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Author: Potomac Local News
Stafford, Va. — A former school principal in Manassas will take over at Colonial Forge High School in Stafford, the school now infamously known for the Banana Man controversy.
Michael Byers will begin his duties at the school Jan. 3, after relocating from his current position as assistant principal at Briar Woods High School in Loudoun County, said Stafford schools spokeswoman Valerie Cottongim.
Stafford, Va. — The first African American elected to the Stafford County Board of Supervisors ended his term Tuesday night amidst controversy.
Robert “Bob” Woodson who’s represented the Griffis-Widewater District in North Stafford since 2008 left the Board Chambers without the approval of two fellow supervisors, Aquia District Supervisor Paul Milde and Rock Hill District Supervisor Cord Sterling.
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Dumfries, Va. — Dumfries held its 37th Annual Holiday Parade on Saturday afternoon.
Surveyors found the remains while working near Dale Boulevard and Benita Fitzgerald Drive in Dale City at 11:33 a.m.
The body was badly decomposed so badly they are unable to make out the age, sex, or race of the body, said Prince William police.
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The Woodbridge Workers Committee and others in the Woodbridge and Manassas communities are joining together to create a toy drive for low income families in our community.
This has been a very difficult year for many families in our community due to very harsh economic economic conditions and the tragic flood of the Holly Acres Mobile Home Park.
Sheriff’s deputies were called to the Kohls department store at Stafford Marketplace in North Stafford on Saturday after a man walked into the store, picked up three coffee makers – each valued at $200 — sitting in the front of the store and then unsuccessfully tried to return them, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
The man then took the coffee makers and left the store and went to his car outside, but and employee followed him outside, questioned him and asked the man to come back inside, said Kennedy. The man refused and placed the coffee makers on the ground, got in his car and left.
Fredericksburg, Va. — Actress Vivica A. Fox is scheduled to appear in Fredericksburg as the keynote speaker for the Virginia Black History Month Association’s Formal Dinner.
The actress, who’s appeared in films like Independence Day, Kill Bill, and Soul Food, will speak at the annual dinner scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012 at the Fredericksburg Expo Center.