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MANASSAS, Va. — Hundreds of Amateur Radio Operators from across Virginia, Maryland and the DC area will come to Manassas to participate in the 39th Annual Manassas Hamfest, which is being sponsored by the Ole Virginia Hams Amateur Radio Club, Inc.
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Youth from Centreville, Manassas, Gainesville, Warrenton and the surrounding areas will join hundreds of youth at the Fredericksburg Virginia Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as they host the 2013 regional Mormon Prom on Saturday, May 11 From 7 –11 pm. Youth ages 16-18 from McLean to Massaponax are invited to board the “Belle of the ’Berg” gangplank to attend a formal dance in accordance with the high ideals these young people are encouraged to maintain (www.lds.org/youth/for-the-strength-of-youth).
TRIANGLE, Va. — Virginia Army National Guard Specialist David J. Stanford, of Triangle, is heading onward to his first year at West Point United States Military Academy, starting this July.
In June 2012, the Virginia Army National Guard’s 29th Infantry Division had one of its Infantrymen (who had deployed to Iraq with the Virginia Army National Guard in 2011, reassigned to the United States Military Academy Preparatory School (USMAPS) at West Point. It was a long, challenging academic year, and not every Soldier assigned to USMAPS had what it takes to move upward and onward to West Point at the end of their year, Stanford’s father, Dan, who is deployed in Afghanistan, told Potomac Local News in an email.
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In recognition of National Healthcare Decisions Day, Prince William Health System will host two public forums on Monday, April 15, to discuss advance care planning, including advance directives. Nationally, only three in 10 adults have taken the time to create an advance directive; however, 60 percent of individuals state they do not want to burden their families with end-of-life decisions.
MANASSAS, Va. — The big finish for Arts Alive! 2013—a free, family-friendly arts festival on Saturday, April 13—will include two special events: presentation of the Kathleen K. Seefeldt Awards for Arts Excellence and a concert by the U.S. Air Force Band. The awards program and concert will begin at 8 p.m. in the Hylton Performing Arts Center, 10960 George Mason Circle, Manassas.
• The U.S. Air Force Concert Band and vocalists from the Singing Sergeants will perform patriotic, classical and other favorite compositions. The U.S. Air Force Concert Band and Singing Sergeants are part of The United States Air Force Band in Washington, D.C. Based at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, this is the Air Force’s premier musical organization. The general public is welcome to attend this free concert.
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After moving from Alexandria to Woodbridge Virginia we settled into our new home, unpacked. Nine days after we moved in my husband and I set out to buy the dog I had been dreaming of for the last ten years. You see, that’s another thing you give up being in the military service, is having a dog. So we came home that day with a well-breed, tiny Yorkshire Terrier.
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STAFFORD, Va. – Local bakery, The Icing, has recently been awarded three major designations within the wedding industry. The Icing was named the best wedding cake bakery in the 2013 Wedding Professionals Edition of Virginia Bride, an honor given to only one bakery in the entire state. The Icing also snagged best wedding cakes by The Knot’s Best of Weddings and Bride’s choice from Wedding Wire. The awards come at the same time that the bakery was chosen to create Miss America, Caressa Cameron’s December wedding.
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Brooke Point High School students dressed in Blue on March 1 for National dress in Blue day for Colon Cancer Awareness. Freshman Danielle Cornwell, whose father battled with stage IV colon cancer, is leading the charge at her school this March along with the school’s Learn & Serve program.
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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — The Merrimac Farm Master Naturalist Program, beginning on May 23, is a fun way to learn about nature close to home and meet new friends.
