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Quantico Live-Fire Runs Through Oct. 23 | Dumfries Clears the Way for a Grocer | Locust Shade Bikers Get Their Pump Back

14 Oct

Issue #26-287

In this Go Prince William County, Va Issue…

Summer gets one more Friday. Then it's over. 🍂

In this Go Prince William County, Va Issue… Quantico keeps the windows rattling through the 23rd, Dumfries cleared the last votes standing between it and a full-size grocery store, and a volunteer crew gave Locust Shade's mountain bikers their repair stand back. Downstairs: Haymarket Day takes over Washington Street on Saturday with a 10 a.m. parade and 250-plus vendors, Leesylvania reopens its visitor center Friday afternoon, the Civilian Conservation Corps comes back to life at Prince William Forest Park both weekend days, and a cold front knocks 26 degrees off the high overnight Friday. Bring a jacket to the parade.

— Bryan

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Quick Bites

  • Quantico Live-Fire Runs Through Oct. 23

    If the windows rattle this weekend, this is why. Marine Corps Base Quantico has posted live-fire training from Oct. 9 through Oct. 23, including overnight operations. The schedule covers demolitions of 50 pounds and under, missiles, rockets and small arms up to 7.62mm, with one multi-day range running from the morning of Oct. 9 to the evening of Oct. 14. Expect noise across the southern end of the county and into Stafford, after dark included, straight through this weekend and the week that follows. (Potomac Local)

  • Dumfries Clears the Way for a Grocer

    The Dumfries Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the last three conditional use permits standing between the town and a full-size grocery store — a drive-thru pharmacy, beer and wine sales, and the development's sign plan. North Carolina's Bridgeline Development is planning a 50,325-square-foot store with a pharmacy, outdoor dining and another 6,700 square feet of retail at 17439 and 17471 Old Stage Coach Road, rezoned from industrial to general business last month. "Eradicating the food desert here in Dumfries, it has been something that we've been working on and talking about," Vice Mayor Monaé Nickerson said. The developer still will not name the grocer, but Bridgeline has built Publix stores before, and Publix already has its first Prince William location under construction at Ashland Square. Mayor Derrick Wood called the vote "progress" and said the job now is moving from approval to execution. (InsideNoVa)

  • Locust Shade Bikers Get Their Pump Back

    Mountain bikers at Locust Shade Park have a repair stand again. Volunteers with the Mid-Atlantic Off-Road Enthusiasts poured a new concrete pad at the park's main trailhead and reinstalled a refurbished stand with basic tools and an air pump. The stand was donated by a MORE member after the 95th St. trail was finished and set on a paver base in July 2022, but runoff kept washing silt onto it. Rather than let it rot, the volunteers pulled it, cleaned and serviced it, and worked with park manager Chris Kelly on a raised concrete footing that should outlast the weather. (PWC)

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Weather

Friday

81 🌡️ 55 | ⛈️ | 50% | 💨 SW to NW 11-20 mph

Saturday

55 🌡️ 44 | ☀️ | 0% | 💨 NW 6-21 mph

Sunday

60 🌡️ 35 | ☀️ | 0% | 💨 W to S 1-5 mph

Friday is summer's last swing — 81 degrees, with showers and maybe a thunderstorm after lunch. Then the front comes through and takes 26 degrees off the high overnight: Saturday is bright, breezy and cold enough that you will want a jacket at the parade, and Sunday morning starts in the mid-30s.

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