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Federal Funds Being Used to Improve Lake Ridge Shore Line

By Potomac Local News
Lake Ridge Park (Photo:Prince William County Parks Department)

LAKE RIDGE, Va. — The land near a floating dock at Lake Ridge Marine is eroding. The spot is only public place to launch a boat, kayak, or canoe on the Occoquan Reservoir in Prince William County

Now, with $77,500 in federal grant money from the National Park Service, and remaining funds from the Prince William County, The Prince William County Parks Department will improve the shoreline at Lake Ridge Marina. The entire project will cost $230,000 with the county’s parks department picking up the remainder of the tab.

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Woodbridge’s Chinn Library Prepares for Big Party

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Kitty and the Fat Cats

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — This will be one of the very few times you don’t have to be quiet in the library.

A live band will take the stage at a party planned at Chinn Park Regional Library in Woodbridge to raise money and awareness for Prince William County’s 10 libraries.

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Stafford Memorial Wall Expanding

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STAFFORD, Va. — What began as a memorial to honor to honor fallen law enforcement members will expand today.

Four new names will join those of fallen Fredericksburg Police Officer Todd Allen Barr who was shot and killed in the line of duty in 2008, and Stafford County Sheriff Deputy Ford Tyson “Toby” Humphrey who was also shot and killed in the line of duty in 1980.

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Dumfries Rescue Squad under Review after Ice Cream Shop Ban

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Dumfries Triangle Rescue Squad on Graham Park Road in Dumfries.

DUMFRIES, Va. — Prince William fire and rescue officials will sit on one side of the table and Dumfries-Triangle Rescue Squad leaders on the other.

That’s the way Prince William County Fire Department Chief Kevin McGee said a special taskforce assembled to review “internal organizational issues” at the Rescue Squad will conduct business. The review panel will be led by Dale City Volunteer Fire Department Chief Christopher Hool who will address Dumfries Chief Charles Derek Ester and Assistant Chief Steven Chasin.

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Coke Out, Pepsi In at Tim’s Rivershore

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An army of Pepsi vans descended on Tims Rivershore restaurant on Monday to install soda guns filled with their product, ousting longtime Coca-Cola as the longtime favorite of the popular crab shack.

Pepsi lovers can head down to the river shore to quench their thirsts.

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Vandals Enter Hampton Oaks Elementary Through Roof

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NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — The bookworm bandits are behind bars facing charges, and employees at Hampton Oaks Elementary School are left to clean up their mess.

Authorities were called to the school at 107 Northampton Boulevard in North Stafford at 1:30 a.m. Sunday after a burglar alarm was triggered.

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Sport & Health Club Opens New Gym, Closes 2 Others

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Left to Right, Sport & Health Chief Financial Officer Scott Thomas, Sport & Health Vice President of Marketing Nancy Terry, Sport & Health CEO Mark Fisher, Redskins Cheerleaders Denise and Maya, President of Hubert Construction Matt Shea, and Jeff Edelstein and Kevin Bednoski from Roadside Development. (Submitted)

A new Sport and Health Club is open at Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center in Woodbridge.

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Potomac Nationals Stadium Plans Unveiled Amid Traffic Woes

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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Residents got an earful Thursday about a new baseball stadium for the Potomac Nationals and the traffic it could bring.

Prince William County officials call the newly proposed 6,000-seat minor league stadium a dream project that will attract even more business to Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center in Woodbridge. The stadium would sit along busy Interstate 95 across from Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center and near a popular Wegmans grocery, which anchors the Stonebridge shopping center.

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