Residents in all four of Prince William County’s towns received incorrect election notices telling them to vote at the wrong polling station.
Prince William County General Voter Registrar Eric Olsen said a contractor sent the incorrect notices to about 5,300 residents in Dumfries, Haymarket, Occoquan, and Quantico. Residents in the towns of Herndon and Clifton in Fairfax County also received incorrect notices, WJLA-TV first reported.
How it started: A Fredericksburg man called 911 to summon the cops. How it ended: police arrested him after he called back.
The caller summoned Stafford County Sheriff’s deputies to Red Roof Inn, at 386 Warrenton Road, at 9:23 p.m. Thursday, October 20. He told a 911 operator that he smelled something strange in the neighborhood and wanted someone to come to check it out.
Updated 7 p.m. –– The Republican Party of Virginia filed a lawsuit against the Prince William County Elections Office.
The GOP says the county has not done its job to allow handpicked party representatives to work as poll chiefs and assistant chiefs on Election Day, November 8, 2022.
The commuter railway operations board voted today to continue the free fares, an extension of the free fare program it provided riders last month on its Fredericksburg and Manassas lines.
The railroad will again charge the full fare for those who board at stations south of Springfield. In July, VRE decided it would let all riders take its trains free while Metro closes its Blue and Yellow lines south of Reagan National Airport for rehabilitation work.
The Prince William County Planning Commission approved a location for a new elementary school in Woodbridge. Construction crews will build the on about 10 acres on the north side of Prince William Parkway near the intersection of Route 1.
The school will have three stories to accommodate 631 students. The purpose is to relieve overcrowding at several elementary schools, such as Featherstone, Kilby, and Marumsco elementary schools.
Tomorrow, Saturday, October 22, Stafford County Public Schools will hold a multicultural day.
It’s the first time the school division has scheduled this type of event. Residents are invited to participate from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at Colonial Forge High School, 550 Courthouse Road.
Occoquan will kick off a series of Halloween events, starting tonight with the 1988 classic “Beetlejuice.”
Food, drinks, alcohol, and treats are available for purchase. Registration is $30 for the whole team. Tickets are available online or at the door.
If you’ve got business at or near the Fairfax County Government Center, charges are coming to a popular exit ramp from Interstate 66.
Crews working to build E-ZPass Express Lanes are preparing to close the ramps at Monument Drive and Stringfellow Road. As early as Monday, October 24, the ramps to I-66 East from Monument Drive and Stringfellow Road will close.
Just before 1 a.m., crews arrived to find a fire in the garage.
Smoke detectors altered the home’s occupants to the blaze. Crews quickly extinguished the fire, said fire and rescue Assitant Chief Matt Smolsky.
