DUMFRIES — Not one but two people will serve as grand marshals for the annual Dumfries Christmas Parade.
At its October 3 council town council meeting, Dumfries officials announced four nominees for the Christmas Parade Grand Marshall: Prince William County Potomac District Supervisor Maureen Caddigan, former town mayor Nancy West, President of Historic Dumfries Jeremiah Burns and Jimmy Vincent.
MANASSAS — Prince William – Manassas Regional Adult Detention Center has begun Phase 2 of its expansion, with a projected completion in February of 2020 and occupancy to begin in March of that year.
Right now, Jail Superintendent Col. Peter Meletis said that they’re at the stage of bringing in “massive pieces of concrete.”
WOODBRIDGE — A public hearing on a proposal to add 325 new homes in Woodbridge is delayed thanks to a judge’s decision on an unrelated case.
The Prince William County Board of Supervisors sent a proposal for a new “Ray’s Regarde” subdivision to be located at the end of Horner Road adjacent to Prince William Parkway back to the Planning Commission.
HARRISONBURG – (Press Release) Joshua Chiquillo (Woodbridge, Va./Gar-Field) broke through in a big way last week, netting his first career hat trick and leading EMU’s soccer men to a 3-0 week.
The Old Dominion Athletic Conference recognized his clutch performances by naming him the ODAC Player of the Week.
STAFFORD – (Press Release) 9 South Gateway Drive. 10/10, 5:10 p.m. Deputies responded to a reported disturbance with a weapon at Wawa. The caller advised that he was in an accident with another vehicle and the driver had pointed a gun at him. Upon arrival, deputies learned from the victim that the driver had fled the scene shortly before they arrived. The victim said they collided while pulling out of Wawa. A verbal altercation ensued, and the suspect pulled out a gun and began waving it around, pointing it at the victim. The suspect was identified as Jayquon Powers-Brown, 21, of Fredericksburg. Deputies were able to contact the suspect who agreed to meet them at the Sheriff’s Office. The suspect was taken into custody and charged with assault, brandishing a weapon, hit and run, driving without a license, and having no insurance. He was released on a $3000.00 unsecured bond.
Editor’s note: We’re featuring the stories of some spooky hunts in our region during October.
FREDERICKSBURG — Folklore tells of a spectral being that returns to Chatham Manor in Fredericksburg once every seven years to search for her lost love.
STAFFORD– On October 2, Kyle Bates from the Virginia Department of Transportation updated the Stafford County Board of Supervisors on the highlights of current VDOT construction projects in the county.
Questions and concerns from the Board of Supervisors
Manassas – (Press Release) Olivia Hajioff and Marc Ramirez, the Marcolivia Duo, join Music Director James Villani as the featured viola and violin soloists for Symphonic Journey, the Manassas Symphony’s season-opening concert at 7:30 pm on October 27, 2018 at the Hylton Performing Arts Center. They are playing Max Bruch’s Double Concerto in E minor, Op. 88.
Marcolivia — featured many times on NPR’s “Performance Today” and “Front Row Washington” — is an award-winning violin and violin/viola duo who performs music from all styles and periods from Baroque artists to works by 20th-century composers, including folk music, virtuoso works, and their own arrangements.
MANASSAS, Va. – (Press Release) Write by the Rails (WbtR), the Prince William Chapter of the Virginia Writers Club, is pleased to announce a half-day writing workshop to be held Saturday, October 27, 2018 at Trinity Episcopal in Historic Manassas from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The “Back on the Tracks: Fall Writers’ Workshop and Social Campaign Kickoff” will feature a panel on marketing books and writing, along with breakout sessions on writing novels, memoir and poetry. The event will include networking, book sales, a book exchange and live-writing exercises.
