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Quantico Swears in New Town Police Chief

By Stephanie Tipple
Prince William County Clerk of the Circuit Court sears in Quantico’s new police chief, John P. Clair. [Photo: Stephanie Tipple / Potomac Local News]

New Chief has 14 Years Experience

QUANTICO, Va. — Local officials and Quantico town residents gathered to swear-in the new Quantico Chief of Police, John P. Clair. The ceremony, held at the Quantico Virginia Railway Express Station, was swelling with excitement as the Town Council held a brief meeting.

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Quantico Creates Violence Prevention Programs in Light Of Recent Shooting

By Potomac Local News

Submitted News

QUANTICO, Va. — In light of the tragic events at Officer Candidates School on March 21 and in response to the lessons learned from a similar incident at Ft. Hood in 2009, the Marine Corps is implementing a new Violence Prevention Program in order to prevent violence on its installations and throughout the service.

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Residents Weigh in on Wider U.S. 1 Linking Prince William, Stafford

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Jack Von Dop, of the Federal Highway Administration, presents the results and proposed goals of a road-widening project along U.S. 1 in Stafford and Prince William counties. Von Dop briefed area residents about the study results during a public information meeting tuesday evening at Hilldrup Moving and Storage in Stafford. [Photo; Keith Walker / For Potomac Local News]

By KEITH WALKER
For Potomac Local News

NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — People are starting to look at future improvements to U.S. 1 between Joplin Road in Prince William County to Russell Road in Stafford County.

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Quantico Victims, Shooter Identified

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Yang Lin, Wharton School University of Pennsylvania graduate student, receives a lesson on how to get over a certain obstacle by Sgt. Eusebio Lopez, an OCS instructor, during the Quantico Leadership Venture at OCS on Sept. 21. The venture is a bi-annual event that exposes students to the leadership development and evaluation process used by the United States Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Antwaun L.

QUANTICO, Va. – The Navy Criminal Investigative Service identified the shooter who killed two Marines and then himself at Quantico Marine Corps Base as an Iraq war veteran.

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Quantico Triple Shooting Inquiry to be Lengthy

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Quantico Marine Corps Base Commander Col. David W. Maxwell addresses media following the shooting deaths of three Marines under his command. [Photo: Mary Davidson / Potomac Local News]

By URIAH KISER

QUANTICO, Va. — Officials at Quantico Marine Corps Base today are mourning the loss of three active duty Marines.

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Marine Corps 17.75 K Run Bringing Lane Closures

By Potomac Local News

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — The Marine Corp’s 17.75 K run will be held Saturday in the Dumfries and Quantico areas, and traffic officials warn your drive may be impacted.

Lane closures for the event will begin at 5 a.m. as the right and center lanes of Va. 234 between Waterway Drive and Van Buren Road will close. The race starts at 7 a.m. at the intersection of Van Buren Road and Va. 234, near the Holiday Inn Quantico Center, said Virginia Department of Transportation spokesman Art Klos. The race will then head into Prince William Forest Park.

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