Dumfries Finance Director Kimberly Goodwin presented a snapshot of the town’s financial picture on Wednesday, August 3.
Overall, things are looking rosy for the small town that’s about to be home to the most prominent gaming resort in Northern Virginia — The Rose. This $389 million complex will include slots, a hotel, sports bar, restaurant, and convention space to open next year.
According to the National Weather Service, we’re under flood watch beginning at 3 p.m.
* WHAT…Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
Parents and children are invited to come to the Route 234 Commuter Lot for a back-to-school event.
The event will feature free food and snack boxes, food trucks, live music, games, and free school supplies.
OmniRide will hold a series of public hearings to discuss new bus service additions to the Reston area, along the newly-expanded Metro Silver line, and the elimination of one route.
The public meetings will be held on August 15, 16, and 17.
Drinking water consumed by Prince William County residents received a clean bill of health.
The Prince William County Service Authority recently published its 2022 Water Quality Reports, which provide essential information about the source and characteristics of the utility’s drinking water. The EPA requires the annual reports available on the Prince William Service Authority’s website.
It was a busy weekend for the Prince William County Police Department.
Officers were called to multiple shootings that occurred in Dale City, Woodbridge, Dumfries, and near Manassas. The department outlines each incident in this press release:
On July 21 at 8:33 a.m., investigators with the Crash Investigation Unit responded to the area of Dumfries Rd and Country Club Dr and Route 234 in Montclair to investigate a crash.
According to police, the driver of a 2018 Ford F-150 was traveling northbound on Route 234, approaching the intersection of Country Club Drive, when the driver disregarded a red traffic signal and continued into the intersection where the vehicle struck a 2018 Lexus E300H that was within the intersection making a left turn from Country Club Drive onto Route 234.
Upward of 60 signs at intersections along U.S. 1 naming the road Jefferson Davis Highway will be changed in the coming months to rename the road Richmond Highway in Prince William County.
Members of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors, other dignitaries, and county residents recently gathered in the parking lot at River Oaks Shopping Center for a renaming ceremony.
A woman outside Montclair Family Restaurant near Dumfries was struck with a hammer, and now two men face charges.
Police said the fight broke out inside the popular restaurant:
