Woodbridge, Va. – He’s moving from the Stafford County Board of Supervisors to serve at the House of Delegates in Richmond, but he also has his eye on who will be elected president in 2012.
Del.- Elect Mark Dudenhefer (R-Stafford, Woodbridge) will work on a team of politicians in Virignia to help Mitt Romney win the state, and ultimately the White House.
Congratulations to Lieutenant R. Bardon, First Sergeant D. Grinnell, and Officer L. Dean — they were named Western District Officers of the Month for saving the life of an armed, suicidal man earlier this year.
If you’re going out tonight to celebrate the New Year, chances are you might need a ride home.
SoberRide will free taxi rides home for a fare up to $30 between 10 p.m. Saturday and 6 a.m. Sunday. Users of the service must call 1-800-200-TAXI to receive the free ride, and rides cannot be ordered in advance.
The Lake Ridge Moms Club will hold a Preschool Open House from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23, at the Tall Oaks Community Center at 12298 Cotton Mill Drive in Lake Ridge.
The event is free, and with several schools scheduled to be represented, the club hopes to put ease some of the challenges parents encounter when looking for daycare or preschool for their children.
The commuter railroad is out with its proposed $88.7 million fiscal year 2013 operating budget that requires not only the approval of the VRE Operations Board but also the local jurisdictions that fund the service, like Prince William and Stafford counties.
The fare increase would equal about 30 cents more on the railroad’s most expensive fares, which now are $10.30 if the train is taken from Fredericksburg to Washington’s Union Station, $8.45 if ridden from Manassas to Washington.
A deputy was called at 1:20 p.m. to investigate a car traveling on I-95 south at the Va. 630 exit in Stafford, after someone called 911 to report the car was swerving between lanes. The deputy stopped the car, smelled alcohol on the driver, noticed the driver’s speech was slurred, and later found marijuana inside the car, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
The driver was also seen throwing objects from the car while on I-95, said Kennedy.
Quantico, Va. — What do you get when you mix a 500-pound bomb and just the right weather conditions? A big boom that was felt across the Potomac Communities on Thursday.
Marines on Quantico’s munitions range detonated a 500 – pound explosive device about 2:30 p.m. While there have been larger bombs detonated at the range before, officials say low-hanging clouds helped to compound the effects heard and felt by this particular explosive.
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As the Potomac Communities continues to attract new houses and businesses, should Quantico still be allowed to continue munitions testing or should it be banned to avoid what happened Thursday afternoon?
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Quantico, Va. — What was that loud noise that rattles windows and nerves heard about 2:20 p.m.? Officials can’t say for sure, however, there was no reported emergency in the area, like a fire, that could have caused the boom.
Quantico reported they were conducting explosive munitions training between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., but officials there have not responded to a request for comment following the boom.
