PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — Bill Card is once again the Chairman of the Prince William County Republican Committee.
He took a two-year hiatus but returned to the seat in January when Dottie Miller completed year term.
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Editor’s note: This is a look at the old Ray Farm, the site that is being considered as a place to build 325 new homes, called “Ray’s Regarde.”
After purchasing 88 acres for $1,000 in cash from Aubrey L. Clarke and Maude Blaine Clarke of Washington D.C. on June 14, 1920, 46-year-old lay preacher, carpenter, and farmer, George W. Ray started to build a house for his still growing family.
STAFFORD — Stafford authorities said they found marijuana on a man who tried to walk through a security gate on Tuesday.
More from the Stafford sheriff’s office:
From Prince William police:
Stabbing Investigation *ARREST – On April 5, detectives from the Gang Unit concluded an investigation regarding a stabbing that occurred at the 7-Eleven located at 13990 Jefferson Davis Hwy in Woodbridge on November 17. Upon further investigation, detectives determined that this incident was gang related. During the course of the investigation, detectives identified and arrested both suspects. One of the suspects, identified as a 17-year-old male, was arrested without incident in January. The second suspect, identified as Deybi Preczadis MEZA SOTO, was arrested in Fairfax County on April 5. The investigation continues.
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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — Many of the residents who live around Lake Montclair are seeing a first — the lake bottom.
Work on a $1.2 million project to improve the spillway at the lake’s dam at Dolphin Beach, one of the tallest earthen dams in the state, is about to get underway. The capacity of the spillway needed to be improved and brought up to state code.
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WOODBRIDGE — The U.S. Coast Guard declared Neabsco Creek unnavigable.
This means that both private and commercial boats are discouraged from using the waterway in Woodbridge, which connects to the Potomac River.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — Emergency crews were called Saturday to the area of Route 234 and Bristow Road for a serious crash.
Here are the details from Prince William police:
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WOODBRIDGE — The effort to build 325 new homes at the dead end of Horner Road won approval from the Prince William County Planning Commission.
The development called Ray’s Regarde now needs approval from the county’s Board of Supervisors, which would vote to rezone 55 acres of land from agricultural and suburban land to mixed use. That would clear the way for 300 235 new homes — 175 townhomes and 125 stacked condos, called two-over-two units.