Road closures on Monday, January 23 for the annual March for Life will cause major impacts to the Montclair, South Route 1 and Capitol Hill routes in the afternoon and evening.

Read this service update for details.

The Virginia Department of Transportation closed a structurally deficient bridge on Blackburn Road in Woodbridge. The road is closed between Rippon Boulevard and Wentworth Lane.

During a routine visual inspection earlier today, crews noticed severe vertical cracks on both abutments, causing the failure of a portion of one abutment. The bridge will remain closed until repairs are completed. Crews will post detour signs tomorrow alerting motorists to use Route 1. The bridge carries about 6,000 vehicles a day.

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Taxes

Once again, the AARP Tax-Aide Program will be at the Woodbridge Center every Wednesday and Thursday starting Wednesday, February 1st, except for the last Wednesday of the month. All tax preparations will be filed electronically and each person will be given a hard copy for their records. The preparers are allowing at least a 45 minute appointment time, but will take whatever time is needed with each individual.

This service is free. Please call 703-792-5081 for an appointment or sign up at the front desk.

Taxes will be done at the Bull Run Regional Library in Manassas, not at the Senior Center.

The library is located at 8051 Ashton Avenue 703-792-4500. They will be there Monday's ONLY starting:

February 6, 2012 thru April 16, 2012
Hours: 10:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Walk-In's ONLY.

Lunch

A reminder that lunch is available at both senior centers by making a reservation (Manassas 703-792-6405; Woodbridge 703-792-5081) before 10:30am. The lunch costs $5.75 for persons under the age of 60. For persons 60 and older, a donation is requested based on income.

Below is the suggested contribution table per meal for persons 60 years or older.

Woodbridge Senior Center

The Woodbridge Senior Center will be painted beginning January 17. This should take a week. Efforts will be made to continue activities as scheduled. We do anticipate on the spot changes. Transportation will not be running Tuesday the 17th and Wednesday the 18th. The driver is taking some vacation and taking it during painting seemed prudent.

The Prince William County Police Department has added a new online crime/incident reporting capability to its website: www.pwcgov.org/police. This online police reporting system provides a convenient option for the public to file reports for certain types of non-emergency incidents that occurred within the Prince William County Police Department's jurisdiction.

Read this press release.

Updates from Supervisor Caddigan on the HOV/HOT lanes, the Stonebridge Development, and the state of the County. Read this article.

A slide presentation on the Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center project. Download the presentation. Audio of the presentation from the BOCS meeting.

In a recent Letter to the Editor our County Executive, Melissa Peacor addresses comments made at a recent Town Of Dumfries Council Meeting.

"I am writing in response to the article that appeared in your paper regarding criticisms by at least one Dumfries Town Council member regarding the provision of County services to Town residents. I believe it is necessary and prudent to provide facts about the services Prince William County government provides to all County residents including to the four incorporated Towns."

Read this Letter to the Editor

Montclair made Money Magazine's list of top 100 places to live in America, coming in at number 35. Read the article.

The much ballyhooed Harbor Station development has a new owner.

California-based commercial and residential developer SunCal recently purchased the partially completed mixed-use project on the banks of the Potomac River.

Originally planned for a hotel, marina, golf course, Virginia Railway Express station and upscale family homes, Harbor Station fell by the wayside after former owner Lee Carolina LLC experienced major financial difficulties.

Read this article at InsideNOVA.com.

The PWC Department has released its 2010 Annual Report. You can find this report, crime statistics and other information at the PWC Police Department website.

Authorized by voters in the 2006 bond referendum, the Montclair Community Library will be a 20,000 square foot full service facility with both traditional services, such as check-out of materials, information and readers' advisory services and children's programs and services, as well as online services such as electronic resources, web based library services, self check-out, and public Internet access and wireless public Internet access.

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Prince William County has posted photos of the Sesquicentennial event on its Flickr account.

