It was the first time residents heard from Dumfries Town Manager Daniel Taber in over a month.
Last night, Dumfries officials read a statement from the police chief turned top administrator who has been missing from town hall since he slipped and fell on a patch o ice back on Jan. 10. Taber has spent time in Inova Fairfax Hospital recovering from his injuries, and in his letter he also states he has been in close contact with town staff charged with doing the town’s business on a daily basis.
Do you believe in ghosts?
It’s no secret that the tiny Town of Occoquan and the Town of Dumfries, both in Prince William County, have their fair share of ghost stories. And, why wouldn’t they, as both towns have history that dates back to the years 1765 and 1620, respectively. Ghosts are said to haunt Occuquan’s Rockledge Mansion and a spirit often spooks visitors at Dumfries’ Weems-Botts Museum.
A fight broke out at Potomac Mills mall just before 7 p.m. Saturday.
Initial reports of gunshots fired during the disturbance were unfounded, as police report this morning they are only investigating an assault that took place at the popular shopping center.
Could Prince William County’s very first town center become an arts destination?
Tacketts Mill in Lake Ridge, a lakeside development that took its architectural cues from buildings in Colonial Willamsburg when it was built in the late 1970s, is a mix of traditional retail shops and largely vacant office spaces anchored by a Safeway grocery.
Update
We’ve now heard from Clear Channel Outdoor regarding the fallen billboard.
There is a new look at the Dumfries Police Department.
Officers will soon ditch the old black uniform shirts for new gray shirts. The patches sewn onto the shirts to signify the department will also undergo a change, as officers will have patches outlined in silver with silver lettering, and supervisors will have gold outlines and lettering.
A U.S. congressman wants to talk to more of his constituents in Woodbridge.
Rep. Rob Wittman (R- Prince William, Stafford) will hold office hours at the Dr. A.J. Ferlazzo Government Building in Woodbridge on the second Monday of each month.
Successful blogger, wife, and mother of three Kristina Kotlus was faced with the fight of her life at just 28 years old.
In 2013 she learned she had a brain tumor. It sidelined the normally active web publisher who filled her days finding fun things to do for families in Prince William County on her website, pwcmoms.com, as well as managing her active family of three young children.
A woman faces charges after a police officer was struck in the face at a Wegmans grocery store in Woodbridge.
More in an unedited press release:
A church congregation will move from Stafford County to Dumfries, and it will worship inside of a commercial building.
The Dumfries Town Council approved a conditional use permit, or CUP, for the Grass Roots Christian Fellowship church who will become the newest tenant of the Elwey Center building on U.S. 1. The special permit was required because, prior to the Council’s vote, the building was zoned for business use only.
