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Stafford Wins Budget Award

Published November 4, 2011 at 1:51PM

The county won the Distinguished Budget Recognition Award from the Government Finance Officers Association. The group examined how county leaders stick to their outlined budget as a driver to set public policy, how well it serves as a financial plan, as well as strengths and weaknesses in communication.

Earlier this year, the Stafford County Board of Supervisors passed a $241.2 million budget that included a reduction of the number of county government employees and a decrease in real estate taxes.

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Volunteers Across County to Read to Children

By Potomac Local News

Published November 4, 2011 at 1:39PM

Organized by the Education Committee of the Prince William Chamber of Commerce, this local initiative is held in recognition of National Young Readers Day. Chamber President & CEO Rob Clapper, city managers from Manassas and Manassas Park, service members and Potomac Nationals mascot “Uncle Slam” are among those that will be visiting nearly 40 area schools to highlight the importance of reading.

-Press release

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Metro Open Longer this Weekend

By Potomac Local News

Published November 4, 2011 at 1:33PM

Washington Metro System (Courtesy: Planet Ware)

Do you have plans to hang out late in Washington this weekend? If so, Metro wants you to know regular Saturday service ends at 3 a.m.

Because of the time change at the end of Daylight Saving Time at 2 a.m. Sunday, clocks will fall back one hour and Metro will stay open one hour longer.

2 Charged in Burglary Spree

By Potomac Local News

Published November 4, 2011 at 9:00AM

Kirschbaum

Stafford, Va. — Two men are in custody today charged in a series of burglaries in North Stafford and Fauquier County.

Their recent string of burglaries targeted homes off Va. 610, on Chadwick and Newbury drives, Poplar Road in Staffords Rock Hill section, and on Tacketts Mill and Beaver Lodge roads just over the Stafford County line in Fauquier.

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Judge Throws Out Olsen Residency Filing

By Potomac Local News

Published November 3, 2011 at 6:05PM | Updated November 4, 2011 at 3:54PM

Shaking the hand of outgoing Stafford commonwealth attorney Daniel Chichester, Deputy Commonwealth Attorney Eric Olsen (center) announces his bid to replace Chichester as Stafford sheriff Charles Jett looks on. (Mary Davidson/PotomacLocal.com)

Updated:
A judge has thrown out a filing from a Stafford County resident claiming Eric Olsen, whose running for Commonwealth Attorney in that county, does not live in Stafford. State election officials require candidates to live in the jurisdictions they wish to represent. More to come.

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Eatery Offers Relaxation as Cars Glide By

By Potomac Local News

Published November 3, 2011 at 2:34PM

The Noble Gourmet in Woodbridge offers food and drink, and a selection of foodstuffs in their café store.

By Uriah Kiser

Woodbridge, Va. — There’s a cozy restaurant with a mix of Mediterranean food and wine hoping to find its place in Woodbridge’s sea of chain restaurants.

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Intel Insights: Return to World Trade Center

By Potomac Local News

Published November 3, 2011 at 11:18AM

Cedric Leighton

This week I finally had a chance to visit the 9/11 Memorial in New York City. The last time I had seen the site was in 1998. Back then, of course, the Twin Towers were still standing. At the time, I had made it a point to go to the observation deck at the top of the World Trade Center. I remember the amazing views of New York Harbor, the Statue of Liberty, and the surrounding area that I enjoyed from that man-made summit.

We all thought those towers were a permanent fixture of the Manhattan skyline. How sad we were when the attacks on 9/11 tragically disproved that notion.

Restaurant Owner: Buy it and then we Heat it

By Potomac Local News

Published November 3, 2011 at 10:29AM

One man learned that Tuesday about 6 p.m. when he went into the popular pizza eatery on Va. 610 in North Stafford, took some food from a backpack and asked the restaurant owner to heat it up. The owner said no because he didn’t buy the food from the restaurant, and that’s when the hungry man became irate, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.

The man began to curse and threaten the owner and was told to leave. When he didn’t the owner grabbed a stick and, never hitting the man with it, used it to escort the man to the door, said Kennedy. The man continued to argue and that’s when the owner’s brother who was also at the restaurant ran to help, and was punched in the face by the irate man, said Kennedy.

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Dumfries Mayor in ICU

By Potomac Local News

Published November 2, 2011 at 6:54PM | Updated November 2, 2011 at 9:46PM

Dumfries Town Manager DanTaber, Mayor Fred Yohey Jr. and Vice Mayor Nancy West talk at a Town Council Meeting. (KJ Mushung/PotomacLocal.com)

By KJ Mushung

“Recent reports are that Mayor Yohey is in serious but stable condition,” said West. “My husband and I did go to the hospital on… Sunday afternoon, and the nurse that we spoke with that was in his room did say that he was gaining strength.”

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Fall Back, Check Your Smoke Alarms

By Potomac Local News

Published November 2, 2011 at 1:30PM

(Submitted)

When someone in the U.S. dies in fire inside their home, statistics show most often the batteries inside the smoke detector were not working.

This weekend, fire officials urge everyone to check the batteries inside their smoke detectors to help prevent fatal fires. And there’s no more perfect time to check your batteries than when we “fall back” and Daylight Savings time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday.