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Route 28 meeting today: Get the latest on widening, bypass projects

Published May 17, 2022 at 7:00AM

The Prince William County Department of Transportation will hold a virtual information session on the Route 28 Bypass Project. During this Transportation Tuesday session today at noon, officials will provide updates on the Route 28 Bypass Project and the progress of Fairfax County’s ongoing Route 28 Widening Project.

In Prince William County, crews are working to build a $300 million, four-lane bypass that will allow drivers to avoid using Route 28 through Manassas. The new road will extend Godwin Drive from Sudley Road at UVA Prince William Medical Center east to Route 28 at the Fairfax County line.

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Jewelry store catches fire at Virginia Gateway, occupants evacuate

By Potomac Local News

Published May 16, 2022 at 8:45PM | Updated May 16, 2022 at 9:04PM

[Photo: Gianni Tonizzo/Facebook]

A fire broke out at Grace Jewelers tonight, an independent jewelry store at 14059 Promenade Commons Street in Gainesville.

A fire alarm sounded at about 7:40 p.m., signaling all inside to get out of the shop. No one was injured.

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Ribbon cutting: Duly Noted on Caroline Street in Fredericksburg

By Potomac Local News

Published May 16, 2022 at 8:00PM

Business leaders gathered to cut the ribbon on the new Duly Noted store.

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The road ahead: Stafford prioritizes street work for the next six years

By Potomac Local News

Published May 16, 2022 at 6:00PM

Stafford County will adopt a Secondary System Six-Year Program (funding plan) for side roads on Tuesday, May 17.

The county has identified 11 road projects for funding. Staff will use unspent funds from last year, as well as new “TeleFees,” monies from telecommunications companies paid to the state for the use of the public right-of-way for its utilities, to speed up the road construction process.

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Victim found in driveway: Man faces charges in Stafford shooting

By Potomac Local News

Published May 16, 2022 at 4:38PM

Madden [Photo: Stafford sheriff's office]

Police are just telling us about the incident at 3:06 a.m. Saturday, May 14. Deputies went to a medical emergency on Fox Run Lane in the Woodlawn subdivision, about three miles outside Downtown Fredericksburg.

They found a man in a home’s driveway, bleeding profusely, with life-threatening injuries, police said. Deputy K.P. Hall rendered first aid until medics from Stafford Fire and Rescue arrived and transported the man to the hospital.

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Delivery man robbed at knifepoint, car found at Potomac Town Center

By Potomac Local News

Published May 16, 2022 at 4:30PM

Neabsco Commons

On Sunday, May 15, at 2:32 a.m., police were called to the 2700 block of Neabsco Common Place, across from Freedom High School in Woodbridge, to investigate a robbery of a deliveryman.

The 45-year-old male victim told police that he was delivering an order to an apartment when he was approached by an unknown man who told the victim to make the delivery on the side of the building.

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Voter misinformation: Mysterious flier appears; Manassas gov’t promotes Dem Primary Election, ignores GOP

By Uriah Kiser

Published May 16, 2022 at 3:00PM | Updated May 16, 2022 at 6:40PM

On Saturday, May 21, Voters will have an opportunity to nominate a Republican to run for Virginia’s 10th Congressional District seat in November 2022.

However, Manassas residents and city employees may not know about the upcoming election based on information — or the lack thereof — distributed by City Hall.

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Detour lifted, street work complete at soon-to-open storage facility

By Potomac Local News

Published May 16, 2022 at 1:00PM

Construction continues on a new storage facility at 700 Garrisonville Road in North Stafford.

Utility work at a new storage facility built on Garrisonville Road in North Stafford is complete, and a detour is no longer in place.

Crews completed the work on Friday, May 13, 2022. Meadow Lane, between Garrisonville Road and Lark Lane, has reopened to traffic

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Triangle woman dies in I-95 crash, driver distraction a possible cause

By Potomac Local News

Published May 16, 2022 at 11:08AM | Updated May 16, 2022 at 4:08PM

Today, police report a woman from Triangle died in a crash in Springfield.

At 3:33 a.m. Monday, May 9, Virginia State Police went to a three-vehicle crash in the southbound lanes of Interstate 95 at the 169-mile post. A 2005 Nissan Altima was traveling south on I-95 when it attempted to change lanes to the right and struck a 2019 Nissan Sentra.