Three seats are up for grabs on the Dumfries Town Council on November 3, and Ebony Lofton, the current President of the South Cove Homeowners Association, is running a write-in campaign to win one.
Potomac Local News asked Lofton about why she is running and what she believes she can bring to the table.
The Town of Dumfries is excited to provide assistance to local organizations to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19. Qualifying organizations are eligible for grants up to $10,000.
CFH, Inc. a 41-year-old Northern Virginia nonprofit in Dumfries, has announced its plans for the 3rd Annual CFH 5k Run-Walk for Affordable Housing.
The 2020 CFH Help Pay the Rent Event, which will fund rental assistance and other programs that help seniors and families stay in their homes, will be a virtual 5k in which registrants can complete the course of their choosing any time from November 14-22.
Shots rang out and into a house in the Williamstown neighborhood in Dumfries.
Prince William police were called at 7:51 p.m on Wednesday, September 23 to a home in the 2000 block of Fort Pemberton Court. Residents told police that they heard gunshots.
Prince William County officials are still weighing their options when it comes to spending federal funds to put a homeless shelter in Dumfries.
County Supervisor Andrea Bailey, who represents the Potomac District which encompasses the town, asked the town’s Planning Commission to remove from its Sept. 14 agenda a request to amend the town’s zoning ordinance to allow homeless shelters in the town’s B1 zoning district. Bailey didn’t say why she made the request, and today she declined to comment for this story.
Flu season is fast approaching. Sentara hospitals usually see an increase in flu cases around mid-September and early October.
This year, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors say it’s critical to get your flu shot.
Poilce are looking for a man they say fired a gun at a moving vehicle.
at 1 p.m. Sunday, September 20 officers were called to investigate a shooting that was reported to have occurred in the 17100 block of Dumfries Road earlier that morning.
It appears a plan to put a homeless shelter in Dumfries has hit a snag.
Prince William County officials have asked that a request before the Dumfries Town Planning Commission tonight, to approve an amendment to the town’s zoning ordinance to allow homeless shelters in the town’s B1 zoning district, be removed from the agenda.
U.S. Senator Tim Kaine was recently in Dumfries to discuss maternal health.
Kaine’s office provided us this note, and well as the featured image for this post.
Prince William County leaders are moving forward with an effort to rename Jefferson Davis Highway.
The Board of County Supervisors on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, will hear details of a plan that would rename 12 miles of the four and six-lane highway, between Stafford and Fairfax county lines, Richmond Highway.
