A Facebook video posted this week shows demolition underway at the metal drydock structure at 411 Mill Street in Occoquan.
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Occoquan will kick off the holiday season with its annual tree lighting on Saturday, November 21, at 6 p.m. in front of Town Hall at 314 Mill Street, Sarah Burzio of Visit Occoquan said on the Potomac Local Podcast.
Dumfries Mayor Derrick R. Wood won re-election Tuesday in unofficial results, defeating Brian K. Fields.
Wood received 911 votes (57.51%) to Fields’ 664 (41.92%). Write-ins totaled 9 (0.57%).
Demolition of the metal drydock structure at 411 Mill Street in Occoquan is set to begin Thursday, October 22, 2026, as part of the long-planned Mill at Occoquan mixed-use redevelopment. The work, limited to the drydock, is scheduled for several weeks on weekdays from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Town officials expect no substantive disruption to normal activity, with possible brief sidewalk closures on some days to remove overhanging metal and a modest increase in truck traffic and noise. Residents can watch the process from nearby public areas, and the town is notifying the community.
Thirteen years ago, the ghost of a little boy was reported at the Puzzle Palooza in Occoquan, InsideNoVa reported.
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The shop is in the town’s oldest building, dating to 1750. Pagel sources individual titles from private collectors, universities, auctions, and dealers.
It is open weekends while an additional room is finished and is expected to expand to Wednesday–Sunday.
Friends of the Occoquan is cleaning five sites until noon today, Mayor Earnie Porta said in his newsletter. Occoquan check-in is in front of Town Hall, 314 Mill Street. Volunteers can email [email protected]. It goes on in light rain.
The Town of Occoquan’s Fall Arts & Crafts Show takes over the historic district this weekend, Saturday, Sept. 26, and Sunday, Sept. 27, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.
Mayor Earnie Porta, in a Sept. 18 e-newsletter to Potomac Local News, said the show will bring hundreds of vendors and thousands of visitors into town. He called it one of the area’s signature events.
Town Council honored Officer Justin Hendrickson on Tuesday for stopping at a catastrophic Interstate 95 crash while off duty, helping pull people from a burning vehicle, and giving first aid until fire-rescue crews arrived.
The May 29, 2026, southbound crash in Stafford occurred about 2:30 a.m. and killed five people and injured more than 30. Hendrickson, hired by the Occoquan Police Department in September 2022, was heading home after a shift when he came upon the scene.
The Town of Occoquan has shared news of the recent deaths of three residents in its monthly newsletter, the Town of Occoquan reported. Melissa Hollis was found deceased in her home on June 28, John Grace was killed in a pedestrian-vehicle crash outside of town on July 10, and Bobbie Frank passed away at Westminster on July 26.
Bobbie Frank was a longtime Occoquan resident who previously served on the town council, directed the town’s Craft Show, and was a board member and supporter of the Occoquan Historical Society. Details on services were not immediately available; Frank is expected to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery in a private ceremony, with a celebration of life planned later.