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Bring a Hearty Appetite to Help Decide What’s for Lunch– What’s for lunch? Here’s your chance to weigh in on new entrées, side dishes, and other food products your children may be offered for breakfast and lunch next school year. [Prince William County Public Schools]

Supervisors OK drive-throughs at Garrisonville, Parkway Boulevard — The Stafford County Board of Supervisors approved a proposed reclassification and conditional-use permit for nine acres of property at 743 Garrisonville Road in the Park Ridge area of Stafford. [Stafford County Sun]

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Cocktails & Cupcakes: Forty Under 40 Nomination After Hours

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 Forty Under 40 Homepage

What do you get when you put cocktails, cupcakes, charities and the regions top young talent under the same roof? The best business social events in the region. Join the Potomac Local News Network’s Forty Under 40 for an evening of charitable giving, networking, music, fun and of course “Cocktails & Cupcakes!” Tickets are $20 per person and include gourmet cupcakes and appetizers – cash bar. 100% of ticket admissions will be donated to the local charity of the evening. 

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Francis Xavier Riley

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Francis Xavier Riley, Jr. of Manassas and Fredericksburg, Va. and formerly of Glens Falls, NY died peacefully Saturday afternoon, February 15th, at the age of 87 after a 10 year battle with Alzheimer’s. He was surrounded in comfort and love by the presence of his children as he left this world to join his beloved Demetra, who passed away in 2001.

A veteran of the Second World War and Korea, Mr. Riley served two combat tours during the Korean War and received the Purple Heart for wounds sustained during his first tour. Upon his return to the Korean theater he served with the 10th Engineers at the bloody battle of Outpost Harry. Aside from a brief period as a hotel and restaurant owner and manager, he worked his entire career as a superintendent and project manager in the construction field.

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You Can Now View Archived Videos of Dumfries Town Council Meetings

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Dumfries has taken another step to a more open government.

The town is now archiving videos of its meetings on its public website. A message posted on the town’s website today instructs viewers how to access videos of previous Town Council meetings, starting with the most recent Feb. 18 meeting.

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