Four firefighters with the Prince William Department of Fire & Rescue went out of their way to make sure that a Woodbridge resident’s family cat was returned safely.
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Dumfries
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Two murders back to back, less than a week apart, has some Prince William County residents talking about safety.
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The “Promenade at First Town Center” project in Dumfries is moving ahead.
Dumfries will hold a public hearing to get feedback on a plan to sell nearly four acres of land on Main Street (Route 1 south), between the ACTS Thrift Store and the existing “First Town Center” office building next to Town Hall for $150,000.
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This Saturday, Nov. 22, Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School near Dumfries will host their 4th annual JP5K Run/Walk for Options. The race, which will take place on the school campus and the surrounding neighborhood, is being hosted to raise funds for the school’s Options program, which provides educational opportunities for students with intellectual disabilities.
“[This race] supports our Options program, which currently serves about six students with intellectual impairments,” said Jennifer Cole, Director of Admissions and Marketing for Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School.
It is now legal to open a craft brewery in a shopping center in Prince William County.
In what seemed like a happy hour session, that last call of the night for the County Board of Supervisors was to amend zoning laws that once prevented small craft breweries, like Bad Wolf Brewing in Manassas, from opening in commercial or retail district.
The number of Girl Scouts is on the decline nationally, but that isn’t the case in Prince William County.
The number of Girl Scouts “remained steady” in Prince William, while the numbers of girls joining the ranks of the scouts has declined 6% in the last year, down from 2.9 to 2.8 million Girl Scouts nationwide. Overall, the membership numbers have fallen 27% from its peak of 3.8 million in 2003.
Some of Quantico’s most decorated officers will lead the 40th Annual Dumfries Christmas Parade.
The same people who said the sign outside Dumfries Town Hall didn’t fit the historical feel of the town must now figure out how to fix it.
The Town Council voted unanimously to tell the Architectural Review Board to come up modifications for the sign so it will fit within the architectural guidelines of the town. Those could include modifying the sign posts, adding new landscaping around the sign, or adding a brick enclosure.
New sidewalks will soon line a portion of Route 1 in Dumfries.
Construction of the new walkway is happening now on the southbound portion of the four-lane road. Drivers can’t miss the orange barrels noting the work.
On the Marine Corps’ 239th birthday, cake was served at Quantico.
And, much like everything else that comes with Marines, there was a ceremony stemmed in tradition that was held before anyone took their first bite.