Washington, D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham will become the top cop in Prince William County.
The Board of County Supervisors hired Newsham today after a day-long interview session at Old Hickory Golf Club in Woodbridge. He was one of our top four finalists from a pool of 50 candidates who applied for the position, to include acting Police Chief Col. Jarad Phelps, who’s been serving as the county’s top cop since former Chief Barry Barnard retired on June 1.
Prince William police will be out in force this Thanksgiving holiday weekend checking drivers and their passengers have buckled up. This year’s “Click It or Ticket” seatbelt enforcement campaign, which runs through Sunday, Nov. 29.
Police included more details in a press release.
Speeding is not a problem on Cardinal Drive in Woodbridge, where a woman was struck and later died after walking her dog on May 1.
The victim, Deborah Lynn Talbot, 50, died two days later at an area hospital. A suspect, 19-year-old Cierra Dickerson, is charged with racing, a form of reckless driving, is scheduled to have a jury trial on February 8, 2021.
Prince William County Supervisors voted to extend the deadline for residents to pay their property taxes.
During a meeting on Nov. 17, 2020, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors passed a resolution extending the payment deadline for real estate taxes for the second-half of 2020 for 60 days, changing the deadline from Dec. 5, 2020, to Feb. 3, 2021. The extension applies to both commercial and residential real property.
Prince William police are searching for a suspect in a road rage incident that occurred just outside Manassas.
Brandishing | Road Rage Related – On November 18 at 8:20AM, officers responded to investigate a brandishing that was reported to have occurred near the intersection of Prince William Pkwy. and Liberia Ave. in Manassas (20111) earlier that morning. The victim, a 27-year-old man, reported to police that while traveling on Dumfries Rd. he observed two vehicles driving erratically. The victim proceeded past the two vehicles before reencountering them at the above intersection where two occupants of one of the vehicles, a GMC Yukon, approached the victim’s vehicle while brandishing a firearm.
He thought about taking a job with the Charlottesville City Government but decided to come to Prince William County, instead.
Parag Agrawal has replaced Rebecca Horner as the county’s Planning Director. For years, Horner served as the county government’s front line person for the ongoing Rural Crescent debate and was promoted to Deputy County Executive in January.
Earlier this week, we were the first to tell you efforts to replace a washed-out bridge on Joplin Road — a popular byway linking the midsection of Prince William County to Interstate 95 and Quantico Marine Corps Base — could last into spring.
Today, the Virginia Department of Transportation released more information about the project.
Thanks to a new program, Germanna Community College can provide up to $1.1 million or up to $3,000 in free tuition and training per student to local people who have lost their jobs due to the pandemic.
Virginia allocates $30 million in federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act dollars to help Virginians whose employment has been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic crisis pursue workforce training in a high-demand field.
Quantico residents are pushing transportation officials to resume local bus service to the only town in the nation surrounded by a U.S. military installation.
OmniRide discontinued service to the town in March and instead told residents to call a cab to take them to the nearest bus stop, just outside the base on Route 1 in Triangle.
A new, permanent ramp from Route 28 North to I-66 East will open on or about Friday morning, November 20. Drivers on Route 28 North will stay to the right to access I-66 East using the new ramp.
The new ramp is one of several major traffic pattern changes happening this year in the I-66 and Route 28 Interchange area as part of the Transform 66 Outside the Beltway Project.
