PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Officials on the Prince William County School Board tonight will hear from residents who want to be appointed to the Board.
Six applicants will be considered to fill the vacant Woodbridge District seat on the Board. It’s a position that was vacated the day after the Nov. 6 General Election by Denita S. Ramirez, who took a new job in Richmond.
DUMFRIES, Va. — A new ethanol distribution center will be built just outside the Dumfries town limits.
Eco-Energy announced a partnership with NuStar on Tuesday that will bring an unloading, storage and outbound truck center to the area. The center will sit at Cockpit Point on railroad tracks owned by CSX and used by Virginia Railway Express trains. NuStar Energy already has a facility on Cockpit Point Road that is accessible from Possum Point Road.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Its backwoods Cajun feel sets it apart from other restaurants, and this place promises to offer a little something extra every time you come – it’s practically in the name.
Lagniappe (Lan-Yap) opened for the first time Tuesday to loves of down home Cajun cooking with recipes from the bayous of Louisiana. The restaurant’s name might be uncommon to those in Virginia, but it’s a familiar term in Louisiana that means a gift given to a customer at the time of purchase – think of it like when someone orders dozen doughnuts but they actually get 13.
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Police report Louis Smith was found and is safe.
DUMFRIES, Va. — Those who want to learn to speak English as a second language are attending classes at the Dumfries Community Center.
Sonia Hoehn leads ESL classes on Tuesday from 10 a.m. to noon in a classroom at the center next to Town Hall on Main Street. The sessions are free, and would-be students must register with Literacy Volunteers of America – Prince William County to participate in the classes.
DALE CITY, Va. — Virginia’s seventh $1 million Powerball jackpot winner in the past four weeks claimed his prize in Dale City.
Officials with the Virginia Lottery said Michael DeFonde, of Woodbridge, purchased his winning ticket from a BP gas station at the corner of Mapledale Avenue and Dale Boulevard.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — The future of travel to Dulles International Airport will be on display Wednesday night in Manassas.
Virginia transportation officials identified the corridor where a new North-South highway could be built. The area identified was once home to the much talked about Tri-County Parkway that was to link Prince William and Loudoun counties.
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School is back in session at McAuliffe Elementary School. More in a statement from schools spokeswoman Irene Cromer:
QUANTICO, Va. — Pile driving work has begun near the Quantico Marine Corps Base as part of the Interstate 95 Express Lanes Project.
The work is underway near Joplin Road (Exit 150) on I-95. Transportation officials said the pile driving work will support the foundation of a new bridge that will run over Joplin Road.
DUMIFRES, Va. — School officials in Prince William County say don’t be alarmed if you can’t get through to Graham Park Middle School.
The phone lines are not working at the Dumfries school, and officials said Verizon is working to fix the issue.
