The Town of Quantico has lifted its boil-water advisory after the second required water sample came back clean and the Virginia Department of Health approved cancelling the order, according to a public notice from the town Friday.
The notice applies only to the Town of Quantico waterworks. It does not apply to the Marine Corps Base Quantico waterworks.
Lanterns lined Freedom Park and the honor bell sat ready Thursday evening as Prince William County gathered at Sean T. Connaughton Plaza to mark 25 years since Sept. 11, 2001.
The ceremony was held the night before the national anniversary, beside the Liberty Memorial Fountain outside the McCoart Government Center in Woodbridge.
Prince William County police announced the arrest of a Falls Church man wanted in connection with a September 6 abduction in Woodbridge.
reported a stabbing investigation at Potomac Mills in which two men were injured. Stafford County deputies arrested a Fredericksburg woman for driving under the influence and a Stafford man for public intoxication, and took reports of a stolen vehicle, a stolen package and unauthorized account openings.
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Stafford County is the largest locality in Virginia without a Business, Professional and Occupational License tax. On Tuesday, Sept. 15, supervisors will hold a public hearing on whether to bring BPOL back.
Dog Krazy has leased a second downtown Fredericksburg building for corporate headquarters and franchise training, founder Nancy Guinn said, while stressing that the William Street retail store is not moving.
The company is already in at 1600 Princess Anne St. Guinn said in an on-the-record email Sept. 6 that the space will house corporate offices, training for new franchise owners and their teams, product and vendor sessions, and systems used across Dog Krazy stores. It is not a retail shop.
A Stafford grand jury added two more involuntary manslaughter charges against the bus driver accused in a May crash that killed five people, Prince William planners recommended 130 condos next to Potomac Mills, Stafford is among 47 Virginia localities voting Nov. 3 on a 1% school construction sales tax, Fredericksburg released a teen-violence prevention report, Fauquier teachers marked 9/11 for students born after the attacks, Gov. Abigail Spanberger ordered flags lowered Friday, Amazon broke ground on a more than $460 million recycled-water system in Spotsylvania County, Stafford planners recommended a James River Equipment expansion, Prince William Fire and Rescue is seeking input on its next strategic plan, a Fredericksburg coalition built a 72-hour housing prototype, VCU raised its president’s base pay to $1 million, a Manassas nonprofit received an estimated $500,000 in donated clothing, a planned U.S. Senate debate between Mark Warner and Bert Mizusawa was canceled, the Commonwealth Transportation Board scheduled fall meetings in Fairfax and Fredericksburg, Central Rappahannock Regional Library won a grant to revive Rappahannock Reads, anglers are using FOIA to learn trout-stocking dates early, and Manassas is recruiting a resident for its Economic Development Authority.
According to The Free Lance-Star, a Stafford County grand jury on Tuesday added two more involuntary manslaughter charges against Jing Sheng Dong, the bus driver accused in the May 29 crash that killed five people and injured others. Dong had already been indicted on three involuntary manslaughter counts. The new indictments bring all of the charges together for a five-day jury trial set to start March 8.
Three men are charged in the Sept. 4 killing during First Friday in Old Town Manassas. Two of them were already free on pending cases.
Manassas Police Chief Doug Keen said two suspects were already out on bond. Court files show those two were Tasheem Rashad Douglas, 21, and Talib Davis, 23.
