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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Where have all the young people gone?
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Coffee, java, wake-up juice – whatever you call it, you can get a free cup of it at McDonalds on Monday.
The fast-food chain will offer free small cups of coffee between March 31 and April 13 as part of its first national Free Coffee Event. Customers need only go to a McDonalds restaurant during normal breakfast hours to receive their free cup of McCafe coffee at participating restaurants.
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MANASSAS, Va. — A Dollar General store in Manassas is expected to close its doors by the end of the month.
The store is located in the Davis Ford Shopping Center next to a new LA Fitness gym that recently opened at the intersection of Prince William Parkway and Wellington Liberia Avenue in Manassas.
Things are changing in the world of physical therapy. With a new federal healthcare law and efforts underway to expand Medicare coverage in Virginia, it’s impossible to know now how much the medical landscape will change.
Since 2006, Advantage Physical Therapy in Gainesville has been assisting injured people back to heath. Mostly outpatient physical therapy, the center treats back pain, troubled shoulders, joints, and basic head-to-toe rehabilitation cases.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Cowles Nissan will not only be getting a face lift, it’ll get a whole new building.
The auto dealership sits on U.S. 1 in Woodbridge, between Delaware Drive and Maryland Avenue, in front of a town home development and two apartment complexes.
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DUMFRIES, Va. — The Dumfries Business Association is expected to elect new leadership in February.
The association made up of business owners is expected to elect Chris Caldwell, owner of Dumfries-based Caldwell Consultants technology firm, as its new president. Caldwell is the only candidate on the ballot as of today and, if elected, will replace Rodney Cahow of Commutations in Action as the DBA President, who was previously appointed to the job.
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It’s the merging of technical skills with people, and if it works, a Prince William-based consultant plans to grow in 2014.
Peggy Kimmey is the sole employee of Kimmey Training and Consulting, which works with small business owners and their sales staff to help them learn how to be more efficient communicators. It’s something she’s done professionally since 2005 after leaving a job as a computer programmer.
DUMFRIES, Va. — Customers at Virginia Commerce Bank will notice their financial institution’s new name on Feb. 1.
The bank, with locations in Prince William, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Fredericksburg, was acquired last year by United Bankshares, Inc. of Charleston, WVa.
NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — Sears is shutting its doors in Stafford.
The retailer will close its Home Appliance Showroom in the Stafford Marketplace. No closing date has been announced, according to a floor salesperson.
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NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — The Medical Center of Stafford has changed has a new owner.
Woodbridge-based Cardinal Medicine purchased the center on Va. 610 in North Stafford this month from Mary Washington Healthcare, owners of Stafford Hospital (not impacted by the sale) and Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg.