Woodbridge

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — More firefighting training could soon take place in Woodbridge.

Officials are working on a $260,000 plan to create a collapse training center behind OWL Volunteer Fire Station 12 on Montgomery Avenue. Firefighters, both volunteer and career members from across Prince William County, would be able learn what to do when a vehicle collides into a building or a house, promoting rescue crews to be called to a “building collapse” situation. During these scenarios, temporary support beams must be put in place to prevent the remainder of the building from collapsing.

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — An old Burger King restaurant at 14120 Jefferson Davis Highway that sat empty for years in Woodbridge is getting a new tenant.

Now it will become a TitleMax loans, joining several other TitleMax locations where borrows can get money by borrowing against their car title.

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — There’s a new millionaire in Woodbridge.

A $1 million winning ticket was sold at a 7-Eleven on Occoquan Road as part of the Virginia Lottery’s New Year’s Millionaires Raffle. It was one of three million-dollar tickets sold in the raffle – the others were sold at an Exxon near Winchester and another at an Apple Market in South Boston.

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A panel discussion in Woodbridge Thursday will take on the topic of replacing government housing lenders Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae with a privately-funded agency, changing the way home mortgages in the U.S. are guaranteed.

The National Council of La Raza is the group holding the discussion, and it is set to include Michelle Maiwurm, Legislative Office of Senator Mark Warner, James Carr, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress, Father Gerry Creedon, of Catholics for Housing, Mercy Struthers, of Casals Realtors, and Bill Vaughan, Chief Economist, Prince William County Office of Finance, will take up the issue of legislation put forth by Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) that would create the Federal Mortgage Insurance Corporation, shifting more of the risk of default on mortages from the Federal Government to private industry.

WOODBRIDGE, Va. —It’s time to fix the roof at the Potomac Library in Woodbridge, so that means the building will be closed until Dec. 20.

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