Dumfries

Crash – Fatality – On October 5th at 9:12PM, police responded to the 3600 block of Graham Park Rd in Triangle (22172) for a single vehicle crash involving a motorcycle.

The investigation revealed that the driver of a 2005 Honda VTX1800 was traveling eastbound on Graham Park Rd when the motorcycle left the roadway and struck support cables for a utility pole. The driver of the motorcycle was transported to an area hospital where he died. Alcohol and speed do not appear to be factors in this crash.

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DUMFRIES, Va. — Prince William fire and rescue officials will sit on one side of the table and Dumfries-Triangle Rescue Squad leaders on the other.

That’s the way Prince William County Fire Department Chief Kevin McGee said a special taskforce assembled to review “internal organizational issues” at the Rescue Squad will conduct business. The review panel will be led by Dale City Volunteer Fire Department Chief Christopher Hool who will address Dumfries Chief Charles Derek Ester and Assistant Chief Steven Chasin.

DUMFRIES, Va. — Few, if any person Monday night spoke in favor of a plan to allow a landfill to rise 115 feet higher than currently permitted by the state.

A handful of residents spoke out on a plan from Potomac Landfill owners which would allow them to pile construction waste in piles of 310 feet tall on thier 39 acres of land. Emails submitted by residents opposing the plan were also read aloud by Mayor Gerald Foreman.

DUMFRIES, Va. — A fall festival brought together Virginia’s first town on Saturday as about 40 vendors lined up in Garrison Park behind Town Hall.