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, 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.
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.
Dumfries celebrated Black History Month on Saturday at the town’s Little Union Baptist Church.
During the event, several speakers entertained the crowd with music, inspiration, and history.
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By URIAH KISER
DUMFRIES, Va. — Dumfries Elementary will become the first primary school in Prince William County with a full-time police school resource officer.
By URIAH KISER
DUMFRIES, Va. — The ACTS Emergency Homeless Shelter has been cited 14 times in the past four years for fire code violations. The latest came from the Prince William County Fire Marshal’s office on Jan. 28 after a sprinkler head burst inside of the Dumfries facility and displaced 20 residents.
DUMFRIES, Va. — Two people were taken to a hospital with serious injuries following an overnight crash in Dumfries.
Emergency crews were called to mile post 152 on Interstate 95 at 1:10 a.m. for a report of a SUV vs. tractor trailer crash. Details about the crash are few right now, but officials said two people had to be pulled from the wreckage and were taken to Fairfax Innova Hospital’s trauma center.
TRIANGLE, Va. — A man from Triangle was killed this morning in a hit and run crash.
More in a press release from Price William police:
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DUMFRIES, Va. — Eight families were displaced late Monday night after a pipe burst at an emergency shelter in Dumfries.
Fire and rescue crews, and a Prince William fire marshal were called to the ACTS Emergency Homeless Shelter on U.S. 1 about 10 a.m. Initally, crews were called to investigate a report of a smoke but they arrived to find water all over the facility’s floor and sopping wet carpets.
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.