WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Officials failed to forecast the record turnout at polls on Tuesday.
Woodbridge’s River Oaks voting precinct has more than 4,000 active registered voters assigned to it and saw a 64 percent voter turnout rate Tuesday. Voters here waited in long lines, and in line before the polls closed at 7 p.m. waited for up to four hours to cast their votes.
Some government offices in the Potomac Communities will close Monday in observance of Veterans Day.
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DUMFRIES, Va. — Businessman and U.S. Marine Derrick Wood has been elected to the Dumfries Town Council.
Wood was a write-in candidate competing against two others, including incumbent Dumfries Town Council member Louis Parino whose name was not on the ballot.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Two newly elected members of two governing Boards will be sworn in next week.
Democrat Lillie Jessie celebrated her win Tuesday as the new Occoquan District Representative on the Prince William County School Board. She’ll assume her role on Tuesday, Nov. 20.
DUMFRIES, Va. — A McDonalds on Dumfries Road will soon have a new look.
The fast food restaurant is the latest in the chain to receive renovations, which come after a second McDonalds restaurant recently opened in the small town.
The Council would sincerely like to Thank the citizens in the Town of Dumfries who exercised their right to vote on November 6, 2012.
The lines were long and the weather was cold, but the Town’s citizens were friendly, social, cheerful, looked out for one another, and there was a small-town feel.
DUMFRIES, Va. — Gwen Washington will keep her seat on the Dumfries Town Council.
Of the 1,422 votes cast in Dumfries on Wednesday, 1,068 went to Washington.
UPDATE
Death Investigation *VICTIM IDENTIFIED – On November 8th, Prince William County Police detectives and the Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the identified of the victim involved in the train incident from November 5th. Further details into the death are still under investigation.
Shooting into an Occupied Dwelling | Reckless Handling of a Firearm – On November 3rd at 5:13PM, police responded to the 3400 block of Howard St in Dumfries (22026) for a shots fired call. Caller advised that she was on the phone with a friend who resides in a residence in the above area.
While on the phone, the friend made several statements about suicide and then a gunshot was heard. The caller immediately notified police. Officers responded and set up a perimeter around the residence. Entry was made and the occupant, a 40 year old woman, was located and detained without further incident.
Malicious Wounding – On November 2nd at 12:32AM, police responded to investigate a stabbing which was reported to have occurred in the 18300 block of Chestnut Dr in Triangle (22172).
The victim, a 41 year old man of Triangle, was found lying front of an address in the 18400 block of Woodland Dr. The victim reported to police that he was assaulted by 3 males on Chestnut Dr. During the encounter, one of the men stabbed the victim in the neck.
