From a press release:Â
The Spring Occoquan Arts and Crafts Show will be held rain or shine on Saturday, June 2, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, June 3, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in downtown Historic Occoquan. A 49-year tradition, this award winning outdoor street festival features nearly 300 artisans and crafters, fun interactive activities for the kids, live entertainment and great food.
While you’re browsing the many one-of-a-kind arts, crafts, and handmade goods featured throughout the show, be sure to make time to stop by River Mill Park to watch the Ordway Conservatory perform and teach ballet to your young ones on Saturday or listen to local band Drive In Riot play your rock favorites on Sunday. In addition to performances at River Mill Park, Bob Culbertson, a skilled musician on the Chapman Stick, will perform at the show, singer/songwriter Matthew Mills will perform at Mamie Davis Park, and the Rockledge Assembly of English Country Dancers will perform throughout the event area. Be sure to head to the Mill House Museum for exciting, free events for the kids, too. Young visitors are welcome to explore a firetruck or take a turn at dunking a police officer. Kids will also want to have their face painted or get their very own balloon art with Fairy Jennabelle.
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NOKESVILLE — It’s been a tough year for tulips.
Nobody knows that better than Leslie Dawley and her son, Mike, who both run Burnside Farms in Nokesville, one of the world’s few places you can stroll through a vast field of tulips and pick your own.
The Dawleys planted about 1 million bulbs in the ground last year, in preparation for this year's annual tulip festival at the farm. Half of them didn’t make it due to a combination of harsh winter temperatures in January, followed by a brief drought, and then a deluge of rain that caused water to pond in their fields for weeks.
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From Prince William police:Â
Shooting into a Residential Dwelling – On May 7 at 11:03PM, officers responded to the Barrington Apartment complex located in the 10600 block of Blendia Ln in Manassas (20109) to investigate a disorderly person. The caller initially reported to police that an acquaintance, identified as Jasmine Nicole CHEW, refused to leave the area and had thrown a beer bottle at the apartment following a verbal altercation. As officers were responding, the accused brandished a handgun and fired through a sliding glass door into the apartment before leaving the area. The bullet struck the ceiling of the apartment before landing on a table. No injuries or other property damage was reported. Following the investigation, officers obtained several arrest warrants for the accused. The investigation continues.
Wanted: [Photo from January 2018]
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DUMFRIES -- Dumfries will celebrate its founding again after a brief hiatus.
The annual festival took off last year, but the festivities to honor Virginia oldest, continuously chartered are back return Saturday, May 12.
The festivities begin at 11 a.m. in Merchant Park, next to the Weems-Botts Museum, and run until 4 p.m. 6 p.m.
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STAFFORD -- What seemed like a good idea about years ago may not seem like such a good idea anymore.
Stafford County leaders are questioning their plan to close Moncure Elementary School in North Stafford after a replacement school opens nearby next fall.
The school building at 75 Moncure Lane next to the Doc Stone shopping center sits along the highly trafficked Route 610, and, under an old agreement forged about 10 years ago between the Stafford Board of Supervisors and School Board, leaders had planned to sell the property to a private developer for commercial use.
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Deputies with the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office arrested a suspect on Sunday for breaking into a residence in North Stafford (the sheriff's office did not provide an address of where the alleged crime took place).
On May 6, 2018 at approximately 1:41 a.m., Deputy Virginia Powell responded to a call regarding a breaking and entering in progress. Dispatch advised that a woman caller said her husband was attempting to detain a male suspect who broke into their home. Upon arrival, the deputy observed the suspect being detained by one of the homeowners.
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STAFFORD -- Three Stafford County elementary schools will have armed protection officers beginning the fall.
The Stafford Board of Supervisors voted to fund a low-cost pilot program that will place three new part-time sworn sheriff’s deputies and their full-time supervisor, a deputy sergeant, at the county’s sheriff’s office, will work as part of a $481,000 program during the 2018-19 school year.
Salary and training costs are included in the cost estimate provided by Sheriff David Decatur to the Board of Supervisors. Though the employees will work part-time hours, the sheriff said he wanted to extend healthcare benefits, but not benefits enjoyed by his full-time staff under the Virginia Retirement System.
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