Author: Potomac Local News
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Update 9 p.m.
The U.S. Geological Survey has confirmed a 4.2 aftershock centered near Mineral, Va. at 8:05 p.m.
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Update 8:30 a.m. Wednesday
Trees are being cut back to make way for the new sidewalk, which will connect walking path lined with street lights along Hampton Park with a sidewalk at Eustace Road, near Woodlands Pool.
Garrisonville District Supervisor Mark Dudenhefer says the path has been a long time coming.
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Woodbridge, Va. –– Tito Munoz on this late summer, almost autumnal morning, greeted the few early voters at Belmont Elementary School.
That’s where Munoz, a Republican, voted in today’s Primary Election Day for who he says is the best candidate to represent the 36th District in the Virginia Senate – himself.
Army Sgt. Alessandro L. Plutino, 28, of New Jersey, was killed by small arms fire in Afghanistan on Aug. 8.
Plutino’s father lives in Woodbridge, said Prince William County spokesman Jason Grant.
North Stafford, Va. –– A wider Va. 610 in North Stafford is open to drivers.
While the wider road has been open to traffic for more than a week, the Virginia Department of Transportation heralded the completion of the project that widened the road from two to four lanes allowing it to carry more traffic.
Dumfries, Va. –– As the Republican Primary Election approaches on Tuesday, one survey has Jeff Frederick as the likely victor and GOP candidate in Virginia’s 36th Senate District this fall.
Frederick’s campaign released the results of the survey which show Frederick with a commanding lead over opponent Tito Munoz, with 57 percent for Frederick vs. Munoz’s nearly 15 of the vote, according to the survey. It also found 27 percent of those polled had no preference for either candidate.
Stafford, Va. –– A campaign sign has drawn the ire of Hollywood producers.
A sign depicting Stafford sheriff’s Charles E. Jett and Assistant Commonwealth Attorney Eric Olsen as dispensing law and order in the county popped up last week along Va. 610, at outside the courthouse. The campaign sign is not surprising as Jett is trying keep his elected sheriff’s position and Olsen aims to become Stafford’s top prosecutor.