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Who’s running — and who’s not — for Dumfries Mayor, Town Council seats

By Potomac Local News
Dumfries is Virginia's oldest continually chartered town.

Residents in the town of Dumfries will head to the polls on November 8  to elect a new mayor and three poeple to the town council.

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Dumfries gun buy-back program headed to public hearing

By Uriah Kiser

Dumfries leaders are working to introduce a gun buyback program that will allow residents to sell firearms they no longer want to the town in exchange for cash.

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Coal ash landfill: Possum Point exempt from review, says Prince William

By Rick Horner

Prince William County does not need to review plans for a coal ash landfill at Possum Pont, county documents state.

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Breakfast brandishing: Driver points gun at McDonald’s employee

By Potomac Local News
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On May 28 at 5:50 a.m., officers responded to a McDonald’s at 17340 Dumfries Road, near Interstate 95 in Dumfries to investigate a brandishing.

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Route 1 widening in Dumfries: Project on track for 2027 completion

By Potomac Local News
An aerial view of Route 1 in Dumfries, looking south. [Photo: Potomac Local News]

The Prince William Board of County Supervisors recently endorsed the final plan to widen Fraley Boulevard, or Route 1, through the town of Dumfries between Brady’s Hill Road and Dumfries Road (Route 234) to a six-lane road with pedestrian and bike facilities.

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Behind bars: Cops charge suspect in Triangle murder

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Today, members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force located and arrested the man sought in connection to the murder of a 52-year-old Miles Tracey Hall of Triangle.

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Dumfries to hold farmer’s market beginning June 18

By Potomac Local News
The former site of the Dumfries-Triangle Rescue Squad at 3800 Graham Park Road.

Dumfries town residents will soon have their own farmer’s market.

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Laser fire: Blaze linked to engraving device

By Potomac Local News
[Photo: Prince William County fire and rescue]

At 7:53 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, Prince William County fire and rescue crews were dispatched to the 18000 block of Crossroads Court in Triangle, near Triangle Elementary School.

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Girls, 12, walking to Graham Park Middle School assaulted

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[Photo: Prince William police]

Today at 7:55 a.m., officers went to the 3800 block of Graham Park Road in Triangle to investigate an assault on a 12-year-old girl walking to school.

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