Update 5 p.m.
Aden Road is closed to traffic this late afternoon. Neighbors who have lived along the rural roadway say this is the worst flooding they’ve seen in the area in five years.
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Author: Potomac Local News
HAYMARKET, Va. — Despite the rainy weather as of late, organizers of this weekends Stars and Stripes Festival in Haymarket said the show will go on.
The festival is billed as one of the smaller events held in the town each year, attracting 6,000 people.
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HAYMARKET, Va. — Coach Kurt Pauly of Battlefield High School in Haymarket slam dunked the competition to be named this year’s Boys’ High School Basketball Coach of the Year. The competition is hosted by WUSA-TV in Washington.
Pauly, along with nine other coaches, competed for votes from fans in order to win the contest, which was presented by Central Michigan University- Global Campus.
BRISTOW, Va. — New information is out about last night’s tanker truck that overturned in Bristow. It comes as a portion of Sudley Manor Drive, where the crash happened in front of Braemar Village Plaza, has reopened.
Details from this after-action report from a Prince William fire and rescue detail a harrowing event where two emergency workers were decontaminated after being exposed to fuel, and the need for state officials to be called into investigate any long-term impacts the spill might have on the environment:
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Prince William police just released a list of roads closed due to high water, as well as an overturned tanker truck from last night.
Pageland Ln / Groveton Rd
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DALE CITY, Va. — It’s now midway through summer and high school football camps will soon be underway, and collegiate players are working out now in preparation for the upcoming season.
Before the season begins, a group of athletes native to Prince William County saw the need for sports camps that engage youth, and for camps that are led by talent that once played in the area. For Rickey Lewis, Chad Dunlap and Rasheed McClaude all, the product of their creativity and collaboration was “Rising Starz,” a speed and agility football camp set to take place Saturday and Sunday, July 20 and 21 at the Hylton Boys & Girls Club in Dale City.
NOKESVILLE, Va. — The water is too high for construction crews to complete scheduled work on a bridge over the Cedar Run in this weekend in Prince William County.
A portion of Aden Road was to be closed this weekend, from Parkgate Drive to Orlando Road in Nokesville, so crews could continue to process of replacing the bridge But heavy rains overnight have swollen the Cedar Run and put water levels higher than normal, said Virginia Department of Transportation spokeswoman Joan Morris.
Cinder is a real “Cinderella” story. Aptly named by the little boy and his mom who helped rescue her, we are certain that Cinder will soon become the princess we know she is.
Cinder was badly neglected and had bones sticking out all over when she came into rescue. She is a very sweet little girl who lives to give hugs and kisses and while she LOVES kids, she is a little too overzealous for small children.
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9:30 a.m. Friday
The work to replace railroad ties in Manassas Park, and a plan to close a portion of Manassas Drive where it crosses railroad tracks near a Virginia Railway Express station, has been canceled today, city officials report.
Hub has been in a revolving door at the shelter for a while. First he came in as a stray and then the couple who adopted him decided that they no longer wanted him.
He was in pretty bad shape when he arrived to BTRVA. He was underweight by 10 lbs., had eye, ear, and skin infections, and he just felt awful!