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I don’t know about you, but I’m not sure how I feel about the 95 Express lanes.
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LAKE RIDGE, Va. — Community running group the Lake Ridge RidgeRunners has had a “nebulous existence” since the 1970s, according to their website, but in recent years has seen a surge in membership under the leadership of volunteer president and avid runner, Stephanie Dupal-Demartin.
In addition to weekly runs and walks, the club also hosts a popular “May Day 5K” race, and a yearly “Record Breaking Run and Walk” to encourage people to come out and try the club.
A listing of fireworks shows planned for our area.
QUANTICO, Va. — The impending furlough of Department of Defense civilians will have an impact on virtually all customer and family services offered aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico.
On May 14, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced the furloughs as a result of the federal budget sequestration that included a $37 billion dollar cut to the DOD budget for the current fiscal year. Letters were sent to civilian employees in late May and early June to inform them of the reduction in work and pay.
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MANASSAS, Va . — Battalion Chief Todd Lupton of the Manassas Fire Department was honored during a City Council meeting on Monday night. Though Lupton has only been a member of the Manassas team for a little over a year, his contributions are felt throughout the community.
“I would really like to thank everyone in the department,” Lupton said during the ceremony. “Receiving such an award is very humbling, but this has really been a group effort.”
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Rodger Pierpont Fitzgerald, 83, of Woodbridge, Virginia, passed away due to a stroke, on June 21, 2013, at Sentara Medical Center of Virginia (Potomac Hospital) surrounded by his loved ones.
Rodger was born on October 29, 1929, on Buchanan Street in Richmond, Va., the sixth of eight children born of his parents, the Reverend David Jones Fitzgerald, Sr., a tailor and Baptist minister, and Gertrude Randall Harris Fitzgerald, a school teacher and homemaker. Rodger graduated from Armstrong High School in 1947.
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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — The Hagerstown Suns may relocate to Fredericksburg, and that doesn’t bother the Potomac Nationals one bit.
Potomac Nationals owner Art Silber said his team pulls fans from Prince William and Fairfax counties, and the prospect of Fredericksburg having a team just 26 miles away from his will not be a problem, Frederickburg.com reports.
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DALE CITY, Va. — A police detective was hit by a car after witnessing a drug deal in Dale City, police said.
It happened at a 7-Eleven store at 7001 Dale Boulevard,near Hoadly Road, on Friday. Detectives from Prince William police’s Street Crimes Unit witnesses a drug transaction in the parking lot pf o o f the store between the driver of a car and another person. When the detective approached the car, the driver put the car into reverse and backed it up, then stopped, said Prince William police spokesman Jonathan Perok.