Update 5 p.m. Monday
The driver who died in a tractor trailer crash at Quantico is from Stafford.
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Quantico
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — The Virginia Department of Transportation’s Megaprojects office produced a video to update on the planned closure and demolition of the Telegraph Road bridge over Interstate 95 as part of the 95 Express Lanes being built between the Capital Beltway and Va. 610 in North Stafford.
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QUANTICO, Va. — A thunderous boom rattled windows and peace of mind late Tuesday morning.
The suspected culprit: munitions training at Quantico Marine Corps Base.
When walking in to the Stars and Stripes Café one thing is clear – it looks and feels like home. Lined with knickknacks, collectibles and other merchandise sold by local vendors on site, this café is the epitome of what you’d see on your next trip to your grandmother’s home.
NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — They put it off before but it had to get going again at some point.
Virginia transportation officials are warning drivers to expect daytime closures on Interstate 95 in the area of Quantico Marine Corps Base this week. The work is to repair a slope along the highway and it’s not considered a part of the larger effort to bring I-95 Express toll lanes to North Stafford.
By KIM HOSEN
Prince William Conservation Alliance Executive Director
At the crack of dawn two days before Christmas, 40 volunteers fanned out across Nokesville and beyond to look for birds. While many were focused on last minute holiday shopping, Northern Virginia birders flocked together to count bird species and abundance as part of the annual Nokesville Christmas Bird Count.
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Powerful storms, car crashes that injured and killed youth, the opening of new restaurants, the loss of a familiar face at one of the area’s most famous restaurants, and the changing landscape of Woodbridge topped the list of the most clicked news stories of the year on PotomacLocal.com.
See the list below of the top 10 stories and tell us what should get an honorable mention.
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4:30 p.m.
Crews are working to repair guardrails along Joplin Road. Traffic will be shifted to one side of the roadway as the repairs are made, according to transportation officials.
QUANTICO, Va. — Pile driving work has begun near the Quantico Marine Corps Base as part of the Interstate 95 Express Lanes Project.
The work is underway near Joplin Road (Exit 150) on I-95. Transportation officials said the pile driving work will support the foundation of a new bridge that will run over Joplin Road.