STAFFORD — (Press Release) The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) will begin a drainage pipe replacement project next month on Route 616 (Poplar Road) in Stafford County.
Beginning Monday, Oct. 1, Poplar Road will close between Stony Hill Road and Mack Lane to allow crews to remove a deteriorated metal pipe from underneath the roadway and install a new plastic pipe.
STAFFORD — Fire and rescue crews in Stafford County spent their afternoon rescuing four people.
The victims were pulled to safety after their canoes flipped.
STAFFORD — Stafford County’s new economic development director, John Holden has a big vision for what the county will become under his direction.
Hired this summer, Holden worked as a chief economic director in localities in Maine and Ohio before coming to Virginia. He has 25 years of experience, and he says his newest role will be his biggest challenge yet.
A suspect who was taken into custody for assault and public intoxication attempted to assault a deputy with the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office and a nurse. The press release on that incident and others follows:
https://potomaclocal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Daily-Incident-Report_20180918.pdf
Strengthening Resources to Advance Business Startups
George Mason University, the Virginia Serious Game Institute (GMU/VSGI) and CenterFuse CoWork Begin a Collaborative Partnership
STAFFORD — (Press Release) Parkway Boulevard in Stafford County will be closed to all traffic at Wellington Court over four days, from Monday, Sept. 24 through Thursday, Sept. 27, to allow crews to complete an emergency drainage pipe replacement.
Signs will be posted along the recommended detour route, which will be Eustace Road and Northampton Boulevard.
MANASSAS — After downsizing BadWolf Brewing Company this past year, owners Jeremy and Sarah Meyers said that they have faced challenges, but are enjoying more creative control over a single location and a return to an artisan model of brewing.
“Looking back on the past year, we couldn’t really see through the trees, but now we’ve got a clearer vision of where we’re headed,” Sarah shared.
DUMFRIES — A man was struck and killed on Route 1 in Dumfries.
It happened about 8:30 p.m. near the intersection of Graham Park Road, near Triangle Shopping Center.
WOODBRIDGE — With the lack of Metro rail and a glut of open office space, Prince William County leaders will look again at the types of business it aims to attract to the region.
Members of the Board of Supervisors met during an un-televised session of their regularly scheduled Tuesday meeting to discuss how to grow the region’s economy.
Now making national news, an alleged produce violation has resulted in an arrest of a Manassas man. From the Manassas City police report:
Destruction of Property/Indecent Exposure
