It may be fall, but the Town of Occoquan is doing a little spring cleaning.
This Saturday, October 15, the town will once again be a site for the Friends of the Occoquan’s annual fall river clean up. Volunteers can meet at the Town Hall located at 314 Mill Street between 9:00 a.m. and noon, sign in, pick up cleaning supplies, and help spruce up the town and the environment.
Occoquan, Va. — Crafters will once again descend on Occoquan this weekend for the town’s annual fall craft show.
The event takes place 10 a.m. 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday rain or shine and will feature more than 200 crafters, local merchants and restaurants at the fair.
Occoquan, Va. — It’s one of the most unique windows in Occoquan, and the business it belongs to is leaving the building behind for a new location across the street.
Polka Dot Divas opened in nearly four years ago by two diva-licious women, Julie Marshall and Kristyn Gleason, in Bavarian-style building with an iconic bubble window on its front. Recognizing the window’s popularity, the shop used it as part of their marketing on their website.
Occoquan, Va. — When you live by the Occoquan River, there’s a few things you have to accept, like the possibility of flooding. But on Thursday night it wasn’t the river that toppled its banks, but the Ballywhack Creek which runs through town.
Hurricane Irene brought a soaking rain, downed trees and power outages to the Potomac Communities.
Julie Bohn lives along the Occoquan River at the town that shares the same name. Though two tree limbs fell into her yard due to high winds during the height of the storm, she was happy things did not get as bad as they could have.
Occoquan, Va. –– Occoquan is bracing for the effects of flooding caused by Hurricane Irene
The area along Mill Street, the town’s main thoroughfare, is prone to flooding during storms.
Occoquan, Va. –– What can you talk about in six minutes? A lot.
Occoquan, Va. –– One of the things to look for this weekend at the annual Occoquan Spring Craft Show are new vendors.
More than 270 vendors from points all across the U.S. are expected to descend on Occoquan this Saturday and Sunday, many of the newer ones will be artists and glass pottery makers.
Lorton, Va. ––The waters of the Potomac River have been running more rapidly and brown the past few weeks.
What better place than in Occoquan, known as the “crown jewel of Prince William County,” to have a neighborhood get together and talk about community, have some fun and meet new friends?
In addition to all of you, Kayne Karnbach from the Prince William Clean Communities Council will join us to tell us all about what their organization does to keep the Occoquan and the rest of Prince William beautiful.
