Prince William

Library, Clinic Ink Deal with Tacketts Mill

By Potomac Local News
The “Old Mill” at Tackett’s Mill, a shopping center in Lake Ridge that opened in 1985. (Mary Davidson/PotomacLocal.com)

The Lake Ridge Neighborhood Library will move from the Fairfield Office Park on Harbor Drive where it’s been since 1995 back to nearby Tackett’s Mill Shopping Center. The library recently inked a new lease with the shopping center’s management company, Rappaport Companies, and will move into a 3,500-square foot space on the upper level of the shopping center between a pizzeria and barbershop, near a Safeway grocery store.

“For years we’ve had people come in and say they have a hard time finding us, or call and say they can’t find us at all,” said library supervisor Lynn Casey.

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Toys Collected for Flood Victims

By Potomac Local News
[File] Dozens of Flood victims in Woodbridge’s Holly Acres Mobile Home Park are not only dealing with homes that have been condemned, but a foul stench of sewage and rotting food that has permeated the area after flood waters receded. (Mary Davidson/PotomacLocal.com)

The Woodbridge Workers Committee and others in the Woodbridge and Manassas communities are joining together to create a toy drive for low income families in our community.

This has been a very difficult year for many families in our community due to very harsh economic economic conditions and the tragic flood of the Holly Acres Mobile Home Park.

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Thefts Reported at Stafford Marketplace

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Sheriff’s deputies were called to the Kohls department store at Stafford Marketplace in North Stafford on Saturday after a man walked into the store, picked up three coffee makers – each valued at $200 — sitting in the front of the store and then unsuccessfully tried to return them, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.

The man then took the coffee makers and left the store and went to his car outside, but and employee followed him outside, questioned him and asked the man to come back inside, said Kennedy. The man refused and placed the coffee makers on the ground, got in his car and left.

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Pedestrian Killed on U.S. 1

By Potomac Local News

Ken Lashay Wood, 43, of no fixed address, was killed while crossing the four-lane highway near Panther Pride Drive near Potomac High School about 9:20 p.m. Sunday.

A 2003 GMC Envoy was traveling south on U.S. 1 and struck Wood after it passed thorugh the intersection. Wood was walking alongside the road, said Prince William police.

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$16 Million Radio Upgrade Proposed

By Potomac Local News
The new public safety radio system eyed by officials in Prince William County would improve radio ability inside buildings, documents state.

Prince William County, Va. — The communication system used by first responders in Prince William County could soon get an upgrade.

County officials want to replace the radio system used by county police, fire and rescue personnel, public schools, sheriff’s office and jail with a new system guaranteed to last 15 years. It comes with a $16 million contract price tag with nearly $6 million in incentives worked into the deal, according to county documents.

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Outgoing Supervisors Recognized

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Stafford, Va. — Changes are coming to the Stafford County Board of Supervisors, and some outgoing Board members on Tuesday will be commended.

Board Chairman and Garrisonville District Supervisor Mark Dudenhefer (R), Griffis-Widewater District Supervisor Bob Woodson (D), and George Washington District Supervisor Harry Crisp (D), all be out at the end of the month. Crisp and Woodson chose not to run for reelection and will see their terms expire Dec. 31. Dudenhefer was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates to represent the 2nd District which includes portions of eastern Prince William and Stafford counties.

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1 Ejected from Car

By Potomac Local News

Fire and rescue personnel were called to mile post 16 along the two-lane road just before 2 p.m. Sunday. Four people were involved in the crash, and one person was ejected from the vehicle, according to initial reports.

One person was flown to an area hospital following the crash. Details have not been released by police.

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Camels, Actors Portray Live Nativity

By Potomac Local News
A living nativity scene captured the attention of drivers and onlookers in Woodbridge on Friday night.

Woodbridge, Va. — The nativity came alive Friday night in Woodbridge.

Actors and live animals, such as goats, camels, and sheep, paraded on an open field on Golansky Boulevard next to Belvoir Federal Credit Union. The scene was complete with the nativity depicting the birth of Jesus Christ, the inn that, according to the story of the nativity, was too full to let Jesus’ mother Mary and Joseph a room for a night, and a guardian angel to watch over the shepherds and the flock.

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Potomac Mills Sign Returns

By Potomac Local News
A new circular sign stretching 40-feet in diameter will be erected outside Potomac Mills mall in Woodbridge after high winds last winter blew away the old sign. (Photo: Stephanie Tipple/PotomacLocal.com)

Woodbridge, Va. — The iconic sign that tells drivers when they’ve reached one of the largest shopping destinations in Virginia is going back up.

Potomac Mills mall on Monday will erect a new sign 150 feet into the air where it will be seen along Interstate 95. The sign is circular, is 40-feet in diameter, and was shipped to Woodbridge from Richmond in 10 sections, said Capitol Signs spokesman Joe Howell.

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