Colonial Downs has its sights set on the Triangle Shopping Plaza in Dumfries for its new “Rosie’s Gaming Emporium,” a pari-mutuel betting parlor set to open sometime in 2020.
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Prince William Food Rescue, an initiative to mobilize volunteers to reduce food waste, picked up its 100,000th pound of food rescued.
A total of 50 tons of food has been diverted from landfills and into food pantries in less than four months from its inception in August 2019. A press release states:
The 19th annual Breakfast with Santa at Forest Park High School (FPHS) will be held on Saturday, December 14, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the school’s cafeteria with free holiday music and support from the U.S. Marines. A press release states:
The annual holiday event, which is free and open to the public, invites families and members of the Dumfries community to celebrate the holidays with the FPHS students and staff.
(Press Release) U.S. Congressman Gerry Connolly will join the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Commissioner Richard D. Holcomb for a brief news conference on REAL ID, prior to applying for his REAL ID with DMV Connect, the department’s mobile “office in a suitcase.”
It’ll take place on Monday, December 9, 2019, at 11 a.m. at the Dumfries DMV Select, Town of Dumfries Customer Service Center, 17739 Main Street, Suite 150, at Dumfries Town Hall.
There’s a new road name for longtime Supervisor Maureen Caddigan.
The Potomac District Supervisor’s name was placed on a street linking Route 1 with Inn Street in Triangle, near the National Museum of the Marine Corps entrance.
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The Young Marines in Dumfries rounded up some golfers and hit the links on the nearby Medal of Honor Golf Course in Quantico.
The Young Marines, a national youth organization, raised $43,000 at its inaugural R. Lee Ermey Memorial Golf Tournament held September 16, 2019, at the Medal of Honor Golf Course at Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Virginia.
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Climate change has gotten the attention of elected leaders in Prince William County’s largest town.
It’s the first time the town offices have been closed on Election Day.
The town’s newly-opened customer service center will remain open.
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The Mayor, Vice-Mayor, and the other five members of the Council will receive raises to their annual salaries.
Why it matters: Town Council members had not received a raise in at least 12 years.
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The Town of Dumfries is one of two Virginia localities that could be the future home of a “Rosie’s Gaming Emporium,” a pari-mutuel betting parlor, depending on the outcome of a voter referendum Nov. 5.