Woodbridge, Va. –– Justin Bloxom’s walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th propelled Potomac to a 5-4 win over Myrtle Beach on Wednesday afternoon at Pfitzner Stadium.
The P-Nats third baseman led off the 10th inning against Pelicans reliever Trevor Hurley. The righty entered the game in the bottom of the 8th and had not allowed a hit to the first seven batters he faced.
The town plans to have its newly redesigned website up and running by July.
The new site will allow residents to pay their taxes and to purchase special permits, offer more information about the town’s government, town ordinances and will offer a newly redesigned calendar of events that will list happenings inside the town and around the area.
Latson, who suffers from Asperger’s Syndrome, injured Stafford Sheriff’s Deputy Tom Calvary so badly he was forced to resign from the force, after Calvary had been called to North Stafford High School to investigate Latson as a suspicious person.
Calvary tried to get Latson to identify himself, but Latson beat the officer causing severe ankle injuries.
Prince William County, Va. –– In an ongoing effort to keep parents involved and informed in their child’s education, Prince William County Schools will be switching to Parent Portal, an online interface for parents.
Previously, PWCS has used EduLink, which was essentially a product that interfaced between SchoolFusion, which hosts individual county school’s websites.
The CEO of Transurban, one of the two contractors that has won the bid to build toll lanes between North Stafford and Edsall Road, told an Australian newspaper the company intends to pull out if the project is delayed once more due to a lengthy environmental review process, the Washington Examiner reports.
The project was delayed some 18 months while County Supervisors sued the state and federal governments citing a categorical exemption that allowed the lanes to be built without a proper environmental review.
Stafford County, Va. –– A fire truck from the Brooke Fire Department and a Stafford County fire and rescue ambulance were the first vehicles to cross a new bridge as it opened Tuesday in Stafford.
In Game One, Potomac stormed in front in the first inning. Jeff Kobernus got the first of four base hits he registered on the evening with one out in the opening inning. He scored on Destin Hood’s double to the wall in left; for Hood, it was his 21st double, the second most in the Carolina League and put the Nationals ahead 1-0.
Myrtle used a two-out rally in the second to tie the game against Selik. Vinny DiFazio doubled down the left field lied and knotted the score when Jared Hoying singled to right field.
Two deputies on patrol early Saturday morning on Frasier Road in the Sky Terrace neighborhood in Stafford County saw a man underneath a 1994 Ford Explorer. The deputies stopped their cars and the man pulled himself out from under the SUV and began running toward an area of townhouses, said Stafford sheriff’s Maj. David Decatur.
The deputies got out of their cars and chased the man, and during the pursuit one of them used their taser weapon causing the suspect to fall to the ground, said Decatur.
The Prince William Board of Supervisors ordered transportation officials to authorize “quick take” powers to purchase a 21, 878 square foot tract of land owned by the Lake Ridge Parks and Recreation Association to add a third turn lane on Springwoods Drive at Old Bridge Road.
Currently, drivers waiting to turn left or right onto Old Bridge Road from Springwoods Drive have two lanes –– a dedicated left-turn lane and a multi-directional turn lane that allows drivers to turn left or right. A new dedicated right turn lane will be built on the acquired property, which is aimed at improving traffic flow.
Remember last week? Stifling hot temperatures, heat warnings and air that was so humid it was almost impossible to step outside for more than a few minutes.
