DUMFRIES, Va. — Dumfries Mayor Jerry Foreman wants another term.
The Republican elected Mayor in May 2012 following the death of Mayor Fred Yohey says he wants four more years to continue his work on reducing the town’s Business and Professional Licensing tax, and focus on improving the water quality of Quantico Creek.
DUMFRIES, Va. — A BP gas station in Dumfries that was closed for weeks late last year has now reopened under new ownership.
The gas station at the intersection of U.S. 1 and Va. 234 sits just inside the town limits and across from an overcrowded commuter parking lot. The station’s new owner, Khalid Cheema, said he’s hopeful this new location will be both busy and profitable.
DUMFRIES, Va. — A car ran off Mine Road and into a business in Dumfries.
The driver hit Evolution Auto sometime after 9:30 a.m. Fire and rescue crews, as well as county police were called to the area of Mine Road and Fairfax Street for the incident.
DUMFRIES, Va. — A new video posted to Dumfries’ Weems-Botts Musuem Facebook page appears to chronicle the experience of a group of paranormal investigators at the museum, an old home that dates back to the 18th century.
DUMFRIES, Va. — OmniLink buses in Dumfries today will miss some stops after a tree fell onto Fuller Heights Road.
According to the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission, the following stops will be missed:
DUMFRIES, Va. — A water main break has closed a portion of Possum Point Road in Dumfries.
DUMFRIES, Va. — If U.S. 1 is going to be widened in Dumfries, Prince William County officials will not have anything to do with it.
County Executive Melissa Peacor sent an email stating her county’s government has no interest in managing the $1.6 million project for initial survey work and right of way cost to expand a 2-mile section of the heavily traveled north-south commuter route from Brady’s Hill Road to Wayside Drive, near a Walmart store.
DUMFRIES, Va. — If you had a card that would allow you discount at local businesses, would you use it?
That’s what Dumfries officials want to know, and they’ve asked the town’s business association to solicit feedback from business owners to see if they would like to be listed on such a card that could be used at merchants in the small town.
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DUMFRIES, Va. — A firefighter who spent years in the Dumfries-Triangle Fire Department passed away after a battle with cancer.
Captain Stanley “Pepper” Johnson died Monday, Aug. 26 and will be buried on Wednesday at Quantico National Cemetery.
DUMFRIES, Va. — Christine Sanders accepted a new job with the Arlington County Attorney’s Office. She’ll step down as the Town Attorney in Dumfries Sept. 8.
During her tenure in the town, Sanders has advised elected leaders and town staff on a host of issues including the opening of Ginn Memorial Park, wranglings over adding a silent moment of reflection at the start of each Town Council Meeting, and during ongoing talks with the Potomac Landfill that wants to keep piling construction debris upward instead of outward.
