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U.S. Navy Band Cruisers to perform at Marine Corps Museum summer concert series

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Photo: The National Museum of the Marine Corps Facebook page

The U.S. Navy Band Cruisers will perform at the National Museum of the Marine Corps.

The band will perform on Thursday, June 30, as part of the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation’s annual summer concert series, composed of eight of the Navy’s most dynamic performers. The Cruisers, formed in 1999, take their name and inspiration from the Navy’s most adaptable and multipurpose ship, the cruiser. The band lives up to its versatile namesake, playing musical genres from jazz to rhythm & blues, classic rock to pop, and their original material as well.

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Banker takes over Manassas ARTfactory as new CEO

By Potomac Local News

The Virginia ARTfactory named Talya Rebecca Conroy as its new executive director.

Conroy recently served as Vice President at United Bank. She will take over management of the ARTfactory on July 1, after 17 years in community banking and finance. She is involved in the community, having served as President of the Manassas Park Education Foundation and Chairman Elect with Project Mend A House.

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Call to Action: Read to a shelter pet, Food Rescue heroes

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Here’s something for the family!  Keep Prince William Beautiful is holding a Cleanup on Thursday, June 30, 4:30pm-6:30pm at Ridgewood Center, 4391 Ridgewood Center Drive, Woodbridge 22192. Please meet in front of the building marked 4391.  Volunteers age 16+ welcome, volunteers under 16 must volunteer with a responsible adult. Cleanup supplies provided.  It’s a wonderful way to start off the July 4 holiday weekend – declare our community’s independence from litter!  Please visit

https://bit.ly/3NkoRdm to register, email [email protected] to learn more.

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School Board to hold first town hall since meetings schedule change

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The Stafford School Board will host its first community listening session after a significant change to its regular meeting schedule.

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Tomorrow: Win free coffee and ice cream for a year

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Dunkin Donuts [Photo by Luca on Unsplash]

Franchisees and Woodbridge-natives Jerome Johnson Sr. and Jr. will host the store’s ribbon-cutting, followed by a check presentation where the business will donate $2,000 to the Hylton Boys and Girls Club in Dale City.

With the Next Gen store design, people who live and work in Woodbridge can run on Dunkin’ faster and more conveniently than ever before. The new Next Gen Combo restaurant offers Woodbridge a first-hand look at Dunkin’s enhanced store experience, with a modern look that provides a fresh, friendly, vibrant, and engaging environment.

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Fentanyl seized after I-95 pursuit, crash near Occoquan

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[Photo: Virginia State Police]

A Woodbridge, Va. man faces multiple charges following a pursuit on Interstate 95 early Sunday, June 26.

At 2:56 a.m., a Virginia State Police trooper attempted to stop a Dodge Charger traveling south on I-95 near Exit 163 for Lorton. The traffic stop was for the license plate being reported stolen from Maryland.

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Plan for supersize Chick-fil-A headed to BOCS on Tuesday

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A new Chick-fil-A could be coming to the Dumfries area.

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FredNats rally to earn split in Salem

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The Fredericksburg Nationals came back in dramatic fashion to split the six-game series in Salem Sunday. The FredNats fell behind 4-0 in the first but rallied to leave with a 7-6 win.

Viandel Pena led the furious comeback effort with three hits and four RBIs, including a game-tying single in the sixth and a go-ahead two-RBI triple in the eighth. Sammy Infante went deep for the 13th time this season. He also picked up his 13th double.

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2nd indecent exposure charge for man tied to Food Lion sex assault

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Police say they arrested a man who secreted bodily fluid on a woman during a brazen sexual assault in a Prince William County grocery store.

On Friday, June 24, at 9:45 a.m., police were called to a Food Lion store at 6306 Hoadly Road in Dale City. A man followed an employee, a 58-year-old woman, around the store. The man had been known to visit the store and had had previous brief encounters with the female employee in the past, police said.

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