STAFFORD, Va. — There’s a new call from Stafford County officials asking residents not to use water outdoors if they don’t have to.
The recent wave of power outages caused by Friday’s storm is challenging the county’s ability to meet water demands and. As a precautionary measure, officials asked residents to use buckets of water to water flowers or wash cars instead of a hose.
NORTH STAFFORD, Va. – While some lined up for fireworks on a hot, 100-degree Independence Day afternoon, others stood in line for fresh crabs at Decatur’s Fresh Crabs and Shrimp stand at the corner of Stafford Marketplace and Va. 610.
It’s been more than 100 hours since Friday night’s powerful Derecho windstorm hit, and many in the Potomac Communities are still without power.
Dominion Virginia Power crews posted their work locations for today, where the utility says they’re working around the clock to restore power. (Locations listed below).
AQUIA HARBOUR, Va. — A dog got its paw stuck in a pipe while getting a bath from its owner today. Fire and recue crews were called to help get fido’s paw free.
It happened about 10 a.m. when crews from fire station nine at Aquia Harbour in North Stafford were called to a home in the gated community.
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — As Stafford County residents without power continue to sweat it out in this summer heat, at least now they can take a hot shower.
County officials will open a cooling shelter at 11 a.m. at Gayle Middle School. Located in the county’s expansive England Run subdivision, the shelter will offer shower facilities where residents can bring their own toiletries and clean up until 7 p.m.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Just because there wasn’t any action on the baseball field today that doesn’t mean things weren’t hot at Pfitzner Stadium.
A skeleton crew of Potomac Nationals employees was inside the management offices at the Woodbridge baseball stadium just before 5 p.m. Friday when they smelled what they thought was natural gas. They evacuated the building, and no sooner did they get outside did they see flames shooting from windows, said Potomac Nationals General Manager Josh Olerud.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Johnny Soza, 35, of Stafford, Va., has been indicted by a federal grand jury and accused of enticing a 15-year-old girl in Canada to engage in sexually explicit conduct for him online.
Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and John P. Torres, Special Agent in Charge for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Washington, D.C., made the announcement.
NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — Who was it that placed about 20 large rocks on the northbound lanes of U.S. 1 today? That’s what Stafford authorities want to know.
Two cars were damaged, and one of them popped a tire on its driver’s side, when they ran over the rocks while traveling on U.S. 1 north at Coal Landing Road, just south of Va. 610 in North Stafford. No one was injured.
By AL ALBORN
The Alborn Foundation
The world is a math problem. It is an infinite number of “dots” waiting to be connected. We understand very little about these dots, and are only beginning to connect an immeasurably small percentage of them. We often “miss” the most important dots looking right past them.
FALMOUTH, Va. — Two new sections of the Belmont-Ferry Farm Trail were opened Saturday. A ribbon cutting was held, as was family activities.
