OCCOQUAN, Va. — There are over 100 specially designed license plates that Virginia residents can choose from.
Whether you’re allegiance is to the military branch you serve, your college, or a special interest group, drivers in our state have their pick of specially designed plates.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — More headaches for drivers is actually good news for bus riders.
The Prince William Metro Direct buses that run on Saturday between Potomac Mills mall and the Franconia-Springfield Metro station will continue to be free.
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OCCOQUAN, Va. — Some Occoquan residents on Friday spent the better part of the past two days cleaning up sludge and debris left behind by flood waters from the Occoquan River.
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OCCOQUAN, Va. — There is flooding in Occoquan this afternoon after drenching rains yesterday caused the Occoquan River to spill its banks.
OCCOQUAN, Va. — All but one of the town homes in the Gaslight Landing project have been sold.
The Victorian-style homes have popped up along the bank of the Occoquan River in Occoquan over the past 10 years. Construction of the first 10, 3-story homes with complete with a covered parking deck, and some with boat slips to access the river, began in 2006. Many sold at or above $1 million.
OCCOQUAN, Va. — Banners now hang on the gaslight street lamps in Occoquan.
Mayor Earnie Porta announced the banners this week in an email. They alternate color and help promote the town’s spring and fall craft fairs – the two largest annual events in the town. There’s also hung in the town’s “historic district” along Mill Street, though it seems like its steeped in history.
It is with great pleasure that I announce that the Town of Occoquan has executed an agreement with the NRA Foundation to purchase the 17+ acre property at the corner of Old Bridge and Tanyard Hill Roads, commonly known as the Oaks III property.
With this agreement we will be achieving the long-sought goal of preserving for generations a wilderness area along Tanyard Hill Road.
Voting is now underway for the elections in Prince William County’s towns: Dumfries, Haymarket, Occoquan and Quantico.
Voters may go to the Prince William County Office of Elections in Manassas from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., to a voting satellite office at a DMV location on Caton Hill Road in Woodbridge, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. to cast their votes.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A woman who was standing next to her car outside Potomac Mills mall was strangled by a man who asked her for directions.
It happened at 9:29 p.m. Thursday, March 20 when the 34-year-old female victim, of Lorton, had just left work and was in the mall parking lot, at the corner of Potomac Mills Circle and Nazarene Way in Woodbridge. A man walked up to her and asked for her directions but then began to choke her, Prince William police spokesman Jonathan Perok.
OCCOQUAN, Va. — The decommissioned Fairfax Water plant in the western end of Occoquan is going to be removed to make way for a new town park. The plant, which was built in the 1960s, has been out of use for over four years, as increased demand led to the building of the Griffith Treatment Plant in neighboring Fairfax County.
The park, which has not been officially named, will sit on 1.11 acres of land.
