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Drivers Urged to Beware of Trucks Entering Highway in Express Lane Work Zones

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May 22, 2013

Beware in the 95 Express Lanes construction zone. Trucks pulling into and out of the zone have to merge into the left lane, so stay alert and watch your speeds.

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Cicada Season Nearing Peak

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May 21, 2013

If you haven’t yet heard them or seen them, there is no doubt – the cicadas are here.

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Area Candidates Out of LG Race as Delegates Pick Winners

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May 18, 2013

E.W. Jackson, of Chesapeake, has emerged as an early leader in the race for the GOP nomination for Lt. Gov, handily beating out challengers Susan Stimpson and Corey Stewart in only the first round of balloting.

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4 Vehicles Collide on Garrisonville Road

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May 17, 2013

An accident involving a dump truck, a mail delivery vehicle, a Ford Taurus and a Nissan pick-up truck snarled traffic on Garrisonville Road.

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Truck Hauling Corrosive Material Crashes Closing I-95

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May 17, 2013

It’s been a mess all morning long on Interstate 95 in Stafford County.

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Swim Facility, Playing Fields Proposed for NOVA Woodbridge Campus

Northern Virginia Community College's Woodbridge Campus [Photo: NOVA]

May 17, 2013

The Woodbridge campus of Northern Virginia Community College, already growing with the addition of a new building, wants to grow even larger.

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Expect Road Work at Joplin Road Tonight and Tomorrow Night

Interstate 95 south at Dumfries [Photo: Uriah Kiser/Potomac Local News]

May 15, 2013

Drivers can expect delays tonight and tomorrow night on Interstate 95 south at Joplin Road.

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Quantico Office Buildings LEED Certified

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May 15, 2013

Buildings at 925 Corporate Drive and 1000 Corporate Drive are each approximately 140,000 square foot office buildings located in Quantico , and are the first two office buildings in Stafford County to achieve LEED for Existing Building Operations and Maintenance Silver certification

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Aquia Boy Scouts Help Plant Trees Along I-95 for Express Lanes Project

Cub Scouts from Aquia Pack 213 join Virginia Delegate Mark Dudenhefer, Stafford County Supervisor Cord Sterling and representatives from the 95 Express Lanes private partners, Transurban and Fluor,  to plant trees off Centreport Parkway in Stafford County. The trees were offered under the 1,000 Trees in 1,000 Days program, an initiative by Transurban-Fluor to help replace trees along the 29-mile 95 Express Lanes project corridor. [Submitted photo]

May 15, 2013

Some area Boy Scouts lent a helping had to improve the scenery along Interstate 95 in Stafford County.

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Support for Transportation Reform Yields $286 Million in Improvements in Stafford County

Traffic on U.S. 1 north crosses the Falmouth Bridge over the Rappahannock River from Fredericksburg into Stafford County, at the Falmouth intersection which will soon be expanded. (Photo: Jim Lawrence/For PotomacLocal.com)

May 15, 2013

After Delegate Mark Dudenhefer stood behind Virginia’s governor and voted for an $800 million transportation reform package last winter, Stafford County will receive some of the spoils.

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‘Orange Cones, No Phones’ Unveiled on I-95 Where Texting Remains ‘Vexing’ Problem

Virginia Transportation Secretary Sean Connaughton reminds drivers of the need for highway workers’ safety in the I-95 Express Lanes Corridor. [Uriah Kiser / Potomac Local News]

May 15, 2013

What once worked in construction zones on the Capital Beltway is now in use on Intestate 95: Orange Cones, No Phones.

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Yard Sale Map — Saturday, May 18, 2013

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May 15, 2013

Check out great community yard and garage sales happening this weekend!

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Schools Superintendent Bridges Resigns, Headed Back to North Carolina

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May 14, 2013

Stafford County Schools Superintendent Dr. Randy Bridges is out.

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Fatal Collision at Shelton Shop and Courthouse Roads Kills Stafford Man

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May 11, 2013

A Stafford man died Friday when his car collided with another.

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Aquia Harbour Man Arrested on Child Sex Assault

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May 11, 2013

Stafford County sheriff’s deputies arrested a fugitive and extradited him to Raleigh to face serious charges of child sexual assault.

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Husband Charged in Shooting Death 4 Weeks Later

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May 10, 2013

Charges have been brought against a Stafford County man who shot his wife late last month, investigators said.

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HOV Closures Continue Tonight

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May 10, 2013

Traveling Interstate 95 in our area tonight? Watch out for more closures on the HOV lanes from Dumfries to Washington.

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Stafford Doctor Indicted on 95 Charges in Narcotics, Overdose Case

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May 10, 2013

A doctor in Stafford County was arrested this morning after police said she over prescribed medications that lead to a patient overdose.

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Exhibit Featuring Works of Strauss, Hock, Opening at Workhouse Arts Center

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May 9, 2013

Opening on June 1 and on exhibit until June 30, the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton will showcase an exhibition by artists, Kathy Strauss and Maria Bennett Hock.

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Dense Fog Advisory Expires at 10 a.m.

Drivers outside Quantico Marine Corps Base had to deal with dense fog on Thursday, May 9, 2013. [VDOT]

May 9, 2013

The region is under a dense fog advisory from the National Weather Service.

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