Miles is no stranger to town politics, as she’s served on the town’s Planning Commission overseeing applications for new development, as well as maintaining the town’s historic district complete with a handful of old homes that surrounds Dumfries Elementary School.

Being elected to the town council is the next logical step in her path toward public service, she said.


WOODBRIDGE — The work to replace a water line from Fairfax to Prince William County went off without a hitch.

Prince William County Executive Christopher Martino said the project wrapped up last Friday and resulted in no loss of water for any customers in the eastern portion of the county, despite fears from officials and declaration of a water emergency made ahead of the scheduled work.


Roofing contractors have been busy since a windstorm battered the region March 2.

Crews have been backlogged with roofing jobs and anxious customers, some who need roof repairs while most others need their roofs replaced. Homeowners found everything from missing shingles to limbs and trees on their roofs one the winds died down.


MANASSAS — When people are seeking a service animal and vision impairment is the issue, Guiding Eyes for the Blind has been there since 1954, offering services free of charge.

The organization that has graduated over 7,000 guide dog teams is located in Yorktown Heights, New York. And while that might not seem local to the Prince William area, locals have gotten involved in raising exceptional dogs.


Bertha Williams Womack was born on November 9, 1932 in Auburn, Alabama. She was the daughter of the late David Williams and Eula Bailey. Sunset began for Bertha L. Womack on April 25, 2018 at Capital Caring Hospice in Arlington, Virginia


WOODBRIDGE — Prince William County leaders may be ready to part with nearly $1 million to dredge Neabsco Creek.

The U.S. Coast Guard ordered the leisure waterway in Woodbridge closed earlier this month when it found the waters were too shallow for boats to safely enter and exit the creek’s channel.


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