As an avid volunteer in the community myself, I can’t emphasize enough how important volunteering is. As a citizen you discover what a difference you can make in the community.
You’ll meet new people, create a positive impact in your community, and make important connections to help you in your personal and professional life. Businesses can also benefit from volunteering. Aside from meeting potential customers businesses grow their brand and reputation.
The bodies of two teenagers were found in a van at a park in Dale City.
Here’s the police report:
Jeanie Heflin will sleep a bit better tonight knowing local officials don’t want to see the demise of her farm.
Now she and her husband wait to see what the Commonwealth Transportation Board does — the group in Richmond that could decide to turn her 80-year-old farm in Haymarket into a commuter lot to serve Interstate 66.
Five Prince William County shopping centers will host free Halloween trick-or-treating during the month of October.
Bristow Center in Bristow, Bull Run Plaza and Davis Ford Crossing in Manassas and Dillingham Square and Potomac Festival 1 and 2 in Woodbridge will offer kids the chance to trick-or-treat store to store for candy and other goodies.
Transportation crews shifted lanes on Interstate 95 south to repair groundwater seepage issues on the highway.
The work will take place between the truck scales near the Dale City exit at mile post 156 and Dumfries at mile post 152, at Route 234.
Earlier this month, Potomac Mills announced their participation in a national month-long engagement with Susan G. Komen® to support the fight against breast cancer.
Throughout the month of October, the mall has engaged employees, retailers and shoppers in ‘Mission Pink® events. “As an active member in the community, Potomac Mills has provided an ideal backdrop for raising awareness and encouraging support in finding a cure for breast cancer, a disease we know touches the lives of our employees, retailers and shoppers every year,” said Rocell Viniard, Area Director of Marketing and Business Development for both centers.
On Saturday, October 24 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., weather permitting, the Virginia Department of Transportation and Norfolk Southern will be closing Balls Ford Road at the railroad crossing west of Prince William Parkway (Route 234) in order to replace the at-grade crossing.
Traffic will be detoured via Prince William Parkway, Sudley Manor Drive, and Wellington Road back to Balls Ford (see map). Detour signs will be in place to guide motorists.
The special meeting of the Board of Supervisors will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 26, 2015.
Chairman Corey Stewart will call a special meeting of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors to discuss plans to build a commuter parking lot on a county farm.
Gainesville and Haymarket have a new community library.
Hundreds gathered Thursday for a dedication ceremony and ribbon cutting for the new Haymarket-Gainesville Community Library on Lightner Road, just off Route 15.
Prince William police said a man was driving while under the influence of alcohol. a 2-month-old child was also found inside his car, police said.
Here’s the latest in a police report:
