The race for Dumfries mayor is taking shape.
Sitting Mayor Derrick Wood announced he is running for re-election for a second four-year term. South Cove Homeowners Association President Ebony Lofton is also vying for the job.
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Our weather will change rapidly over the next 48 hours, with chances of wintery precipitation in the early morning hours, tomorrow, Wednesday, March 30, and damaging storms on Thursday, March 31.
The wintry weather will move into the region overnight. However, behind the approaching warm front will be warmer temperatures.
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[Updated March 30] On Tuesday afternoon, March 29, A Dodge caravan speeding south on Route 1 hit the rear of a Hyundai Santa Fe stopped in a turn lane across the Falmouth Bridge in Fredericksburg.
The Santa Fe began to spin, consequently hitting another truck.
A Macy’s employee at Manassas Mall reports a man exposed himself inside the store.
Prince William police report:
On March 28 at 6:49 p.m., a Stafford sheriff’s deputy went called to Route 17 in Falmouth a reported shooting. The victim said the driver of a Volkswagen sedan flipped the victim a middle finger, in the area of the Rio Car Wash.
As the drivers continued south on Route 17 and approached the intersection of Interstate 95, the other driver fired one shot from a black handgun, striking the rear passenger door of the victim’s sedan.
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares is joining 20 other states in a multistate action against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s continued use of a mask mandate for public transportation.
The Federal Government extended its mask mandate on public transportation to include local school buses until April 18.
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When complete in 2024, two new bridges and seven ramps will carry cars through the interchange over Prince William Parkway.
A new pedestrian bridge over Route 234 will connect to an existing pedestrian walkway winding south past the Lake Jackson Dam.
A criminal expungement clinic may be coming to a neighborhood near you.
On Saturday, March 21, Prince William County Circuit Court Clerk Jacqueline Smith held the region’s first Expungement Clinic. The seminar, held in Dumfries, was meant to show residents how to have criminal charges removed from their records.
Greetings, Prince William – The Bluebell Festival is back! Save the date for this free, family-friendly event on April 10, 10am-4pm at Merrimac Farm WMA, 15014 Deepwood Lane, Nokesville. Come welcome spring, celebrate nature close to home and view the fabulous Virginia Bluebells that carpet the Cedar Run shoreline for nearly a mile! Please visit https://bit.ly/3tDy89U to learn more.
Leopold’s Preserve, 16290 Thoroughfare Road, Broad Run needs volunteers with muscles to support a Trash CleanupApril 2, 9am-12pm. Due to the amount of heavy lifting needed, volunteers must be at least 16 years old. Closed-toed, treaded shoes required, wear long sleeves and pants for protection from ticks and bugs. Meet in Parking Lot East, bring work gloves and bottled water. You’ll feel great as you help clear out an abandoned dump site and help beautify the preserve! Please visit https://bit.ly/3KIF2k5 for more information and to register.
