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TRIANGLE, Va. — Some Verizon customer are without service in the Triangle area today following a truck crash that brought down power lines on Old Triangle Road. 

Here’s a statement from Harry J. Mitchell, a spokesman for Verizon: 


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Most families in Northern Virginia are still feeling the effects of a sluggish economy and a federal defense spending trajectory that remains uncertain.  Last week, I visited with a husband and wife who expressed to me their concern that they won’t be able to stay in their home because his company may lose its federal contract.  Despite the empty assurances of some politicians, people understand that there is still a need for caution and for restraint in local government spending just like the restraint they practice in their family budgets. 

On August 15, Governor McAuliffe announced a $2.4 billion projected budget shortfall in the state budget that he attributed primarily to cuts in defense spending caused by federally mandated sequestration.


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It’s the first day of school across the area today. For nearly everyone — especially those with children — summer has come to a close.

Students in Stafford County are going back to school today, and the school division wants parents to know their child is a bit safer thanks to precautions put in place at the front door of the school. 


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STAFFORD, Va. — Computers, your cell phone and, yes, even waste water pump stations rely on transmitting data wirelessly.  

Stafford County is giving $101,340 to Sterling Engineering Solutions – the sole bidder on a project, according to county documents — to replace modems on 89 waste water pumping stations at various locations around the county.


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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Leaders in Prince William County have come up with a way to help keep their community clean. They call the neighborhood clean-up program Dumpster Days, where throughout the spring and summer residents are invited to bring their trash to a collection site where, yes, a dumpster is waiting to be filled with junk.

Cathy Holtzlander, who works in Prince William’s Neighborhood Services office, sent us some numbers that show just how much trash was collected during this year’s Dumpster Days:


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