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Warehouse Zone Grows by Bristoe Station | County Holds All Three Triple-A Ratings | Dumfries Re-Elects Mayor Wood

11 Nov

Restore the Quantico Iwo Jima Monument

On October 21, a vandal took the head off one of the figures. Felix de Weldon's limestone sculpture of the flag-raising on Mount Suribachi has stood outside Marine Corps Base Quantico's main gate for generations. The damage is extensive — other parts of the sculpture were hit too — and the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation says restoration could run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. They have opened a fund. This notice stays at the top of GoPWCVA until the monument is whole again. Donate to the restoration fund.

Issue #26-315

In this Go Prince William County, Va Issue…

Happy Veterans Day. 🇺🇸

In this Go Prince William County, Va Issue… supervisors widened the county's warehouse overlay right beside Bristoe Station Battlefield, all three credit agencies reaffirmed Prince William's triple-A bond ratings, and Dumfries re-elected Mayor Derrick Wood to a third term.

Today, the Marine museum in Triangle is free and open 9 to 5: you can still plant a flag in Semper Fidelis Memorial Park, and America the Beautiful screens at 2.

Downstairs: the Prince William Model Railroad club rolls its traveling train show into Bull Run Library both Friday and Saturday, the ARTfactory 5K goes off at 7 Saturday morning at Evergreen Country Club with a Frozen costume contest, and Historic Downtown Manassas opens its doors for the Fall Gallery Walk from noon to 5.

Also: Dumfries holds a Saturday town hall on the Flock license-plate cameras, Prince William Forest Park marks OSS Day, George Mason unveils a new Potomac mural at its Science Center, and Eavesdrop closes the weekend with an empanada festival.

The weather cooperates: Thursday takes the rain and the weekend stays dry, bright and cold — highs right around 50, mornings in the 30s, and a brisk northwest wind on Saturday.

— Bryan

NoVa AI Connect — AI for Business meetup, Wednesday December 2, 2026, Brickyard Cowork, Woodbridge

Woodbridge, Wednesday Dec. 2. A free monthly meetup for non-technical business owners who want to actually use AI, not just hear about it — this one on using Claude Cowork inside your small business. Brickyard Cowork, 5:30–7:30 PM, free parking on site. Save your seat.

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Quick Bites

  • Warehouse Zone Grows by Bristoe Station

    The Board of County Supervisors voted unanimously on Oct. 20 to expand the county's E-Commerce Overlay District, adding parcels southeast of the Bristow Road and Nokesville Road intersection — next to Bristoe Station Battlefield Historic Park. The change allows additional distribution and fulfillment activity on land already zoned light-industrial. Residents used the public comment period to raise truck traffic, noise, lighting, stormwater and the effect on the historic park. Any actual project on those parcels still has to come back through county review. (Potomac Local)

  • County Holds All Three Triple-A Ratings

    Moody's, Fitch and S&P have all reaffirmed Prince William County's top credit rating, keeping it among roughly 55 counties nationwide that hold the highest marks from all three agencies. That matters to your tax bill indirectly: the better the rating, the cheaper the county borrows for schools, roads and buildings. The agencies cited a growing and more diverse tax base, proximity to Washington, an educated workforce, unemployment below state and national levels, and household incomes above them. S&P specifically flagged the county's reserves and its newly raised fund-balance target. (PWC)

  • Dumfries Re-Elects Mayor Wood

    Derrick Wood won a third term as mayor of Dumfries, taking 911 votes (over 57%) to fellow council member Brian Fields' 664 (42%). Fields keeps his council seat, which runs through 2028. Wood campaigned on growing and diversifying the town's tax base; his tenure so far has included The Rose, the $460 million resort and gaming venue, and plans for a commercial waterfront district. Incumbents Caetrina Peterson (912 votes) and Selonia Bernice Miles (756) held their council seats and newcomer Tyrone Brown (738) took the third, ousting Vice Mayor Monaé Nickerson, who finished fifth with 545 behind Ebony Evonne Lofton's 574. (InsideNoVa)

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Weather

Friday

51 🌡️ 39 | ⛅ | 10% | 💨 NW 8-16 mph

Saturday

50 🌡️ 34 | ☀️ | 5% | 💨 NW 8-20 mph

Sunday

53 🌡️ 33 | ☀️ | 0% | 💨 NW 5-15 mph

Good news since Monday: the rain has slid forward to Thursday and the weekend comes out dry. All three days are bright and cold, with highs right around 50 and mornings in the 30s. Saturday is the windy one — sustained northwest winds in the teens with gusts into the low 30s, and about 34 degrees at the 7 AM start of the ARTfactory 5K, so the costume contest is a layering problem. Sunday is the mildest and calmest of the three.

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