Stafford County is pleased to once again host one of the world’s largest physical security/force protection-related equipment demonstrations at the Stafford Regional Airport on May 17-19, during the eighth Force Protection Equipment Demonstration (FPED) VIII.
Almost 600 vendors with more than 3,000 technologically advanced products are setting up shop at the airport so that physical security/force protection professionals can touch, feel and see the latest in security equipment technology.
Aspiring writers and literature fans are invited to a series of talks and readings at Northern Virginia Community College’s Woodbridge Campus.
Authors Richard Bausch, Randall Kenan, Jill McCorkle and Alan Shapiro will lead “craft talks” on May 19th and 20th from 1:30 to 3 p.m. The two days of presentations will be identical so that attendees may enjoy as many options as possible. McCorkle will discuss “Memory and Fiction”, Shapiro “Technique of Empathy”, Bausch will cover “How to Write in 700 Easy Lessons” and Kenan will address “The So Called Truth”.
J.P. Ramirez and Sandy Leon led off the top of the third with back-to-back walks, setting up the big inning. Ramirez was wiped off the bases by a fielder choice from J.R. Higley. But one batter later, Eury Perez singled home Leon, making the game 2-0 Potomac. The center-fielder continues hit the ball well right now. He’s 12-18, five RBI, and three doubles in the past five games, including 2-4 with an RBI tonight.
The P-Nats (15-23) picked up two more runs in the top of the fifth. An RBI infield single from Stephen Souza and a sacrifice fly from J.P. Ramirez made the game 6-2. The RBI from Souza was his 25th of the season, which ties him for 3rd in the Carolina League.
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Fire and rescue crews at 1:06 a.m. were called to a home in the 1700 block of Averet Street, off Blackburn Road, and found a resident dousing the fire with a garden hose.
Damage to the home is estimated to be at $20,000, and no one was injured, said Prince William fire and rescue spokeswoman Kim Hylander.
Train 92 from Miami to New York City made an unscheduled stop when an electrical fire erupted on the train just before 3 p.m.
The letters on the green signposts that mark streets are changing to have both upper and lowercase letters to make them easier to read.
The change is part of a federal mandate that requires the street signs to use both upper and lowercase letters, but the feds are not providing funding for the change, said Prince William County spokeswoman Nicole Brown.
