WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Police in are investigating a body found in Woodbridge nearby a commuter bus terminal.
Police said said the case does not appear to be suspicious. Initial reports indicate police were called to an area near the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission’s Transit Center on Potomac Mills Road, near Dale Boulevard, today to investigate the discovery of the body.
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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A pedestrian was struck this morning on Caton Hill Road near Minnieville Road. Police said the adult male victim was taken to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The area where the crash happened was reopened to traffic just after 9 a.m.
Update 12:30 p.m. Wednesday
Two Prince William County firefighters were injured in a blaze in Woodbridge Tuesday after they became trapped on the roof of a burning home.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Transportation officials will consider new modes of transportation in the U.S. 1 corridor from Fairfax to Prince William counties as a new study is set to get underway.
Gov. Robert F. McDonnell announced Monday officials will spend 12 months speaking with the public and looking into transportation solutions such as light rail, bus rapid transit, and a possible extension of Metro into the congested corridor. The area of U.S. 1 between the Capital Beltway in Alexandria and Va. 123 in Woodbridge will be examined, as it his home to two major military installations, Fort Belvoir and Quantico, several commercial development and residential developments, and miles of commuter traffic.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Steel beams from the ill-fated World Trade Center that have been sitting underneath a tarp for the past two years in Prince William County will be moved to Woodbridge to be preserved.
County officials say a public restoration effort to preserve the steel will begin in early July on the Sean T. Connaughton Plaza at the Prince William County Government Center. The effort is expected to cost upward of $75,000, and a company will be selected through an open bid process to complete the work.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A Woodbridge man on Virginia’s sex offender registry faces charges once more, stemming from an incident inside a government building.
Police called to the Ferlazzo Government Building off U.S. 1 in Woodbridge spoke to a 43-year-old woman who told them she saw an unknown man expose himself to her, and then proposition her for sex. Officers were able to locate the suspect outside of the building, police spokesman Jonathan Perok said.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Northern Virginia Community College for the first time has awarded full two-year scholarships to incoming students enrolled in their honors program. And three students from high schools in Prince William County made the cut.
Ianna Alhambra, and Maria-Vera Alverez of Freedom High School, and Ana Quinteros-Gomez of Woodbridge Senior High School, will all receive scholarships to cover the cost of in-state tuition, books, and travel abroad for two years at the college also known as NOVA.
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By RENEE ORDOOBADI
For Potomac Local News
