DUMFRIES -- Mayor Derrick Wood attended the National League of Cities Conference November 7 through 11 in Los Angeles.
“The NLC is a bipartisan organization focused on connecting officials to local government solutions,” said Wood.
This year’s event had officials from nearly all 50 states including Washington, D.C., Canada and Puerto Rico. Wood said this year’s event had over 3,800 elected officials and staff.
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DUMFRIES -- Voters in Dumfries will now head to the polls to elect Town Council members in November.
The Dumfries Town Council moved its municipal elections from May to the first Tuesday in November during its November 20 meeting, the first in the new town hall on Main Street. The town becomes the only one of the four in Prince William County, to include Haymarket, Occoquan, and Quantico, to hold municipal elections in November.Â
The council discussed the decision and held a public hearing prior to the vote.
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HAYMARKET -- Carried to Full Term, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping expectant mothers, will expand. Â
The organization said its new program is geared toward helping low-income mothers get back on their feet. Founder Frances Robin said the goal is to break the cycle of poverty by adequately preparing expecting mothers for a life of independence and self-sufficiency.
Carried to Full Term provides housing and support to mothers to support this mission. Prior to starting Carried to Full Term in 2009, Robin said she volunteered at pregnancy crisis centers. She noticed that there was a big need for housing for expectant mothers.
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DUMFRIES -- Dumfries Police Chief Nicholas R. Esposito resigned, effective October 17.
Town officials gave no comment on the reason for Esposito’s resignation. Esposito was appointed police chief in April 2017. Esposito came to the Town from the Alexandria Police Department with experience in interviewing victims, witnesses, traffic law, arresting suspects and testifying in court.
Wood says Esposito initiated his resignation, and as a result, no severance package was offered by the town.
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DUMFRIES -- Mayor Derrick Wood took a tour of the archaeological dig in Dumfries ordered by Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT).
Wood said VDOT ordered the dig to uncover any historical value in the town before proceeding with their major road project along Route 1.
The dig, performed by the third-party company, Commonwealth Heritage Group, is taking place along Route 1 and Main Street in the town of Dumfries.
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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY -- A new pathology lab, Transcendent Pathology, will call the Prince William Science Accelerator home.
Founder, Dr. Gerelyn Henry, BS Veterinary Medicine, MBA American College of Forensic Examiners, said she chose Prince William County because of its relationship with organizations in Innovation Park, its proximity to Washington, DC and their affiliation with George Mason University.
“Our motto is from the benchside to the bedside and every step in between,” says Henry. Henry said her organization helps clients to innovate from the first stage of discovery to clinical trials and human trials and then back again.
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DUMFRIES -- Not one but two people will serve as grand marshals for the annual Dumfries Christmas Parade.
At its October 3 council town council meeting, Dumfries officials announced four nominees for the Christmas Parade Grand Marshall: Prince William County Potomac District Supervisor Maureen Caddigan, former town mayor Nancy West, President of Historic Dumfries Jeremiah Burns and Jimmy Vincent.
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DUMFRIES -- Mayor Derrick Wood said the development of Potomac Shores Parkway “has been a point of contention."
The six-lane road will intersect Routes 1 and 234 in the town, providing access to the new Potomac Shores neighborhood. However, the road must cut through the Town of Dumfries to grant access.
“Only 10 percent of the project is in Dumfries but it impacts 100% of our residents,” said Wood.
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DUMFRIES — Police officers in Dumfries could go from having seven bosses to one.
The Dumfries Town Council wants to hear from the public on just who should command the town’s police force.
In December 2016 under former Mayor Jerry Foreman, the town’s police chief and all offices were placed under the direction of all seven members of the Town Council.
