It may be fall, but the Town of Occoquan is doing a little spring cleaning.
This Saturday, October 15, the town will once again be a site for the Friends of the Occoquan’s annual fall river clean up. Volunteers can meet at the Town Hall located at 314 Mill Street between 9:00 a.m. and noon, sign in, pick up cleaning supplies, and help spruce up the town and the environment.
Rescue crews were called to the area of U.S. 17 and Lendall Road in Stafford County about 3 p.m. after three vehicles – including a school bus with children on board – crashed, said Stafford fire and rescue spokesman Mark Doyle.
“In all, thirty-seven patients were evaluated with seven being transported via the Medical Ambulance Bus to Mary Washington Hospital with non-life threatening injuries,” said Doyle in a press release.
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The National Weather Service confirms a tornado touched down near Quantico about 5:30 p.m. Thursday. One house in the Boswell’s Corner area of North Stafford sustained roof damage, and several others sustained minor damage, according to fire officials.
No storm-related injuries were reported.
North Stafford, Va. — The committee formed to handle the anticipated problems some feared would come as BRAC relocated federal jobs to the area issued its final report, and all appears to be OK.
The Quantico Growth Management Committee said the major relocation was completed with no major impacts to traffic in the Quantico area, and added enrollment at area schools did not increase and more workers who made the move simply chose to commute from their Washington-area homes to the their new offices than move to the Potomac Communities.
By KJ Mushung
Dumfries, Va. — The Dumfries Town Council voted in a closed session at their Oct. 11 meeting to approve Robert Forker as the town’s police chief. Forker had been serving in an interim capacity since former police chief Dan Taber took on the responsibilities of town manager in August.
Update: Rock Hill Church Road reopened at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday following the crash.
Stafford County, Va. — A propane tanker truck crashed today leaving one hospitalized.
Woodbridge, Va. — The annual meeting of the Woodbridge Potomac Communities Civic Association will be held later this month and some new faces could be appointed to leadership positions.
The association will meet Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. at the Dr. A.J. Ferlazzo Building on U.S. 1 in Woodbridge, where up to five new members could be elected to serve on the association’s board of directors. The current board has seven members, and four of those members will remain on the board as their three-year terms have not expired, according to a press release from the WPCCA.
Stafford, Va. –– State politicians are taking notice of a landslide that continues to creep closer to two Stafford homes.
Sen. Richard Stuart (R-Stafford) came to Brush Everard Court in the Austin Ridge neighborhood to tour the damage, and to tell homeowners the state is looking into possible financial assistance for homeowners to help repair the failed land behind their homes.
Fire Station 23 at River Oaks, at U.S. 1 and River Ridge Boulevard near Dumfries, has been operated by the Dumfries-Triangle Volunteer Fire Department since opening on Sept. 11, 2010. While career firefighters employed full time by Prince William County have always staffed the station on weekdays, DTVFD has struggled to staff the station with enough volunteers on weeknights and weekends.
Now, Prince William County Fire and Rescue Department crews will work there 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
By KJ Mushung
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