DUMFRIES, Va. — Some residents of Dumfries say they didn’t have enough warning that their car would be towed during a recent snow storm.
Some cars parked along Old Triangle Road in the town’s Williamstown and South Cove neighborhoods and were towed during last Monday’s storm that brought measureable snow to the region. Old Triangle Road is a designated snow emergency route, and a town ordinance allows police to have cars parked along the route towed away when a snow emergency is declared.
Updated March 31, 2014
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Election season is heating up for the four towns in Prince William County.
DUMFRIES, Va. — The unsightly remnants of a billboard that once stood along U.S. 1 in Dumfries are gone.
PotomacLocal.com first told you about the billboard that was blown down in a storm last year. It had sat in disrepair along the major commuter thoroughfare for months drawing complaints from town residents.
DUMFRIES, Va. — Cydny Neville has left her job has Dumfries’ Community Services Coordinator and has decided to run for Town Council.
The 37-year-old has spent the last two and a half years serving Dumfries in her weekday job planning town events such as the annual Multi-Cultural Festival in the spring, Fall Festival, and the Christmas Parade. She also applied for and won a grant for a now implemented youth program, Dumfries Cares, which pairs school students with mentors to help them with classwork.
Could things in Dumfries be looking up, literally?
“Lots of buildings are getting new tenants because of their height,” said Dumfries Councilman Charles Brewer. “Our boundaries are very little, and our land is very little, and the only one way we can really show any type of development is by going up.”
Dumfries has taken another step to a more open government.
The town is now archiving videos of its meetings on its public website. A message posted on the town’s website today instructs viewers how to access videos of previous Town Council meetings, starting with the most recent Feb. 18 meeting.
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.
Update
We’ve now heard from Clear Channel Outdoor regarding the fallen billboard.
Historic Dumfries turns 40 years old this month.
The organization charted to bring more visitors to the Prince William County town, as well as maintaining the popular Weems-Botts Museum in Dumfries, was recognized recently for their milestone.
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.
