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STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — There’s a new principal at Rocky Run Elementary School in Stafford County.

School officials announced the appointment of Nicholas R. Roman Jr., as the school’s new leader. He now works as the principal of Ferry Farm Elementary in south Stafford, said Stafford schools spokeswoman Vallerie Cottongim. He will take over as Rocky Run’s principal effective July 1.


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WOODBRIDGE, Va. – Someone shot out a window at Occoquan Elementary School on Monday morning.

Police said a single bullet was shot through one of the classroom windows of the school. No one was inside the school at the time of the shooting. The bullet damaged a SmartBoard inside a classroom causing $12,000 in damage, said Prince William police spokesman Jonathan Perok.


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By RENEE ORDOOBADI
For Potomac Local News

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — For three years, Woodbridge Senior High School Center for the Fine and Performing Arts (CFPA) Creative Writing students performed self-written pieces at ‘A Play on Words’ for their friends and family. The event took place in the Studio Theater on Saturday.


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QUANTCO, Va. — The top man in charge of Quantico’s Officer’s Candidate School, where three Marines died in March, is out of a job.

The Marine Corps Times reports decorated infantry officer Col. Kris Stillings was relieved of command Monday. Stillings was selected to lead OCS two years ago, but officials told the corps newspaper the decision to relieve him was a “painful” one that “boiled down to accountability.”


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By KJ MUSHUNG

It’s exam week at many colleges, budgets are tight, and no student is going to cook a three-course meal when the possibility of repeating some degree requirement is hanging over them. Thus, the aroma of popcorn and pizza can be smelled down the hall from many a dorm room. But that popcorn might not be the best choice for those who have an allergy to dairy.


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STAFFORD, Va. — Employees at Del’s Towing and Wrecker Service in North Stafford made a shattering discovery Friday morning – the glass door to their shop had been smashed.

Stafford County sheriff’s deputies were called to the businesses on Va. 610 just after 7:30 a.m., after employees found chards of glass broken. Nothing from the shop was stolen, said sheriff’s office spokesman Bill Kennedy.


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MANASSAS, Va. — On Arbor Day, April 26, the third-graders at West Gate Elementary School in Prince William County had a chance to get their hands dirty and plant some trees. It was all part of Dominion Virginia Power’s environmental program Project Plant It!, a fun and educational way to help the kids learn about trees and the environment.


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