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NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — A total of 136 new parking spaces will be added at Smith Lake Park, which is the home to five heavily used soccer fields. With the new parking spaces, all five soccer fields will be able to be used simultaneously for the first time.

Work on the $547,000 project, which also includes a new maintenance facility that will include a “modest” equipment shop with two vehicle bays that can be used to load trucks with salt and sand for snow removal operations, should be complete next spring. Officials said working on the project during the winter months will have the least impact on park visitors.


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Coach Michael Futrell along with his wife, Dr. Bernadine Futrell, are the founders and directors of the Make The Future Basketball camp held Aug. 27 – 31 at the General Heiser Boys and Girls Club in Dumfries.

The organization is in its third year of operation and serves many of Boys and Girls Club members here at the General Heiser Branch, and also the other Boys and Girls Club branches in Northern Virginia.


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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Residents will learn more about a plan to relocate the Potomac Nationals to the economic heart of Woodbridge.

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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A new commuter lot on Telegraph Road in Woodbridge opened today with little fanfare and few commuters.

Prince William County transportation officials that built the new lot said they will install new signs to direct drivers to the new lot.


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STAFFORD, Va. — The logo that will be used to celebrate Stafford County’s 350th anniversary has been chosen.

Developed by the county’s Blue Ribbon Committee, the logo will be used throughout 2014 to mark special events planned for the county’s birthday. It features a geographical outline of the county, incorporates the “Stafford, Virginia” logo commonly seen on marketing materials and on water towers in Stafford, and a depiction of President George Washington as a child playing with a hoop.


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MANASSAS, Va. — Write by the Rails, an initiative by individual writer members of the Prince William Arts Council, is sponsoring “How to Market Your Book,” a panel discussion by local writers on Saturday, September 8 from 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm at Trinity Episcopal Church, 9325 West Street, in Manassas. The event is free and open to the public.

Panelists will be Bristow resident Carol Covin, author of Who Gets to Name Grandma; Lake Ridge resident Nancy Kyme, author of Memory Lake; Bristow resident Tee Morris, author of Phoenix Rising, Morevi and The Case of the Singing Sword and Manassas resident Ross Murphy, You Will Never Dance Alone, Dancing with the Devil. Dan Verner, Biscuit City blogger, will be the master of ceremonies and Leigh Giza, author of Found and Lost, is the workshop coordinator. Participants will leave with a free handout of marketing tips by Claudia LaFeve, author of Parallel, Paradox, unDead Dixie Debs and The Fury will be distributed. Books by local writers will be available for purchase.


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