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Officials are trying to figure out how to keep PRTC buses rolling in 2017.
There’s been more talk, but not much action to address the looming $9 million annual shortfall for Prince William County’s transit system.
When you see flashing school zone signs this summer, you still need to slow down.
According to Prince William police, summer school is in session in several county schools until July 24.
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On the afternoon of July 10, Prince William police responded to a call at the Wal-Mart on Jefferson Davis Highway in Dumfries for a sexual assault.
According to Prince William police, the victim – a 29-year old Woodbridge woman – stated that she was shopping in the Wal-Mart when she was approached by an unknown man.
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Route 28 in Bristow is being widened to four lanes.
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An environmental organization is concerned about toxic chemicals making their way into Quantico Creek and the Potomac River from the Possum Point power plant near Dumfries.
Possum Point’s power plant used to burn coal to generate power. When coal burns it creates a residue, known as coal ash, which was pumped into coal ash ponds on the property before the plant switched to burning natural gas in 2003.
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Over the weekend, members of the Manassas Write by the Rails group gathered to create free little libraries for the Greater Prince William (GPW) Little Free Libraries project.
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On Saturday, July 18, from noon to 4 p.m. at the Lakeside courtyard in the Tackett’s Mill Center at 2228 Tackett’s Mill Drive in Lake Ridge, The Clearbrook Foundation again presents “Poetry and Jazz”, a free festival featuring local poets and authors reciting to the music of Common Ground, and hosted by Guy Lambert, WPGC radio personality plus surprise celebrities, refreshments, local authors, food trucks and painting station.
This year, participants will enjoy the “Poetry Circle,” (nominated poets from last year’s contest). The Lakeside is located off the corner of Old Bridge Road and Harbor Drive in Lakeridge, VA. The Clearbrook Foundation, a local non-profit, established the Clearbrook Center of the Arts at Tacketts Mill and funded the Poets Laureate positions in conjunction with local writers group Write by the Rails and the Prince William Council for the Arts.