Standard and Poor (S&P) announced the issuance of "AAA/Stable" credit rating for Prince William County on its Virginia Public School Authority (VPSA) bond issuances. With this new rating, Prince William has now received AAA status from all three of the major credit ratings agencies (Fitch, Moody's and S&P) - a measure that only 72 out of the 17,669 (or 0.4%) local governments throughout the country have achieved.

"The confirmation of AAA from Fitch and Moody's this week along with the new AAA rating from S&P, illustrates that Prince William County is a sound financial investment", said Corey A. Stewart, Chairman Prince William Board of County Supervisors. "Our superior bond rating and outstanding credit affirms our status as a fiscally responsible and sound local government."

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Article in the Washington Business Journal

As a part of the recent redistricting in Prince William County, the "Dumfries Magisterial District" has been renamed the "Potomac Magisterial District". Read more in this recent message from Potomac District Supervisor Maureen Caddigan.

The Prince William Area Agency on Aging has entered into a contract with the Veterans Administration Medical Center = DC (VAMC-DC) to provide options counseling for the new Veteran Directed Home and Community Based Services Program (VDHCBS). The program helps Veterans who are nursing home eligible stay in the community by supporting their choices for hiring whom and what they want to provide their care.

This program is now in 15 states with over 500 Veterans being served. It is a federal partnership between the Veterans Affairs' Health Administration with the US Administration on Aging. The Prince William Area is one of only two communities in Virginia where this service is available

Read more about this exciting program.

This talking points paper is a concise summary of the local commuter parking situation with potential solutions discussed and various commuting alternatives listed.

Understanding the Commuter Parking Situation in the I-95 Corridor

In her role as vice chairman, Caddigan will represent Prince William County at a variety of public events, as well as preside over Board meetings in the chairman's absence. Caddigan is serving her fourth term on the Board of County Supervisors, and this is the fourth time Caddigan has served as vice chairman of the board.

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This photo of the Prince William County/Manassas Convention and Visitors Bureau ribbon cutting appeared in Time Square on the PR News Wire's billboard rotation in Times Square.

Visit the Prince William County/Manassas Convention and Visitors Bureau on Facebook or on their web site.

An update from the Capital Projects Division Chief:

• Contractor construction office is currently on the project in addition to a few more equipments that have mobilized recently.
• Design drawings (shop drawings) for the box culvert crossing Route 1 was submitted and approved for fabrication.
• Saw cutting of existing edge of pavement on northbound direction was completed on Tuesday, October 19, 2010. From 0.2 south of the intersection with Fuller Road to intersection. This is being followed by excavation and placement of stones and asphalt to build a wedge for placement of future concrete traffic barriers. This is started yesterday and scheduled for completion on Friday, October 29, 2010.
• Miss utility is currently locating underground utilities and is scheduled for completion October 21st.

In a day and age where relocating from one desired locale to another is a sign of a prosperous lifestyle, Dumfries District Supervisor Maureen Caddigan proves that staying put doesn't mean staying stuck. Caddigan has lived in Montclair for the past 36 years, and has made a well-known practice of contributing to her community, and not just keeping current, but staying ahead of the curve.

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Dumfries District Supervisor Maureen Caddigan is featured in the August, 2010 edition of the Montclairion, the monthly newsletter of the Montclair Property Owners Association.

Getting to Know...Maureen Caddigan

Aid for Wounded Soldiers

The [Dumfries-based] Azalea Charities Aid to Wounded Soldiers
Provides comfort and relief items for soldiers and Marines sick, injured or wounded from service in Iraq and Afghanistan. Donated items are distributed to soldiers and Marines at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the National Naval Medical Center Bethesda each week. Many of the soldiers and Marines are grievously wounded and will require long hospitalization and rehabilitation. The purpose of the program is to enhance the morale and welfare of the wounded by contributing quality of life items.

www.AnySoldier.com
Want to send a care package to Any Soldier in Harm's Way, but have no idea of what to send, who to send it to, or how to send it?

The USO, "Proudly Serving the Men and Women who Serve our Country".