The Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission announced a new afternoon shuttle bus service between the popular Horner Road commuter lot at Interstate 95 and the lot at the First Baptist Church of Woodbridge at Prince William Parkway and Minnieville Road.
Beginning May 2, commuters who take a later bus or carpool home from work will be able to catch one of three shuttles from the Horner Road lot back to the church lot.
On a chilly Wednesday night, the Potomac Nationals did something that has not been a given early in this 2011 season: they completed a scheduled ballgame.
In fact, the P-Nats got two games in with the Winston-Salem Dash and were quite close to winning them both. In the end, the P-Nats settled for a split of the twin bill and a salvaged win in the finale of the season’s second series. The P-Nats finish their rain-shortened home stand with a 2-3 record and will head to Wilmington for the year’s opening road tilt.
The body was found by an officer who was issuing a parking violation Wednesday afternoon, said Prince William police spokeswoman Michelle Nemerow.
Few details have been released about the body, but police say it was found outside and could possibly be a suicide.
Stafford sheriff’s deputies were called at 1:05 p.m. Monday to the Best Buy store at Stafford Marketplace on Garrisonville Road (Va. 610) after employees said a woman walked into the store and tired to purchase a camera.
While at the register, the woman swiped a credit card but it was declined, so she used another credit card and this time it worked –– but when asked for ID she couldn’t provide it and then left the store without the camera, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
Lorton, Va. –– A former Fairfax Mayor with a love for the arts will now lead one of the area’s premier arts destinations.
In a report from VRE Chief Dale Zehner, the owner of VRE’s Fredericksburg line, CSX, has approved a plan to allow the system to let a train return to the Broad Run storage yard after it makes its final morning stop at Union Station in Washington.
Because the turn-around train can now be stored at Broad Run and not at Union Station as it has been that will allow the commuter railroad to add more cars to other trains and store them at Union Station prior to the afternoon rush hour.
Get ready for some major closures of Interstate 95 and U.S. 1 in the Potomac Communities.
At midnight Friday, the High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes between Dumfries and Washington will close, and then reopen at 3 a.m. Monday April 18.
No one was injured and all three were wearing life jackets, say Fairfax County Fire and Rescue spokesman Dan Schmidt.
The 19-foot boat capsized about noon, in the water three miles south of the Purple Heart Bridge that carries traffic on Interstate 95 across the Occoquan River.
Update 4:50 p.m.: Police cite more commuters than they did Monday
