A mayoral candidate and longtime Dumfries councilman demanded to know where attendees lived during a public town hall on license-plate cameras Thursday night — then told people from outside the tiny town to stop weighing in.
Councilman Brian K. Fields, who is running against Mayor Derrick R. Wood, interrupted the discussion on Flock Safety’s automated license plate readers and called for a show of hands from people who actually live inside the incorporated Town of Dumfries.
No one spoke at the public hearing on the ordinance that amends the town’s appropriation and capital improvement plan for the fiscal year that began July 1, 2026, and ends June 30, 2027. The money is intended for Route 1 corridor work that includes widening preparation and renovations.
Proposed uses listed at the meeting include upgrades at the Jeff Simpson Community Center, repairs at Historic Dumfries, wayfinding and historical markers, land acquisition, and facade improvements through the Economic Development Authority. Roughly $5.9 million remains unallocated to the corridor. Accepting the state funds also frees about $780,000 in local money that the town can reallocate into the listed projects. Staff told the council that specific projects will return for approval before any of the dollars are committed. Chair Pro Tem Selonia B. Miles made the motion. It passed 7-0. The adoption follows a Sept. 15 discussion of first-cut numbers and a capital-plan error correction.
The shop is in the town’s oldest building, dating to 1750. Pagel sources individual titles from private collectors, universities, auctions, and dealers.
It is open weekends while an additional room is finished and is expected to expand to Wednesday–Sunday.
“Technology shouldn’t grow faster than public trust,” Mayor Derrick Wood said, according to Fox5 DC, as the town prepares to show residents how the paused Flock cameras operate.
Council voted 4-2 to halt activation of the eight cameras and gather more information on privacy and data sharing. No cameras will be reinstalled or turned on without further council action. The town hall is at 6 p.m. tonight.
“Members of the FMO identified this gap and took action to create a path to help young people in need rather than sending them straight into formal criminal process and likely to the Juvenile Detention Center,” Mike Hubbel, Prince William County Fire and Rescue battalion chief, said in a county release, according to InsideNova.
The Fire Marshal’s Office, Juvenile Court Service Unit, and Community Services built five pathways that range from direct fire-marshal handling to fire-safety education, behavioral-health evaluation, or standard juvenile processing. Youth ages 10–17 can be assessed after an incident or referred earlier through a healthcare provider, school counselor, or Community Services. Those who do not finish required components can be sent back to juvenile intake.
ARTfactory will hold its first fundraising 5K, “A Frozen Experience,” on Saturday, Nov. 14, at Evergreen Country Club, 15900 Berkeley Drive in Haymarket.
The 5K starts at 7 a.m., and a one-mile fun run starts at 7:30 a.m. Packet pickup begins at 6 a.m., with a warm-up at 6:30 a.m. Registration is $45 for the 5K and $15 for the fun run.
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center in Woodbridge has opened Sentara To Home, an outpatient pharmacy where patients can fill their prescriptions before they leave the hospital.
Hospital leaders cut the ribbon on the pharmacy on Oct. 14. It is on the first floor of the medical center, across from Market Coffee, and is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Dumfries Town Council on Tuesday approved the last local permits for a grocery-anchored project at 17439 and 17471 Old Stagecoach Road, voting three times and passing each item 7-0. The grocer has not been named. No one spoke at the public hearings.
The votes were taken at Town Hall, 17739 Main Street. They had been carried over from the Sept. 15 meeting, when the council rezoned about 15.33 acres from limited industrial to general business. That rezoning, REZ-2026-001, covers the parcels and right-of-way southeast of Route 1 and Potomac Shores Parkway. Tuesday’s items were the permits that still had to come back.
The Haymarket Town Council on Oct. 5 held a public hearing and then approved an amendment to the adopted fiscal year 2026-27 budget.
The amendment increases the adopted budget by nearly $194,000 using reserve funds and grant funding. The public hearing was held at Haymarket Town Hall, 15000 Washington St., Suite 100. No members of the public spoke. The hearing was closed, then the regular meeting continued.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeremy Austin, a native of Woodbridge, Virginia, supports naval aviation units while serving at Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing Pacific, the Navy Office of Community Outreach reported.
Austin graduated from Metcalfe County High School in 2010 and joined the Navy five years ago. He serves as an aviation maintenance administrationman and is the leading petty officer of the HSM Wing Safety Division.
