Fire and Rescue units from OWL VFD, Dale City VFD, and PWCDF&R, responded to the incident. The rapid attack and confinement of the fire held the majority of the damage to the basement. Two family pets were rescued from the fire. The cause of the fire is still under investigation by the Prince William County Fire Marshal’s office.
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By Claire Porter
Capital News Service
Richmond, Va. — Virginia Democratic leaders are speaking out against Republican legislation that they said seeks to make abortion illegal and even might restrict access to some forms of legal birth control.
Times-Dispatch comments on new tone in Va. Senate
Nobody expects state Democrats to be happy they got trounced in the November elections. But their vituperation at the opening of the General Assembly session reveals an ugly side of a party that likes to consider itself kinder and gentler than the opposition, the Richmond Times-Dispatch opines.
Vet treats fatal bald eagle
An adult bald eagle found in Prince William County on Jan. 10, near Route 234 (between Manassas and Dumfries), was taken to Village Veterinary Clinic in Burke, reported the Augusta Free Press.
Metro and High Speed Rail have become much talked about options to help commuter in the Potomac Communities out of gridlock. Which do you think is a better option?
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By Uriah Kiser
Photos By Mary Davidson
Woodbridge, Va. — They’re lewd, they’re loud, and they call themselves the biggest midgets and dwarves in all of pro wrestling.
By Amir Vera
Capital News Service
Richmond, Va. — Since he was elected to the Virginia House, Delegate Luke Torian (D-Dumfries,Woodbridge) has been pushing to bring Metrorail service to Prince William County.
By Amir Vera
Capital News Service
Richmond, Va. — Advocates of a high-speed rail system through Virginia and North Carolina will seek federal funding this year and hope to begin service around the year 2030.
Stafford, Va. — One man faces charges in connection to a series of burglaries at churches in Stafford County, and some of the stolen items were found in Dumfries.
Detectives in Stafford developed the identify of a suspect thought to be connected to burglaries at the Ebenezer United Methodist, Ramoth Baptist, and North Stafford Church of Christ. On Wednesday, investigators went to an abandoned home on Harris Lane in Stafford where the suspect was believed to be staying and found the suspect had been living in a shed on the property, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
Stafford County, Va. — It was a failed gas line that knocked out the heat at Ferry Farm Elementary School in Stafford County, and students today are once again displaced.
As they were on Thursday, Ferry Farm students are in classes held at Dixon Smith Middle School as repairs are being made at Ferry Farm. School officials decided to abandon the failed gas line and ordered Columbia Gas to install a new line that will service the building, said Stafford schools spokeswoman Valerie Cottongim.
Food Lion will make a return to the Potomac Communities soon, so we want to know will miss the Bloom and Bottom Dollar stores which will be converted back to Food Lion stores?
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