Powerful storms, car crashes that injured and killed youth, the opening of new restaurants, the loss of a familiar face at one of the area’s most famous restaurants, and the changing landscape of Woodbridge topped the list of the most clicked news stories of the year on PotomacLocal.com.
See the list below of the top 10 stories and tell us what should get an honorable mention.
DUMFRIES, Va. — Those who want to learn to speak English as a second language are attending classes at the Dumfries Community Center.
Sonia Hoehn leads ESL classes on Tuesday from 10 a.m. to noon in a classroom at the center next to Town Hall on Main Street. The sessions are free, and would-be students must register with Literacy Volunteers of America – Prince William County to participate in the classes.
DUMIFRES, Va. — School officials in Prince William County say don’t be alarmed if you can’t get through to Graham Park Middle School.
The phone lines are not working at the Dumfries school, and officials said Verizon is working to fix the issue.
DUMFRIES, Va. — Dumfries officials have responded to a mass shooting at a school in Connecticut with a stronger police presence in the small town.
More in a press release from Mayor Jerry Foreman:
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va .– Did you know that each time you pass by a road sign on the median in Prince William County – you’re paying for it?
MANASSAS, Va. — Each year Volunteer Prince William works to make sure some needy children in our area receive something special for Christmas.
If the numbers of children who are still applying to be apart of the gift program are any indication, the volunteer organization has a steep hill to climb and is in need of help.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — In an annual budget process that began earlier in the cycle than normal, political leaders are far from running out of steam.
Prince William County Gainesville District Supervisor Peter Candland on Tuesday called a review by county staff of his flat tax budget plan for fiscal year 2014 – a plan designed to curtail spending and to hold property taxes at their current rates – a presentation that was riddled with mathematical errors and false assumptions.
DUMFRIES, Va. — The procession began at Town Hall and ended at the Dumfries Shopping Center where holiday revelers gathered for a block party.
The annual Dumfries Christmas Parade was held Saturday under the theme “Christmas Past, Present, and Future,” and hundreds of people lined U.S. 1 to see the marching bands, floats, classic cars, and Santa Claus himself.
