OCCOQUAN, Va. — The tiny village of Occoquan will light its Christmas Tree for the season on Friday, but not before some small-town community shopping fun.
The shops in the village from 4 to 8 p.m. will host an annual open house where merchants will feature several holiday items. It’s a great place to come and support the efforts of local businesses in the Potomac Communities.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Write by the Rails, a networking group of writers based in Prince William County, Manassas and Manassas Park, has been officially chartered as the Prince William Chapter of the Virginia Writers Club.
The announcement was made at VWC’s annual meeting Nov. 3 in Richmond. Local members June Kilpatrick and Linda Johnston of Gainesville and Terry Reardon of Woodbridge were in attendance.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Officials failed to forecast the record turnout at polls on Tuesday.
Woodbridge’s River Oaks voting precinct has more than 4,000 active registered voters assigned to it and saw a 64 percent voter turnout rate Tuesday. Voters here waited in long lines, and in line before the polls closed at 7 p.m. waited for up to four hours to cast their votes.
Some government offices in the Potomac Communities will close Monday in observance of Veterans Day.
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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Democrat Lillie Jessie is heading to the Prince William County School Board.
She beat out appointed incumbent Michael Wooten with 43 to 31 percent of the vote. Lori Bauckman-Moore placed third in a sea of four candidates.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Ahead of Superstorm Sandy on Monday came a influx of downloads of e Books from the Prince William County Library System.
Jean Ross with the library system said 276 e Books were downloaded Monday. That’s up from their usual 180 per day.
Power is coming back on for the thousands in our area that lost it following Superstorm Sandy.
Outages by the numbers:
Happy Halloween. It’s not canceled.
In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy many had wondered if trick-or-treaters would still be welcome in neighborhoods – some of which on Tuesday were without power.
By URIAH KISER
2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012
Power in Occoquan has been restored. An update from Mayor Earnie Porta.
