A single-story house at 164 Eustace Drive in North Stafford caught fire at 1:26 p.m. Wednesday, prompting fire and rescue crews to race to the scene.
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Author: Potomac Local News
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At 9:55 a.m., fire and rescue crews were called to the 1300 block of Bayside Avenue for a report of an outside fire. When they arrived, they doused the flames coming from a medium-sized trash and discovered what appeared to be human remains.
Two hours later, the state medical examiner confirmed the presence of burnt, human remains.
Stafford County, Va. –– Get ready for some road closures and detours.
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Last weekend’s clean up of the Neabsco Creek was a huge success, organizers say.
At least 60 people put on gloves and got dirty cleaning up some of the trash and undesired items that washed along the shore line of the creek in Woodbridge which empties into the Potomac River.
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Prince William County taxpayers are renting 370 spaces from the church at Prince William Parkway and Minnieville Road for $289,000 per year.
Transportation officials made the deal last month to rent the lot after Potomac Mills mall reduced commuter parking there from 1,000 spaces to 250.
Virginia Railway Express riders will soon be able to take Amtrak for less.
Beginning May 2, riders will be able to purchase an Amtrak Step-up ticket for $5, which is half of the current ticket cost. The reduced fares should alleviate crowding on the transit system that last month experienced record ridership, said VRE CEO Dale Zehner.
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Fairfax County police this morning said a 32-year-old man was driving a Fastran shuttle bus on northbound U.S. 1 near Ft. Belvoir about 4 p.m. Monday when four cars in front of him slowed for a traffic light at Fairfax County Parkway.
The driver told police he did not see the light or the slowing cars and hit a 1995 Toyota Celica, said Fairfax police spokeswoman Shelly Broderick.
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Two public school teachers in the Potomac Communities are taking home top honors from the Washington Post.
Maryann O’Brien, special education teacher at Forest Park High School and David Vita, music teacher at Anne E. Moncure Elementary, are among two teachers being honored this year as Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher of the Year award recipients.
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