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Obituaries

Helen Newhouse

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Helen Coffey Newhouse, 75, of Dale CIty, VA, passed away peacefully on Feb. 6, surrounded by her family.

Helen is survived by her loving husband Jerry Newhouse, mother Dorothy Alexander, sons Todd Cullop (wife Jamie) and Eric Cullop, stepdaughter Cora Newhouse (husband Steve Kuss), sisters Sharon Coffey and Sheila Ladd (husband John), brothers Larry Coffey (wife Judy), Drew Coffey, grandchildren Eric Cullop Jr. (Kayla Childs), Ashley Laney, Brady Cullop, Cash Cullop, Megan Newhouse, Ashley Newhouse, Kristina Kuss, Austin Kuss, and great-grandchildren Eric Cullop III and Kristina Cullop.

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Obituaries

Arthur Spadafora

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Arthur R. Spadafora, 98, of Woodbridge VA passed away peacefully at home on January 24th, 2021 with his family by his side.  Arthur was born in 1922 to Pietro and Concetta Spadafora as the youngest of their 4 children.  He had one brother and 2 sisters all whom proceeded him in death.

Born and raised in the Bronx NY, he had many stories of life during the depression.  He spoke about getting ice for the icebox, his various jobs like the fruit stand, and hanging out with his friends.  They were all either playing stickball, hanging out on the street corner, or in the alley playing with baseball cards.  Baseball was his favorite sport throughout life and stickball was his favorite sport to play.  They would even play games against other neighboring teams.  When he played stickball they only had one ball between all of them and they used a broomstick as a bat.  From stickball grew his love for baseball.  He grew up as an avid NY Yankee fan and remembered seeing many famous players play like Lou Gehrig, Whitey Ford and Babe Ruth.  He always enjoyed watching his grandsons play and went to all their games. He was what seemed like a permanent fixture along the fence cheering them on as they came up to bat.

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Volunteer opportunities in our area: Medical Reserve Corps and more

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[Photo: Habitat for Humanity Prince William County]

Greetings, Prince William – Boxes of Basics, a nonprofit located in Manassas, needs volunteer delivery drivers to deliver boxes of children’s clothing to their partners for distribution to families.  Just a few hours of your time will help provide vulnerable children in our community with the warm clothing they need!  Please email [email protected] to learn more.

Non-COVID-19 Opportunities:

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News

Traffic shift expected Monday at Potomac Creek Bridge

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Construction is progressing on a project to replace the Route 1 bridge over Potomac Creek in Stafford County, and northbound drivers can expect a slight traffic shift in the work zone beginning Monday, Feb. 15.

Both northbound travel lanes will remain open. But as construction enters the next phase, northbound traffic will be shifted around 20 feet to the right to cross Potomac Creek. This shift allows crews to build the northbound lanes on the new bridge.

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Virginia hospitals give more than 435,000 vaccines, 37% more than last week

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A Prince William County Public Schools teacher receives a coronavirus vaccination at Unity Reed High School outside Manassas. [Uriah Kiser/PLN]

Virginia hospitals have administered 435,358 doses of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines in the time since the Commonwealth received the first shipment of doses in mid-December. The current figure reflects doses administered by hospitals as of Tuesday, Feb. 2 and it represents a 37 percent increase from the more than 317,000 administered doses reported by VHHA last week. VHHA will continue to provide weekly vaccination updates, which will be available on the Virginia Hospital COVID-19 Dashboard.

Progress on vaccine administration in Virginia is contingent on a steady, predictable supply of doses available to hospitals and other health care providers participating in the vaccination effort. Federal government officials have indicated that the Commonwealth can expect to receive roughly 100,000 vaccine first doses per week for the foreseeable future, though the Biden Administration has indicated it plans to boost weekly vaccine distribution to about 122,000 doses per week.

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