Update
Virginia State Police said 40 people were onboard the bus that caught fire on I-95 Monday night.
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Author: Potomac Local News
Woodbridge, Va. — On Saturday Oct. 15, they’ll be exercising to help stop child abuse.
The first-ever “All in Motion Day of Movement to Stop Child Abuse” runs from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Richard G. Phitzner Stadium in Woodbridge.
Right before I went to class, I saw my “baby” brother walking the halls with birthday balloons. He turned 16, which as we know is old enough to drive. I remember smiling thinking how happy he looked. I was in AP Government with Mr. Hoffman, one of the stellar history teachers at C.D. Hylton High School in Woodbridge. Our class had finished a little early and, being that school had just started, The Hoff was indulging us with some SNL political shorts.
I don’t know if they still do, but PWCS televisions used to default to a news station. Going from Will Ferrell to “New York is burning” was certainly emotional whiplash. I remember yelling at the television along with my classmates somehow thinking we could stop that second plane. Class change came and we walked like zombies to our next class. I remember the first (and only) time I saw a fellow student use the F-word with an administrator and not get punished. They were told to put their cell phone away – their father worked in the Pentagon.
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Occoquan, Va. — Crafters will once again descend on Occoquan this weekend for the town’s annual fall craft show.
The event takes place 10 a.m. 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday rain or shine and will feature more than 200 crafters, local merchants and restaurants at the fair.
Lake Ridge, Va. — Headlining the websites of two elementary schools today are notices of a bear sighting in Lake Ridge.
A bear was sighted near Antietam Elementary School on Antietam Road on Friday morning. School officials say the mother bear and her cub were spotted near the school but were never on school property.
Woodbridge, Va. — BMX riders will descend on Woodbridge this weekend for the Virginia State Championship Series Qualifier.
The action will take place behind Richard G. Pfitzner Stadium at the NOVA BMX Park Authority Track, where more than 140 riders are expected to race, said fellow and Prince William School Board member Lisa Bell.
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Stafford, Va. — Friends and family of the late 17-year-old Ali Wahdan, a rising senior at Stafford High School and #71 on the school’s football team, rode in procession in his honor Thursday night.
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Move over pastor, the comedian is coming to the pulpit.
“Of course God has a sense of humor” quipped Pastor Matt Meisenhelter, “just look at me.” Standing as tall and broad as any NFL linebacker, but with a face more like a teddy bear, Meisenhelter is the leader of the new Spirit and Life Church in Montclair, which currently meets at Forest Park High School. This Sunday, however, “Pastor Matt” will be stepping down and letting Comedian Ron McGehee take the mic. McGehee was a semi-finalist on NBC’s “Last Comic Standing” and has also appeared on Comedy Central and written for Jimmy Kimmel, but his humor on Sunday will have a decidedly Christian twist.
Editors’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on a candidates’ forum held Wednesday in Lake Ridge.
Lake Ridge, Va. –Taxes and transportation dominated the conversation between two candidates running to represent the Potomac Communities in the Virginia Senate.
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The event will be free to attend, and in addition to crafters the festival will offer a taste of Virginia wines and a talent competition.
“We are very excited to announce several Virginia Wineries have also signed on to participate in this one-of-a-kind Fall Extravaganza,” said Dumfries spokeswoman Debbi Sandlin. “Each of the wineries will be offering the public the opportunity to taste their very own distinctive wines. There will be an assortment of wines to please even the savviest wine connoisseur.”