Potomac Local News

Multiple suspects arrested following disturbance at Stafford hotel

Published March 5, 2019 at 11:57PM

STAFFORD – (Press Release) Multiple suspects were arrested early Sunday morning by deputies with the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office following a disturbance at a local hotel.

On March 3, 2019, at approximately 1:34 a.m., 1st Sgt. Neuhard responded to reports of a fight in progress at the Clarion Inn located at 564 Warrenton Road. Upon arrival, he observed approximately one hundred people dispersing in the parking lot. He also observed Deputy Wright speaking with a male subject who was bleeding from his head.

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Stafford panel tackles topic of gun violence: ‘We are all so numb’

By Susie Webb

Published March 5, 2019 at 10:34PM | Updated March 6, 2019 at 12:01AM

STAFFORD COUNTY — Behind the doors of a conference room in Howell Library, formerly England Run, Moms Demand Action held a panel discussion on gun violence.

Fourteen people attended and voiced their insights and concerns regarding gun violence in the community. There were three panelists at the event: “community mom” Eunice Haigler, Captain Lee Peters from the Sheriff Office, and Joshua Cole, assistant pastor and local NAACP chapter president for Stafford County.

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After killing plans A & B, Stafford school officials juggle three new plans for elementary redistricting

By Christopher Hirons

Published March 5, 2019 at 10:08PM | Updated March 6, 2019 at 12:01AM

Students head back to class in Stafford County Public Schools on Sept. 3, 2013. [Submitted photo]

STAFFORD — The Stafford County School Board will move forward with its effort to change the attendance boundaries of every elementary school in the county.

The school division will now look at two of three new redistricting proposals, plans C and E. Each School Board member has the ability to make changes to the plans that were selected.

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The first and only hospital in Stafford turns 10 years old

By Rick Horner

Published March 5, 2019 at 9:58PM

Stafford Hospital (Photo: Mary Washington Healthcare)

STAFFORD — On Feb. 27, 2009, the doors of Stafford Hospital opened to the public. Before its opening, the only nearby hospitals that Stafford residents could go to for medical care was Mary Washington in Fredericksburg and Potomac Hospital in Woodbridge.

Each opened in 1900 and 1973, respectively. By 2009, the population in Stafford County had increased to 128,000 people, and the county needed a hospital it could call its own.

Features

City resident to bring Viking festival back to Manassas in May

By Olivia Aveni Briscoe

Published March 5, 2019 at 9:53PM | Updated March 6, 2019 at 12:01AM

MANASSAS — Vikings will return again to the most unlikely city: Manassas.

“I’ve just always wanted to do something Nordic,” said Erna Pomrenke, a city resident and founder of the Manassas Viking Festival.

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Should Prince William School Board members get a raise?

By Potomac Local News

Published March 5, 2019 at 6:43PM

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Published March 4, 2019 at 7:00PM | Updated March 20, 2019 at 10:30PM

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Our student reporter gets the scoop on Okra’s Alligator bites, business with the Boys and Girls Club ‘Real Big Kid’ event

By Potomac Local News

Published March 3, 2019 at 8:38PM | Updated March 3, 2019 at 9:08PM

MANASSAS — It took him a minute to scrounge up the courage to ask this first question.

Malachi, all but 12 years old, sat next to Okras Cajun-Creole restaurant founder Charles Gilliam, one of the most recognizable businessmen in Manassas.

Alexandria man charged in fatal Woodbridge shooting

By Potomac Local News

Published March 3, 2019 at 6:53PM

WOODBRIDGE — (Press Release) Murder Investigation – On March 3 at 12:39AM, officers responded to the area of Rippon Blvd. and Jefferson Davis Hwy. in Woodbridge (22191) to investigate a shooting.

The investigation revealed that while in a nearby parking lot the victim and the suspect were engaged in an argument that escalated. During the encounter, a firearm was brandished and the victim was shot.