Press Release

Members and staff of Westminster at Lake Ridge (WLR), a continuing care retirement community, invite local residents to join them in giving to the Marine Corps’ annual Toys for Tots campaign and the Northern Virginia Family Services local food pantry.

Those interested in donating can bring new, unwrapped toys to the Toys for Tots collection box in the retirement community’s main lobby. The collection box will remain open through Wednesday, Dec. 17.


Obituaries

Lewis Lebakken, Jr., went to his Lord on Tuesday Nov. 25, 2014, after a brief and courageous battle with cancer. 

He was born June 16, 1941, to Lewis and Agnes (Moen) Lebakken of Galesville, Wis.  He was baptized and confirmed at French Creek Lutheran Church near at Ettrick, Wis.  Lewis attended local schools and graduated from Galesville High School in 1959.


Press Release

The Prince William Trails and Streams Coalition will hold a 5-mile run.

The Broad Run Trail 5 Miler will be held at 9 a.m. Dec. 13. The race will be a chip timed run on the Broad Run Trail, over rolling terrain through wooded areas. The start and finish point of the race is Victory Lakes Elementary School in Bristow.


News

A Prince William County legislator is seeking statewide uniformity on how license plate readers collect and store data that has been linked to solving crimes.

Delegate Richard Anderson told the Prince William Committee of 100 that he and Virginia State Senator Chap Petersen will submit new legislation that would address how police agencies, like Prince William County’s, collect and store photos of license plates collected from cars in parking lots and from vehicles driving on county streets.


Press Release

 House of Mercy is requesting volunteers and donations of new toys, clothing, gift cards and gift-wrapping supplies for the nonprofit humanitarian organization’s annual “Christmas with Mercy” free holiday gift program for children of its clients in need.

House of Mercy, located at 8170 Flannery Court in Manassas, Va., is asking to receive donations before Saturday, Dec. 13, when the agency will distribute gifts to eligible clients who registered in this year’s program, said House of Mercy Executive Director Ann Cimini. The registered clients, of low income, number about 200 families, which include collectively nearly 400 children, she said.


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