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Tow Truck Driver Attacked

February 22, 2012 News, Woodbridge Leave a Comment
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Woodbridge, Va. — Two teenagers in Woodbridge face charges after a tow truck driver was assaulted.

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Free Event to Showcase Man’s Journey from Poverty to Wall Street

February 21, 2012 News, Woodbridge Leave a Comment
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Woodbridge, Va. — A man who works in the most powerful financial center in the world will share his rags to riches tale tonight in Woodbridge.

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Prince William Touts $5 million Savings

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Prince William County executed a $51.6 million refinancing bond sale that will result in $5.17 million of savings for the County.

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Harbor Station to be Discussed This Week

February 13, 2012 News, Woodbridge Leave a Comment
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Woodbridge, Va. — Officials plan to provide an update on the much talked about Harbor Station development along the Potomac River in Woodbridge.

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Burn Victim Dies

February 9, 2012 News, Woodbridge Leave a Comment
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Woodbridge, Va. — Fire and resuce crews have been called to the scene of a fire at U.S. 1 and Gordon Boulevard in Woodbridge, according to initial reports.

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Following Stafford’s Lead, Prince William Suggests Dissolving Park Authority

Children, along with county and park officials, break ground at what will be a redesigned skate park at Veterans Park in Woodbridge. (Submitted photo)

Woodbridge, Va. — Just in time for summer weather, the Prince William Park Authority could be no more.

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Sex Trafficking Highlighted

February 7, 2012 Manassas, News, Woodbridge 1 Comment
Accepting the Soroptimist 2011 Awards presented by club president Diane Bennett (left) are, from left:  Lorene Head of Fauquier Faith Partners; Dotty Larsen and Anna Grevis of ACTS; Becky Goodman of Transitional Housing BARN; Deb Abbott of BEACON; Sabine Scholz of Fauquier Family Shelter; and Dr. Courtney Gaskins of Youth For Tomorrow. (Submitted)

In January, Soroptimist International of Manassas sponsored a public awareness program to shine a light on a serious issue affecting women and girls in the Prince William area, and around the world: human and sex trafficking.

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Business Recycling Reports Due Feb. 15

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All Prince William County businesses are asked to complete the annual recycling report by Feb. 15, 2012.

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Restaurant Enacts Winter Smoking Ban

February 2, 2012 News, Woodbridge Leave a Comment
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Woodbridge, Va. — Smokers have been snuffed out at a Woodbridge restaurant, at least for winter.

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New Fire Chiefs Promoted

Pictured in the photo left to right: Assistant Chief Matt Smolsky, Operations Section Assistant Chief Lance McClintock, Community Safety Section Assistant Chief Tim Keen, Systems Support Section. (Submitted)

Woodbridge, Va. — Prince William County has three new assistant fire chiefs.

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Prince William Parks Approves County Merger

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Members of the Prince William County Park Authority Board unanimously passed a resolution supporting the merger of the Park Authority into County Government as a new Parks and Recreation Department.

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Prince William Neighborhood Conference Planned

January 26, 2012 News, Woodbridge Leave a Comment
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The Prince William Neighborhood Conference is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Development Services, 5 County Complex Court in Woodbridge.

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River Island Up for Sale

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Woodbridge, Va. — They say land is the one thing they’re not making any more of, and there’s some for sale in the middle of Occoquan Bay.

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IKEA Has Gift Cards for First 100 Customers Saturday

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Woodbridge, Va. — IKEA on Saturday is celebrating 25 years in business in Woodbridge by offering free gift cards to the first 100 adult customers.

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Bomb Threat Closes Sam’s Club

January 20, 2012 Woodbridge Leave a Comment
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Woodbridge, Va. — Sam’s Club in Woodbridge has been evacuated this afternoon because of a bomb threat.

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Woodbridge Chick-fil-A Sales Top in Nation

Road delineator posts erected in the drive-through lane at the Chick-fil-A restaurant in Woodbridge forces drivers to circle the building before they can enter the lane to order food from their vehicles.

Woodbridge, Va. — It has one of the most confusing drive-through lanes of any of the fast food restaurant in the Potomac Communities, but that hasn’t kept away the thousands who clamor for chicken sandwiches.

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Middle School Evacuated for Gas Leak

January 20, 2012 News, Schools, Woodbridge Leave a Comment
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Woodbridge, Va. — A gas leak has prompted the evacuation of Fred M. Lynn Middle School in Woodbridge this afternoon.

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New Bridge to Cost $1 Million

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Woodbridge, Va. — It could be this fall, at the start of the new school year, when a small bridge on Blackburn Road will be reopened.

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20 Homeless After Fire

January 17, 2012 News, Woodbridge 1 Comment
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Woodbridge, Va. — Fire and rescue crews tonight are on the scene of an apartment fire in Woodbridge.

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Pets Pulled from Blaze

January 16, 2012 News, Woodbridge Leave a Comment
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Occoquan-Woodbridge-Lorton Volunteer Firefighters responded to the report of a house fire at 12709 Greenhall Drive.

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Police and Crime News

Paintball Gun Prompts Missile at Vehicle Charge

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North Stafford, Va. — A woman said a pickup driver pulled a gun on her and now two men face charges.

3 Nabbed in Target Store Larceny

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North Stafford, Va. — Authorities in Stafford County say they have three people in custody who have previously eluded sheriff’s deputies and security officers at big box retail stores.

Stafford Business Burglarized

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Stafford County, Va. — Stafford sheriff’s deputies said $60,000 in appliances is missing from a business on U.S. 1.

The Latest Traffic and Transit News

Fare Increase Public Hearings Announced

Virginia Railway Express passengers exit a train at the Brooke station in Stafford County. (Mary Davidson/PotomacLocal.com)

Stafford, Va. — Virginia Railway Express will hold a series of public hearings to discuss a proposed three-percent fare increase that could take effect in July.

More Highway Signs Coming Down

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Woodbridge, Va. — Another highway sign at Prince William Parkway in Woodbridge is coming down tonight.

Snowfall Has Road Crews Ready

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Fredericksburg, Va. — Transportation officials in the Fredericksburg area report snow is falling on roads there.

Happenings in Our Communities

High School Play Focuses on Bullying

Mountain View High School in Stafford.

“Blow by Blow: An Original Morality Play” was conceived and devised and written by the director and cast. It deals with bullying.

Poll: Shackle Birthing Inmates?

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Should jails be able to shackle female inmates while they give birth?

Around Town

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Prince William County Supervisors get behind a higher tax rate, there’s more people flying the friendly skies from area airports, and Virginia’s Governor is backing down from his position of requiring women to have an ultrasound before getting an abortion, in this morning’s Around Town.