SEVERE WEATHER COVERAGE
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Author: Potomac Local News
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By URIAH KISER
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — There’s a group of made moms who gather for dinner at an Italian restaurant in Old Town Manassas.
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Mount Olive Baptist Church in Rectortown, Va. in Fauquier County is pleased to announce our new pastor, Rev. Tony J. Craddock, Sr. who will preach his initial sermon on July 1.
Rev. Craddock was ordained into the gospel ministry in February 1998 by the Northern Virginia Ministers Association. Rev. Craddock is a member of First Mount Zion Baptist Church in Dumfries where he served as an Associate Minister. Welcome Rev. Craddock!
More passenger trains bound for the Potomac Communities will experience delays today.
Virginia Railway Express told passengers this afternoon excessive heat will spark about delays on the system’s Fredericksburg line, which is owned by freight railroad CSX.
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va — Officials will cut the ribbon on two new sections of the Belmont-Ferry Farm Trail on Saturday.
Phases three and five of the six-section trail will open tomorrow. The trail will eventually link Historic Falmouth with Ferry Farm – George Washington’s boyhood home on the Rappahannock River. It’s being built in sections and, when finished, will link to other areas like Saint Claire Brooks Park, as well as other areas across the river in Fredericksburg, forming the “Heritage Loop.”
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DUMFRIES, Va. — Summer camp is in full swing at the Boys and Girls Clubs in the Potomac Communities.
Boys and Girls clubs in Dale City, Dumfries, and Manassas, have welcomed 500 registered teens to the clubs for the annual “Send a Kid to Camp” summer event. Touted as an affordable quality alternative to other summer camps, the clubs offer basketball and volleyball leagues in the evening, and new a teen, and sports camp programs for those ages 5 to 17-years-old.
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Summer brought with it a heat wave this year. Air conditioners are staying busy trying to beat the heat as the thermometer climbs toward 100 degrees today. The Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative (NOVEC) offers easy, low-cost ways to stay cool:
• Set the air conditioner thermostat at 78 degrees when family members are home; run fans to feel cooler. Set it a few degrees higher if no person or pet is at home.
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BRIDGE LINKING MARINE CORPS BASE WILL BE DEMOLISHED
NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — The High Occupancy Toll lanes coming to Interstate 95 will bring a newly rebuilt bridge to Quantico Marine Corps Base.