DALE CITY, Va. — Would a free haircut for your child come in handy for back to school time?
Hair Cuttery stores partnered with the Boys and Girls Clubs in Prince William County and Manassas to provide free haircuts to the first 40 people under age 18 who signed up. According to their website, Hair Cuttery agreed to issue gift cards for those who signed up for the free cuts.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — For the first time, regional transit agencies are partnering to bring more vanpool options to the region.
DUMFIRES, Va. — The idea of a new business park in place to be built after a landfill closes was floated in Dumfries on Tuesday.
The Potomac Landfill, a debris collection yard that sits at the junction of Interstate 95 and Va. 234, proposed growing upward, filling in debris piles as tall as 310 feet. If approved by the Town Council, the landfill will maintaining the 38 acres it sits on now and leave at least 19 unused acres untouched in which to build on.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Need a job? Come to Prince William County.
Officials in Prince William are boasting today after CNNMoney.com ranked the jurisdiction 8th on their 2012 list of best places to find work. The county moved up the list from 13th last year.
DUMFRIES, Va. — Four youth interns who worked with Dumfries officials in the public works, police, zoning, economic development, and other departments of the town government, capped their summer at a special luncheon on Friday.
DUMFRIES, Va. — The good news: readers will have new carpet to walk on. The bad: the Dumfries Library must close for carpet installation August 30 and 31.
The library will reopen Tuesday Sept. 4 at 10 a.m., said according to a press release from the library.
UPDATE Monday, Aug. 20
Clarence E. Alston, 42, of Washington, D.C., was standing outside his car that was stopped on the right shoulder of northbound I-95 at the 162 mile marker. A northbound Hyundai Santa Fe struck Alston. The Hyundai then fled the scene. The vehicle and its driver, Carol Rood-Johnson, 19, of Woodbridge, Va., were located later Saturday morning in Prince Georges County, Md.
DUMFRIES, Va. — There could soon be mountains in Dumfries where there once was none.
Trees are already falling in the Triangle area where the High Occupancy Toll lanes are being extended nine miles south from Dumfries to Va. 610 in Stafford County.
From North Stafford to Edsall Road in Alexandria, the new lanes will be a part of what will be 29 miles of the new 95 Express Lanes that will allow drivers to pay a toll to avoid traffic or continue to ride free in vehicles of three or more.
FROM POLICE REPORTS:
Shooting Investigation – On August 10th at 5:53PM, police responded to the 16800 block of Taconic Cir in Dumfries (22026) for a shooting. The investigation revealed that the victims, a 19 year old man and a 16 year old male juvenile – both of Dumfries, had planned to meet up with a known acquaintance behind the Fortuna Center Plaza. There, the 16 year old victim got into a vehicle occupied by KELLEY and BRYANT. Once inside, KELLEY displayed a handgun and attempted to rob the victim. The 16 year old victim was able to get out of the vehicle, at which point both victims fled towards Stockbridge Dr. On Stockbridge Dr, the victims encountered a second vehicle, occupied byHALE and JACKSON, who were accomplices of KELLEY and BRYANT. During that encounter,JACKSON pointed a shotgun at the victims and fired, striking the 19 year old in the back and the 16 year old in the torso. Both victims were transported to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Several detectives were assigned to this case and were quickly able to develop the identities of those involved. HALE and BRYANT were located leaving BRYANT’s address on Brightleaf Ct and were detained following a traffic stop. JACKSON and KELLEY were both located at their respective residences where search warrants were also executed. Following an investigation, all four suspects were arrested in regard this incident which was not random.
