Chances are if you’ve been to the grocery store you’ve been asked the question:
“Paper or plastic?”
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Author: Potomac Local News
The threat of a jest a few flakes falling from the sky overnight was enough to get Virginia highway crews out to treat roads.
Crews were spotted laying down a salt-brine solution on Interstate 95 this morning.
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Occoquan Bay Performancenwill expand a non-profit after school fitness and leadership program.
This fitness program is open to children ages of 13-15 years old because at this age, these students are mature enough to support each other, but are young enough that it could leave a lasting impression for years to come.
Elementary schools in Prince William and Stafford counties were evacuated today.
Students at Glenkirk Elementary in Prince William County, and Ferry Farm Elementary in Stafford County were evacuated after bomb threats were called into the schools.
Good morning – The Annual Nationwide Point in Time Count of the Homeless population is January 27th here in our community.
The wonderful folks at Streetlight Ministries are preparing care packages for the homeless and need your help. They are collecting new gloves, hats, socks, hand/feet warmers, small blankets, head lights and backpacks for the care packages. These donations are needed by January 14th and then volunteers will assemble the packages. So here’s two ways to help a neighbor by gathering or assembling these basic winter products. Please call Gabriele or Rose at (703) 491-2288 to volunteer or simply drop off the donations by January 14th.
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Commuters bound for Mark Center in Alexandria will soon have a two new buses to take them there.
A new ramp from the HOV lanes on Interstate 395 to Seminary Road will open tomorrow afternoon, according to a Virginia Department of Transportation press release.
No one won the jackpot in Saturday night’s Powerball drawing.
The jackpot has now grown to $1.3 billion — the largest Powerball jackpot in history,
A fire ripped through a townhouse on Forestdale Avenue, according to a press release.
Fire and rescue crews were called to the 4400 block of Forestdale Avenue in Dale City at 6 p.m. They arrived to see fire “blazing” from the first floor of a middle-row townhome, according to a press release.
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A new logo will be used to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Prince William County Fire and Rescue Department.
The department unveiled the new logo in a press release on Thursday. The words “Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue 50 Years, 1966 – 2016” are featured against a bright red background.
A pedestrian was struck this morning in front of a Walgreens pharmacy on at Smoketown and Old Bridge roads in Lake Ridge.
Here’s more in a police press release: