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STAFFORD, VA, (October 25, 2011) — This evening, Mark Dudenhefer, Chairman of the Stafford County Board of Supervisors, along with several of the county staff sat down to eat dinner with the O’Leary and Barnes’ families at Ruby Tuesday. Michele and Dan O’Leary and Ora and Katrina Barnes were forced out of their houses over a month ago when county officials condemned their homes due to a massive landslide in their backyard. Today, the homeowners and County officials sat down to dinner together as a way to raise awareness of the landslide problem and help raise funds for landslide relief together.

Jason Thompson, the manger of the Doc Stone Ruby Tuesday is holding a three-day fundraiser to support the landslide victims and the County was out in force supporting the effort. Joining Mark Dudenhefer and the O’Leary’s was Anthony Romanello, County Administrator; Mark Doyle, Executive Officer/Volunteer Coordinator of the Office of the County Fire Chief; and Chief Robert Brown, and Pastor Chris Bennett, the Executive Pastor of Ebenezer United Methodist Church which set up a disaster relief fund a week following the slope failure.


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Fire crews found a 20×40 foot storage shed fully engulfed in flames about 2:55 a.m., at 1901 Reddy Drive. A 911 call prompted crews to rush to the scene, said Prince William fire and rescue Battalion Chief Joseph Robertson.

No injuries were reported, and officials estimate the damage to the building at $50,000. The cause and origin of the fire are still being investigated.


Politics

Woodbridge, Va. — Woodbridge District Supervisor candidate Chris Royse’s claims he is working with the Department of Defense to bring a major military command headquarters to Woodbridge are in question.

Royse’s democratic opponent and current Woodbridge District Supervisor, Frank Principi, filed a Freedom of Information Act request after Royse this summer said he was in talks with the United States African Command, or AFRICOM, about a possible move from its headquarters in Germany to Woodbridge. At the time Royse, who has worked as a federal contractor and has served in the Army, said AFRICOM’s relocation to the area would make sense because of Woodbridge’s proximity to the Pentagon and because of its easy transit access through Virginia Railway Express.


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Quantico, Va. — There are plans to close the brig at Quantico Marine Corps Base by the end of the year, according to the Associated Press.

The facility became infamously known for housing Pfc. Bradley Manning, who is suspected of leaking U.S. military secrets which later appeared on the web.


Politics

Woodbridge, Va. — A Virginia Senate incumbent got a boost from a former governor now running for U.S. Senate.

Tim Kaine stopped in Woodbridge Saturday to tout Toddy Puller (D-36, Mount Vernon, Woodbridge, North Stafford) as an effective leader who needs to return to Richmond.


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Stafford, Va. — Again this year, residents in the Potomac Communities who want to safely dispose of old prescription medications can take them to one of at least two drop off points in the region.

Between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, residents can clean out their cabinets of old, unused and potentially dangerous prescription medication and bring them to Stafford Hospital Center off U.S. 1 in Stafford and drop them with the county’s sheriff’s department. There, sheriff’s deputies will partner with the DEA for this annual collection and will have a disposal box set up so residents can simply drive up and drop the medication into a box, never having to get out of their cars, according to a Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.


North Stafford, Va. — One man was stabbed outside a bar in North Stafford early Saturday.

The unidentified victim was leaving Mainstreet Bar and Grill at 315 Garrisonville Road (Va. 610) about 1:30 a.m. when someone began yelling at him outside the bar. The victim turned around, walked up to the man and asked him to repeat himself, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.


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Dumfries, Va. — This year’s Dumfries Fall Festival Extravaganza attracted more festival goers than last year’s, up from about 60 people to a whopping 2,700 attendees, said town economic development Coordinator Debi Sandlin.

The annual event was held Saturday behind Dumfries Town Hall and for the first time featured a “Dumfries Has Talent” competition, wineries and local businesses and vendors.


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