Forget standing in line on Black Friday at that electronics store: Virginia’s ABC stores will be open early with hopes you’ll spend your cash there.
Prince William
LAKE RIDGE, Va. — Police found a man behind the wheel of an SUV who was threatening suicide this morning. That man was said to be armed with a long gun.
Police in Prince William County were called about 7:45 a.m. to a house on Ripple Creek Court in Lake Ridge after a report of a suicidal subject. The man apparently left the house in an SUV prior to police arriving at the scene. According to initial reports, police were informed the man was armed, and they told the man’s wife to remain outside of her home in case he returned.
LORTON, Va. — If standing in long lines late at night before your Thanksgiving meals settles in your stomach doesn’t sound appealing, the Workhouse Arts Center has a better idea.
The local arts hub will feature Escape to Black Friday where more than 100 artist are set to gather across 70 studios, in nine galleries at the center in Lorton.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Want to be on the Prince William County School Board?
The oversight Board is taking applications for its next Woodbridge District Representative after Denita Ramirez handed in her resignation Nov. 7.
By KJ MUSHUNG
STAFFORD, Va. — On Nov. 14 at Wawa gas stations all over Stafford County, people could plaster police cruisers with dollars for Special Olympics.
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UPDATE
Hit & Run | Pedestrian Involved – On November 19th at 5:50PM, police responded to the area of Jefferson Davis Hwy and East Longview Dr in Woodbridge (22191) for a crash involving a pedestrian.
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DUMFRIES, Va. – The Dumfries Town Council swore in incumbent Gwen Washington and new councilman Derrick Wood on Tuesday, Nov. 13. Washington was the only candidate on the ballot during the Nov. 6 General Election.
Washington is a life-long resident of Dumfries and a staff member at Dumfries Elementary School. An incumbent, she was appointed to the town council to serve following the death of Mayor Fred Yohey to fill a seat vacated by Nancy West, who no longer serves on the council.
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DUMFIRES, Va. — What does the inside of the Possum Point Power station look like? Just ask 74 students who toured the facility last week as part of a special field trip two the facility in Dumfries owned by Dominion Virginia Power.
While there the students got an overview of what it’s like to work in the power generation station, and what operations take place in the station’s welding shop, maintenance shed, and environmental sciences department.
DUMFRIES, Va. — Prince William police said two men recently struck by Virginia Railway Express trains during two separate incidents appeared to be suicidal.
Police told Fredericksburg.com that a 44-year-old man jumped in front of an oncoming train at the Cherry Hill Peninsula near Dumfries Nov. 5.
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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Residents know more about the Potomac Science Center planned for the growing Belmont Bay neighborhood.
A science center has long been slated for the planned mixed-used neighborhood located on the Occoquan River at Virginia Railway Express’ Woodbridge station. George Mason University will now spearhead the project to build the 50,000 square foot center to study the watershed of the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay.