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Dumfries Plans $100,000 for School Police Officer, Others Do it for Free

Published March 15, 2013 at 12:05PM

Dumfries Elementary School [Photo: Uriah Kiser / Potomac Local News]

DUMFRIES, Va. — Following the tragic December 2013 shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, Dumfries Elementary School will be the first and only elementary school in Prince William County to have a full-time police officer on campus. The school sits in the Town of Dumfries, which has agreed to fund the new position.

The move was approved by the Town Council and will cost town taxpayers about $100,000 to implement the new police position, when taking into account for training, equipment, and a new police cruiser, according to police officials.

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Welcome to Potomac, Va.?

By Potomac Local News

Published March 15, 2013 at 10:51AM | Updated March 15, 2013 at 10:04PM

The construction entrance of the new Potomac Shores neighborhood in Prince William County, near Dumfries. [Photo: Uriah Kiser / Potomac Local News]

And you thought there was no such place as Potomac, Va.? Well, think again.

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Shaved Heads Raise Money for Child Cancer Cure

By Potomac Local News

Published March 12, 2013 at 9:51AM | Updated March 13, 2013 at 2:47PM

[Photo: OWL Volunteer Fire Department]

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Firefighters from across the region came together on Friday for a good cause, and to get a haircut.

The 8th Annual St. Baldrick’s Event to fund research for cures to childhood cancer was held in Wooodbridge. Nearly 70 people had their head shaved during the event and more than $30,000 was raised for charity.

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Baylor’s Soft Serve Opens, Replaces Familiar Ice Cream Stand

By Potomac Local News

Published March 11, 2013 at 7:32AM | Updated March 11, 2013 at 4:21PM

Baylor’s Original Soft Serve owner Penni Graves-Rodriguez said she reopened a familiar Dumfries ice cream stand under a new name to bring the community back together. [Uriah Kiser / Potomac Local News]

Virginia’s first town has a new sweet spot, and it opened in a familiar roadside location.

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Pilot Bus Service to Provide Rides for Dumfries Youth

By Potomac Local News

Published March 6, 2013 at 4:01PM

A bus from the Boys and Girls Club will begin transporting children in Dumfries to the General Heiser Branch Club on Old Stage Coach Road.

DUMFRIES, Va. — Children in Dumfries will soon have a free ride to after-school activities. But how long that service lasts will depend upon how much the town and the community buy into the new transportation program.

The Prince William County / Manassas Boys and Girls Club has agreed to provide a trial bus service that will pick up children each afternoon and take them to the General Heiser Club on Old Stage Coach Road. The bus service will begin April 2, run the Tuesday through Friday afternoons, and will be able to take as many as 14 children per bus, twice a day — once at 4:30 p.m. and again at 5 o’clock — from Ginn Memorial Park on Graham Park Road to the General Heiser Club.

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Out of Session Vote has Dumfries Council Rethinking Public TV Broadcast Policy

By Potomac Local News

Published March 4, 2013 at 9:43AM | Updated March 4, 2013 at 1:29PM

Dumfries Mayor Jerry Foreman. [Photo: Uriah Kiser / Potomac Local News]

By URIAH KISER

DUMFRIES, Va. — The honeymoon period may be over for newly elected members of the Dumfries Town Council not used being on TV for every public meeting.

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Teen Faces Charges after Bomb Threat Made at Triangle Fried Chicken

By Potomac Local News

Published February 28, 2013 at 2:55PM

DUMFRIES, Va. — Could it be that he was denied the secret chicken recipe? Whatever the reason, police said a 16-year-old now faces charges after he threatened to bomb Triangle Fried Chicken in Dumfries.

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New Traffic Plan: No Left Turns at U.S. 1 Junction in Dumfries

By Potomac Local News

Published February 20, 2013 at 9:18AM | Updated February 20, 2013 at 2:25PM

A plat showing of planned intersection improvements at U.S. 1 and Va. 234.

By URIAH KISER

DUMIFRIES, Va. – It’ll be easy access for those who will live in the Potomac Shores neighborhood and town center being built along the Potomac River.

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Dumfries Looking for a Few Good Mentors

By Potomac Local News

Published February 18, 2013 at 12:56PM

Janae Williams, 23, of Dumfries, and Brittany Jordan, 20, of Stafford, are working as part of the new Dumfries Cares program at the town’s community center on Main Street. [Photo: Uriah Kiser / Potomac Local News]

DUMFRIES, Va. — A new community service program in Dumfries aims to pair volunteer mentors with the youths that need them most.

Janae Williams, 23, of Dumfries, and Brittany Jordan, 20, of Stafford, are working as part of the new Dumfries Cares program at the town’s community center on Main Street.

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Fire Crews Called After Car Slams into Woodbridge House

By Potomac Local News

Published February 12, 2013 at 7:46AM

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. – It’s been a busy 24 hours for fire crews in eastern Prince William County.

Just after midnight, crews were called to the 1900 block of Willow Lane in Woodbridge where a car ran into a house and one person became trapped underneath the vehicle. That person was extricated from the scene and flown to a local hospital, fire officials said.