WOODBRIDGE, Va. — At 5:45 p.m. Sunday, Occoquan-Woodbridge-Lorton Volunteer Firefighters responded to the report of a person who had fallen out of a kayak in the Occoquan Reservoir.
Medic 514 and Engine 514 arrived on the scene and made visual contact with the victim from the nearest shore. Fortunately the victim’s mother and another Good Samaritan had come to his aid and had pulled the child from the water into a canoe.
Are you finding yourself walking the same aisles at Target or chatting up any cashier for a little longer than you should? Maybe your idea of an enthralling television program is Dora the Explorer, or your music selection varies between the Nick Jr. theme songs and soft lullabies? If you find yourself nodding and smiling then just maybe the Lake Ridge Mom’s Club might be the answer to some much needed socialization and escape for you and your children alike.
The Lake Ridge Moms Club is a group of stay-at-home and working moms alike, who support each other, learn from each other, and just have a good time with each other and with our children. Our organization provides a fun, welcoming place for parents and kids to make friends, learn exciting new skills, and to become involved in the Lake Ridge and surrounding communities. Whether you have lived in the area a long time, or you are just moving into the community, joining Mom’s Club provides a fantastic opportunity to meet new people that are going through the same things as you, and it provides an opportunity for your children to make some new age-appropriate friends. The Lake Ridge Mom’s Club offers six main areas in which parents can participate: Community, Social, Babysitting Co-op, Fitness, Mommy Meals, and Playgroup. There is definitely something for everyone!
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — A woman was abducted and robbed at gunpoint Saturday at a Ponderosa restaurant.
The victim was at the restaurant at 591 Warrenton Road in the southern portion of Stafford County and was checking to make sure the doors had been locked. During her rounds between 9:50 and 10:10 p.m., a masked man walked into the restaurant, pointed a gun, and demanded she take him to where cash was kept, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
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NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — An annual National Night Out celebration in North Stafford will be the biggest yet.
Starting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, 69 businesses and organizations – including fire departments, the county’s sheriff’s office, retailers, and volunteers organizations like the Stafford County SPCA, will set up booths and tables at Stafford Marketplace on Va. 610.
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LAKE RIDGE, Va. — Equipped with a 24-hour emergency room, x-ray imaging and test labs, doctors and nurses at the Sentara Lake Ridge Medical Campus have been busy since it’s opening in March.
Sentara’s first ambulatory medical facility in Northern Virginia, it sits at the intersection of Minnieville and Summit School roads, near busy Old Bridge Road. That makes it easy for area residents in need of immediate or specialized care to simply walk in and see a doctor.
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DUMFRIES, Va. — A fledgling farmers market in Dumfries is doing well and plans to expand.
The town’s farmers market began July 14 and has been held in the parking lot of Town Hall on Main Street each Saturday since, between 8 a.m. and noon, will expand an extra hour staring this week.
