OCCOQUAN – (Press Release) On Saturday, April 20, 2019, participating Occoquan businesses flying yellow balloons will display creative dioramas using marshmallow Easter Peeps.
Dioramas can be based on current events, community happenings, politics, movies, art, science fiction, and fantasy. Visitors to Occoquan will judge each diorama, vote for their favorites, and enter the drawing to win a Peep Swag Bag.
OCCOQUAN — The Town of Occoquan is redesigning their town logo in order to promote marketing and draw in new businesses.
“The creation of a Town logo was initiated last spring by the prior administration as part of a website redesign project that is ongoing, and was spurred by requests from the business community to update the Town website to better promote offerings in Occoquan,” Mayor Earnie Porta said.
A systems engineer from Occoquan was killed Friday in a plane crash.
Leonardo Ospina-Villada died after his small fixed-wing, single-engine plane crashed in Spotsylvania County at 7:40 a.m. Ospina-Villanda had just taken off from Shannon Airport in Fredericksburg.
OCCOQUAN – (Press Release) The Occoquan River Communities Alliance (ORCA) is proud to present WinterFest for the 4th consecutive year, bringing areas in Lorton, Occoquan and Lake Ridge together for a full-day celebration of the season. This year’s regional event will be held Saturday, December 8, 2018 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. at various locations.
WinterFest will feature Santa’s Lake Ridge Parade celebrating this year’s theme, “Christmas Around the World.” Following the parade, which starts at 11 a.m., spectators and participants are encouraged to stay for the trophy ceremony, free hot chocolate, pictures with Santa inside Clearbrook Center of the Arts and other fun children’s activities.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — Glendel “Glen” Hill is seeking a fifth term as Prince William County Sheriff.
Hill announced his re-election bid this week, noting he wants to continue “to build upon the accomplishments his office has achieved over the last 15 years.”
Driving along Route 1, you may notice a new sign on your commute. It’s a topic not many women want to talk about.
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OCCOQUAN — A loud noise is expected to rattle residents along the Occoquan River.
Fairfax Water will test the Occoquan Dam Siren from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 14. Residents, they say, shouldn’t be concerned.
Good Morning Prince William – SERVE needs a group of up to 8 members age 16+ to provide, prepare and serve Thanksgiving dinner at 5pm. Come share the joy with the families in the shelter. Please call Julie at (571) 748-2674 for all the specifics. The Un Trim A Tree Holiday Gift Program is […]
WOODBRIDGE – (Press Release) There is an estimated 17,000 cubic yards of silt clogging the channel in Neabsco Creek. To put that in perspective, one cubic yard of saturated silt can typically weigh up to 3,000 pounds. That means 51 million pounds of soil or 25,500 tons of silt needs to be removed in order to maintain the channel and ensure that boats can continue to safely navigate the creek. It would take about 6,800 full-sized pickup trucks to haul away that much silt.
The Prince William Board of County Supervisors recently allocated a $750,000 grant to dredge the channel and improve boat passage. The good news for the estimated 1,000 recreational boats that are docked and stored along Neabsco Creek near Leesylvania State Park is that the project will ensure that the channel remains navigable. The other good news is that the dredging recently started, meaning the work will be completed during the offseason so that boaters will be able to use the waterway connecting to the Potomac River during the next boating season.
