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Fall Sports Gearing up in Manassas

By Potomac Local News
Coach Tim and his team "The Apples" after a great Spring season. Coach Tim looks to return and coach a group of girls to the championship in the 10-12 year old divison.

The basketball league is one of the clubs biggest programs, averaging about 200 children per season. The children play in one of five different age divisions on teams that are picked with the use of a skills evaluation clinic that is held on the first practice of the season.

Volleyball is a fast-growing program that has seen its participation nearly double over the last year. Girls between the ages of 10 and 17 play in one of two age divisions while they learn the fundamentals of the game, or sharpen their skills for their high school seasons.

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Power Lines Fall During I-95 Toll Lanes Work

By Potomac Local News
Crews clear some of the first trees at Triangle to make way for new High Occupancy Toll lanes on Interstate 95. (Virginia Department of Transportation)

TRIANGLE, Va. — Two cars were hit by falling power lines this morning on Interstate 95 at Triangle. The Power lines were accidentally cutby crews working to build toll lanes on Interstate 95.

No injuries were reported. 

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Human Remains Linked to Female

By Potomac Local News
Investigators found human remains along Interstate 95 in Stafford County on Aug. 16, 2012. (Submitted photo)

STAFFORD, Va. — We now know more about human skeletal remains found along Interstate 95 in Stafford County. More from a sheriff’s department press release:

On Thursday, August 16, 2012 the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office reported that human skeletal remains had been found in the wooded area near the northbound 140 off ramp exit of I-95. Members of the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office as well as members of the Virginia State Police were part of the initial investigation and will continue to work together as the investigation of this incident continues.

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Business

Small Quantico Shop Turns Major Supplier

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U.S. Marine David Hensley grew the small Quantico Arms shop on Potomac Avenue in Quantico to seven stores in six states. (Uriah Kiser/PotomacLocal.com)

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A small arms store that began in Qauntico has branched out to include seven stores in six states.

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Politics

Learn If You’re Registered to Vote

By Potomac Local News

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — The Prince William County Human Rights Commission will meet on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. in the James J. McCoart Building. At the meeting, the Electoral Board will present information on the 2012 Presidential Election and some new guidelines that all voting citizens need to know before Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012.

The chairman of the Electoral Board, Keith Scarborough, and the board members will discuss four items – 1) are you registered to vote at your current address; 2) has your polling place been changed; 3) do you have an acceptable form of identification; and 4) do you qualify to vote absentee?

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Tanker Truck Driver Dies in Fiery Crash

By Potomac Local News
The charred remains of a tanker truck lies on a highway entrance ramp at Fairfax County Parkway and Interstate 95 (the remnants of the truck’s cab on the left). (Virginia State Police)

UPDATE 

The driver, Edwin H. Hall, 59, of Charles Town, W.Va., died at the scene. His remains have been transported to the Office of the Medical Examiner in Manassas for examination and autopsy.

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