STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — It’s an annual tradition in Stafford County: The Rock Hill Ruitan Club’s Cardboard Boat Regatta on the Potomac River.
The regatta will be held this year on July 20 at 10 a.m., which is held each year at Aquia Landing Park at the confluence of Aquia Creek and the Potomac River.
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — The Stafford County Democratic Committee invites the public to a “Smokin’ Blue BBQ” fundraising picnic at the historic Aquia Landing Park, 2846 Brooke Road, Stafford, 22554, on Sat., July 27. The event starts at 11 AM and runs until 3 PM.
Michael Futrell, Candidate for House of Delegates District 2, will be among the special guests. Representatives from the statewide campaigns for Governor, Lt. Governor and Attorney General are also expected and citizens will have an opportunity to meet local supervisor candidates David Beiler (Falmouth), Laura Sellers (Garrisonville), and Mara Sealock (Aquia).
A total of seven people died on state roads this past Independence Day holiday weekend.
Three of the fatal crashes this past weekend in Virginia involved motorcyclists. One of the motorcycle crashes occurred on Joplin Road in Prince William County, where a Dumfries man lost his life.
Grab the blankets and head outdoors to the lawn to watch one of two films being shown in our area this weekend.
In Dumfries on Friday, “The Lorax” will be shown at 7:30 p.m. in Garrison Park behind Town Hall. The movie is a partnership with the town and Pillar Church.
MANASSAS, Va. — After a 3-year-old boy was found walking alone in a Manassas area neighborhood, police asked the child to lead them back to his home.
When he did, they found the mother of the child passed out and intoxicated, according to police.
DALE CITY, Va. — Three people who are all roommates and work together at a private security firm are now talking to police after two of them — a man and woman — were handcuffed and assaulted.
Police said the three people involved in this case live at a home in the 13600 block of Kingsman Road in Dale City, and that the male and female victims were handcuffed by their roommate after getting into an argument over something that happened at the workplace, according to police. The victim kicked the male victim while he was handcuffed, police added.
DUMFRIES, Va. — Councilman Derek Wood has been tapped to lead a new Parks and Recreation Commission in the Town of Dumfries.
Wood served as the catalyst for creating the new commission and helped to secure $25,000 of un-appropriated funds that will be used for events to be held at the town’s three parks in the coming year. Wood will serve as the elected official appointed to lead the commission made up of five town residents who were also appointed Tuesday night.
DUMFRIES, Va. — Councilman Derek Wood found his way home Tuesday night, back to his seat on the dais at Dumfries Town Council.
The Council met for the first time this month after postponing a meeting last week due to the Independence Day holiday, and Wood addressed questions that arose in June about his resident status in the town in which he is elected to serve.
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — Construction work to widen the two-mile stretch of U.S. 17, between Mc Lean Drive and Stafford Lakes Parkway, has geared up. Currently this stretch of U.S. 17 in Stafford County is six lanes, but it “narrows down very quickly to four,” said Virginia Department of Transportation spokeswoman Kelly Hannon.
“What we’re doing essentially is widening that road back out to six lanes all the way from I-95 to Stafford Lakes Parkway,” said Hannon.
MANASSAS, Va. — Fire crews are on the scene of a blaze at 7532 Wichita Court in Manassas.
The fire broke out in an apartment building just before 7 p.m. Fire crews forced their way into the burning building after arriving and seeing smoke showing, according Manassas Volunteer Fire Department.
