A new reservoir, Rocky Pen Run, was put into operation Tuesday, as development and population in Stafford County continue to grow. With water reserves to help serve the county’s 134, 352 residents, it is considered the largest public work project to take place in Stafford.
More information from a press release from Stafford County:
Quantico Ammo Supply Point expansion would encompass remains of cemetery —As far as anyone knows, no one is still buried behind Marine Corps Base Quantico’s Ammunition Supply Point, but there’s still the chance that workers expanding the facility in the next few years could come across human remains. [Stafford County Sun]
Prince William supervisors unveil road project wish list — Some of Prince William County’s worst traffic hotspots – U.S. 1, Va. 28 and Minnieville Road – were included in a new wish list of road projects approved by the Board of Supervisors last week.[Insidenova.com]
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It’s come down to just two companies negotiating with the Potomac Nationals for the naming rights for Minor League Baseball team’s new stadium in Woodbridge.
We just don’t know who they are.
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Investigator think that tissues doused in lighter fluid might have been used in a robbery at a CVS pharmacy on Va. 610.
The pharmacy at the corner of Va. 610 and Onville Road in North Stafford was robbed early Monday when a man jumped behind the pharmacy counter and grabbed Percocet. The pharmacist was assisting a drive-up window customer at the time the man jumped behind the counter, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
About $15,000 in cell phones were stolen from a Radio Shack store in Stafford County.
The burglary occurred sometime after 3 a.m. Sunday at the store inside Washington Square Plaza in south Stafford’s Ferry Farm area. A glass door was shattered, and a store manager told investigators the cell phones have been removed from a cage in the rear of the store, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
Winter weather will move closer to Stafford County than originally thought, according to the National Weather Service.
A winter weather advisory has been issued or the county until 6 a.m. Wednesday. There’s a possibility the county could see 1 to 3 inches of snow. It’s all apart of a larger storm system moving through the southeast U.S. bringing up to a foot of snow to Hampton Roads here in Virginia.
Authorities said a Stafford man led them on a wild chase into Triangle.
A Stafford sheriff’s deputy saw a car traveling north on U.S. 1 near Stafford Courthouse on Saturday afternoon. The driver was speeding, so the deputy turned around to follow the car, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
