OCCOQUAN, Va. — Don’t go to Occoquan on Saturday to see Santa. Unlike most years, he won’t be arriving by boat this Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
The town changed the time in which the jolly old elf arrives in Occoquan via watercraft from this Saturday to Dec. 1.
FROM POLICE REPORTS
Indecent Exposure – On November 21st at 12:46PM, police responded to the area of Maryland Ave and Enterprise Ln in Woodbridge (22191) for an indecent exposure. The victims, both 16 year old females of Woodbridge, reported to police that they were walking in the area above when they observed an unknown male exit a red, newer vehicle and expose himself. After exposing himself, the suspect reentered his vehicle and fled the scene. The victims were unable to provide police with a description of the male other than noting that he was a younger looking, light skinned male.
By MARY DAVIDSON
NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — What should we call it: Thanksgiving Day or Black Thursday?
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Featherstone National Wildlife Refuge opened with fanfare last year, marking the first time since the refuge’s founding the refuge in 1979 the public was welcome on the 325-acre property.
But that fanfare later prompted questions when word spread that the only legal way to access the property was by non-motorized watercraft from the Potomac River. In others words, if you were going to the Featherstone refuge you’d better bring a paddle.
MANASSAS, Va. — After more than 12 years in the making, Manassas Mayor Hal Parrish and other officials opened a new longer runway at the city’s Regional Airport.
The runway at Virginia’s largest municipal airport has been extended to 6,200 feet – 500 feet longer than it was before – providing new safety improvements, reduced aircraft noise for those who live nearby, and with new improvements to ground instruments pilots flying in heavy fog can now land when approaching from the south.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Police have one person in custody after police reported a woman was nearly abducted while walking outside a hotel in Woodbridge on Saturday morning.
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OCCOQUAN, Va. — Business owners and town residents welcomed guests to Occoquan on Friday for the annual lighting of the town’s Christmas Tree.
It’s the busiest travel time of the year and already drivers have packed area roadways to head over the hills and through the woods.
AAA Mid-Atlantic says more than 1 million people in the Washington area will travel more than 50 miles away from home this Thanksgiving holiday – about a 1.3 percent increase in the number of travelers over the same time last year.
STAFFORD, Va. – Stafford County will light its Christmas Tree at the county courthouse this year.
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