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Editor’s note: The shootings at the National Museum of the Marine Corps and other military facilities in the region brought national media attention to the Potomac Communities in 2010.
Stafford, Va. –– Residents in Stafford can no longer monitor the county’s emergency radio frequencies.
Dumfries, Va. –– PotomacLocal.com has obtained exclusive photos of a car crash that took the lives of three Stafford County men Christmas morning.
But the technology comes as customers in other parts of the region are seeing upgrades to even faster portions of the company’s cell phone data network.
Big Red announced Monday that two new cell sites have been constructed in the Berea section of the county, expanding Verizon’s service along the U.S. 17 corridor in south Stafford. (more…)
Stafford, Va. – Have you met Stafford County Public Schools new superintendent yet?
Update: Stafford fire and rescue officials said the fire was contained to the laundry room of the home and the four residents who were evacuated were allowed to return to the property.
No official damage estimate has been released following the fire.
Recently, local radio station WKYS stopped the music and opened the phone lines and asked children to call and discuss bullying.
The panel consisted of the radio host, a school principal and a doctor all of whom offered encouraging words and gave these young kids a platform to speak their mind.
The website in its current form resembles something out of the early days of the web, when graphics and columns were added to make the web a more aesthetically place to be. While the site does provide county residents with a lot of information, the look of other websites has changed and county leaders recognize it’s time for their site to catch up.
“A key component of the redesign process is obtaining important input from community members,” said Stafford County Administrator Anthony Romanello. “Results from the focus group will help us determine areas for design improvements and ways that we can better meet users’ needs.”
Woodbridge, Va. –– A surveillance photo captured his face, and now police say an alleged bank robber is in custody.
