It is with great pleasure that I announce that the Town of Occoquan has executed an agreement with the NRA Foundation to purchase the 17+ acre property at the corner of Old Bridge and Tanyard Hill Roads, commonly known as the Oaks III property.
With this agreement we will be achieving the long-sought goal of preserving for generations a wilderness area along Tanyard Hill Road.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Sirens warning of a budget shortfall for Prince William County’s public schools have silenced for now.
School officials told members of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday the advertised tax rate set by the Board – $1.158 per every $100 of assessed property value – would be enough to make up for a $8.7 million in funding the schools thought they would have lost out on in the coming year when new tax estimates came in back in December.
DALE CITY, Va. — Some drinking water in Prince William County may soon have a slight chlorine taste and odor in the drinking water.
Virginia American Water will begin flushing hydrants on Monday as part of its annual pipeline flushing program. The flushing gets out mineral deposits and sediment from water mains, and it will continue through the end of May.
DUMFRIES, Va. — Incumbent Mayor Jerry Foreman ended his reelection campaign a month before the election.
He made his announcement tonight during the Dumfries Town Council meeting, stunning those in the audience.
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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — The Featherstone National Wildlife Refuge, a soon-to-be major destination on the Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail, will soon have its own boardwalk.
MANASSAS, Va. — Prince William County and Manassas residents, as well as representatives from the Virginia Household Water Quality Program kicked off a drinking water clinic in Manassas on Monday night. Well water is not monitored by the Commonwealth of Virginia, so folks with well water must do water quality testing on their own.
“Virginia Tech wants information on well water throughout the state,” explained Thomas Bolles, an Environmental Educator at the Virginia Cooperative Extension. ” We want to get a baseline reading of area water and see what could be coming into area wells. We encourage people to get their wells tested as water quality can change when wells age.”
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Five people now face charges in a string of burglaries in Lake Ridge.
Detectives with the Prince William County Police Department began investigating the burglaries when they began on Feb. 7. After another three burglaries were reported Feb. 10, one in near Quantico and the other in Woodbridge, detectives were able to link all of the burglaries together, according to police spokesman Jonathan Perok.
On Sunday March 30, Minnieville Animal Hospital and the Prince William County Humane Society will be hosting an open house from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the animal hospital in Woodbridge.
Veterinarians and technicians will be on hand to help owners with low cost grooming services as well as microchipping and rabies vaccines during the open house. Animals from the humane society will also be there for anyone who might want to adopt a pet. All of the money raised during the open house will go to the P.A.W.S. program at the humane society which covers medical care for homeless pets to make them adoptable.
LAKE RIDGE, Va. — Work will soon begin on a new sidewalk that will provide students a safer route to school.
At total of $252,400 will be spent on the installation of the new sidewalk along Antietam Road, from Old Bridge Road to Woodfern Court, in Lake Ridge. Part of the Safe Routes to School program, the new sidewalk will be used by students at Antietam Elementary School.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — While many on Tuesday wished the snow would stop falling, the Kilareski family enjoyed the winter wonderland.
For the past 10 months, Air Force Maj. John Kilareski has been deployed to the Middle East, but he returned home to Woodbridge 11 days ago. Back in October the Kilareski children Matt, 9, and Sarah, 7, decided to put off celebrating their birthdays and Christmas until March so that their dad could be home with them explained Carrie Kilareski.
