbridge.
When responders arrived on the scene, they found a kitchen fire that had been contained by the home’s sprinkler system, said Prince William fire and rescue.
