Memo to the Prince William County Planning Commission,
This evening, you will be discussing the fate of Purcell Road and the Purcell Road Widening Project. While I live in “the neighborhood”, and naturally don’t want to see this local treasure covered with asphalt, I would like to bring a larger issue to your attention.
East Coast Rapist pleads guilty, again
One day after pleading guilty to rape and abduction charges in Loudoun County, the man known as the East Coast Rapist pleaded guilty to rape and abduction charges in Prince William County. [NBC 4 Washington]
By MARY DAVIDSON
Chief Photographer
STAFFORD, Va. — For the first time, Stafford County officials lit the county’s Christmas Tree.
STAFFORD, Va. — The Stafford County School Board has a new member.
More in a press release from the county school system:
By JOCELYN DAVIDSON KISER
NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — A guy known for carrying a possum on his shoulder will be in North Stafford to sign copies of his children’s books.
STAFFORD, Va. — If you take a short trip down Spring Lake Drive in Stafford, you’re in for a long holiday lights show.
In what seems like six short months ago, we sat down in a room near Manassas and talked about the demise of the local newspaper. The general consensus at the meeting of the Prince William Committee of 100 that the local community newspaper would meet its doom in 2017.
The daily newspaper in Prince William County, News & Messenger and it’s companion website Insidenova.com, will cease production Dec. 30. It looks like 2017 came early.
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of Montreus Peterson, age 18, of Woodford, Virginia. Peterson has been charged with 1 Count of Shooting at an Occupied Dwelling and 1 Count of Reckless Handling of a Firearm. He is currently incarcerated at the Rappahannock Regional Jail under no bond.
Peterson was charged as a result of an incident that occurred on the evening on Saturday, November 24, 2012, where deputies responded to a residence in the Olde Forge subdivision in Stafford. The Sheriff’s Office investigation has indicated that Peterson shot several times into a residence and then fled the scene after being spotted by a Stafford deputy.
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — Two men are under arrest and a Stafford County supervisor’s family has come together to offer support for their son.
Grant Reid Weber and Travis Christopher Milde, both 20-years-old, have been tied to a case involving breaking and entering, assault and batter, and vandalism that occurred in Stafford County.
