Members of O.W.L. V.F.D and the Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue (DFR) visited over 40 homes on Saturday to educate the community on the importance of smoke detectors.
Firefighters fanned out in the River Ridge community just off Route 1 in Woodbridge to test smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and change batteries.
Press release | Supervisor Margaret Angela Franklin hosted an inaugural Woodbridge Town Hall on Thursday, January 30 at Leesylvania Elementary School. Supervisor Franklin was joined by Seth Handler-Voss (Director of Parks and Recreation), Raul Torres (Director of the Human Rights Commission), and Loree Williams (Vice-Chair of the School Board).
Each spoke about projects and initiatives taking place in the Woodbridge District and answered questions from residents. Topics that were discussed include the widening of Route 1, parking concerns at commuter lots, cleanup at the Neabsco Boardwalk, and the FY 2021 Prince William County budget priorities for the Woodbridge District.
A Woodbridge Senior High School graduate from 1982 will be inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
Fitz Johnson, who now lives in Smyrna, Ga., is the Southern Conference champion as an undergraduate at the Citadel, according to a press release.
Fire crews in Woodbridge were called to fire at a garage on Tuesday.
At 7:34 pm firefighters were dispatched to 15957 Canada Goose Loop near the Rippon Virginia Railway Express station in a report of a townhouse fire. When they arrived, they saw smoke from the coming form a garage inside the townhouse. Crews were able to contain the blaze to the garage and then extinguished it.
There is now an investigation into what happened after a Woodbridge Senior High School football coach stepped down last fall.
Woodbridge District Supervisor Angela Franklin will take her seat for the first time tomorrow on the Prince William Board of County Supervisors.
She’ll be serving the residents of the Woodbridge District but today, we’re learning more about who will be serving her.
The annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Oratorical Contest to be held in Woodbridge on Monday, Jan. 20, 2020 is returning to its roots.
A press release states:
After receiving a reader tip about a new traffic pattern on Route 1 at Route 123 in Woodbridge put in place on Dec. 20, we’re checking with the Virginia Department of Transportation and with police to get more information.
Here’s the reader’s tip:
A new 1,400-space parking garage will be built between Wegmans and Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center.
The $37 million, seven-floor garage in Woodbridge will help alleviate overcrowding at commuter lots at Route 234 near Dumfries. It also comes after Potomac Mills mall in 2011 reduced the number of commuter parking spaces it allowed residents to use by 75 percent, allowing for more parking at what would be new restaurants, The Cheesecake Factory, Bobby’s Burger Palace, and Matchbox.
From a reader:
This is my 23-year-old son, Nicholas Martucci at the Potomac Mills mall today in Woodbridge.
