PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — A comprehensive plan amendment could lead to 130 new homes in the Rural Crescent.
The Prince William County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will hear a case for a comprehensive plan amendment, if approved, would allow for the conversion of 325 acres of preserved land in the Coles District into a semi-rural Mid-County Park and Estate Homes neighborhood of single-family homes, if built.
I’m posting your photos of the damage caused by today’s windstorm. Send them to ukiser[at]potomaclocal.com
Taken by Angela Marie at Henderson Elementary School in Montclair
The following letter to the editor is from Charlie Grymes, Prince William Conservation Alliance chairman:
StoryWorx: Workhouse's First Ever FREE Book Festival
Sat, Nov 14 | 11 a.m.–5 p.m. | Lorton, VA
Meet bestselling authors Angie Kim (Happiness Falls), 4× NFL Pro Bowler Ken Harvey (first-ever dramatic reading), and Emmy-winning WUSA9 anchor Wisdom Martin, plus Marcie Atkins, Omar Abed, Ellen R.B. Smith, and more for panels, signings, poetry, and workshops. Kids' Corner features author readings, crafts, and storytime. Browse the artisan market, catch a live Upstart Crow podcast, and explore the Workhouse galleries and artist studios—all part of Second Saturday.
STAFFORD — Two people who complained to Stafford County’s government about a Confederate battle flag high over Interstate 95.
One of them is a Stafford County resident Patricia Joshi who lives about six miles from where the flag flies over a home on Truslow Road and can be seen 80 feet over the highway.
Frances Graves Tyrrell, age 92 of Woodbridge, Virginia passed away peacefully, February 27, 2018 at her home. Frances was born in Culpeper, VA, September 26, 1925, daughter of Robert Lee Graves and Elizabeth Kite Graves. She moved to Woodbridge after attending James Madison University to pursue a teaching career in 1946. Frances married Robert Tyrrell, […]
STAFFORD — The technology that supports the region’s 911 system is more than 50 years old.
It’s based on copper wire technology, the stuff that for years — just as the telegraph of the 19th century did — has carried telephone calls across wires to old landline phones.
Here’s today’s OPM status.
