PotomacLocal.com ranked the area’s top local restaurants and compiled a easy-to-read list so you can see what’s good, what to try, and know what to tell your friends when they ask “is there any place good around here to eat?” Because no matter what the economy is doing, people, no matter what, still go out to eat!
These eateries were chosen for a number of factors like quality, service, location, uniqueness to the community, as well as being a darn good place to feast.
Stafford, VA – At an investiture ceremony held last night in the Board Chambers at the Stafford County Administration Center, newly-elected and reelected supervisors, constitutional officers and School Board members were installed in their offices.
Judge Charles S. Sharp of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit presided at the ceremony and administered the oaths of office. Taking the oath as newly-elected members of the Board of Supervisors were Jack R. Cavalier of the Griffis-Widewater District and Robert M. Thomas, Jr., of the George Washington District. Cavalier, who represented the district from 2000 to 2007, succeeds Bob Woodson, who did not seek reelection. Thomas succeeds Harry Crisp, who also declined to run for reelection. Supervisor Cord A. Sterling – who was reelected to the Rock Hill District seat he has held since 2008 – was also sworn in. Three of the four constitutional officers who took their oaths last night were reelected: Sheriff Charles E. Jett, Commissioner of the Revenue Scott Mayausky and Treasurer Laura M. Rudy.
Stafford, Va. — As Stafford’s Board of Supervisor’s Chairman prepares to head to Richmond next month for his new job as Delegate, there is talk about changing the make-up of county’s Board of Supervisors.
Del. –Elect Mark Dudenhefer (R-Stafford, Woodbridge) was elected in November to serve in Richmond when the General Assembly convenes Jan. 13. That will leave open not only the Garrisonville District Supervisor’s seat but also the title of Chairman of the Stafford County Board of Supervisors.
Last week we marked the end of the Iraq War, a long and arduous conflict that cost almost 4,500 American lives, over 32,200 wounded and cost approximately $1 Trillion. The war also deposed a brutal dictator and planted the seeds for a democratic Iraq – if, to paraphrase Benjamin Franklin, the country can keep it.
Historians will debate the outcome of the Iraq War and whether or not the U.S. achieved its strategic goals, but what is clear is that the Iraq War changed the way our country conducts intelligence and operations in wartime.
North Stafford, Va. — It’s taken five electrical breakers, years of effort, 138 extension cords, and more than 30 hours of programing to bring a holiday lights display to Springlake Drive.
Woodbridge, Va. — The grand court at Potomac Mills mall has come a long way since the days of large plastic apples sitting in an oversized cereal bowl filled with water. While the decorative bowl of apples has been missing from the mall for years, Potomac Mills on Thursday unveiled a new children’s play place in the grand court modeled after landmarks in Virginia.
It includes a 17th century ship, cardinals depicting the state bird, Chesapeake blue crabs, George Washington and his fabled cherry tree.
Tourism officials and the Virginia Department of Transportation entered into an agreement that would allow the county to place several blue signs, large signs on major roads and small ones on by ways, featuring the county’s logo and a depiction of a young George Washington.
Of the large, or monument, signs that will be placed at major gateways into the county such as Interstate 95 and at the Fredericksburg line, they will now stand on two large posts and not stone bases as was originally planned. The changes were requested by VDOT in fears the stone bases could be hazardous to motorists in the event of a crash.
North Stafford, Va. — Parking is about to improve at Smith Lake Park in North Stafford.
The Stafford County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved the addition of 138 new spaces at the popular park. Though the park has five athletic fields, four can be used at one time because of the lack of adequate parking.
North Stafford, Va. — Virginia Department of Transportation officials were out Wednesday night at Moncure Elementary School in North Stafford to answer questions about the expansion of the Staffordboro Commuter Lot off Va. 610.
Transportation officials plan to add an additional 1,000 parking spaces at the site in preparation for High Occupancy Toll lanes that will be built as part of the I-95 HOT lanes project. Construction on the lanes could begin as early as next spring.
North Stafford, Va. — As Del.-Elect Mark Dudenhefer (R-2, Stafford, Woodbridge) prepares for his new job in Richmond, Stafford County officials must appoint someone new to fill his Board of Supervisors seat.
Dudenhefer, who has served as Chairman of the Stafford County Board of Supervisors since 2010 and on the Board since 2005, chaired his final meeting Tuesday night. Now the Board must appoint a new Supervisor to the Garrisonville District in North Stafford.
