By ANGELA POUNDERS
For Potomac Local News
MANASSAS, Va. — One thing is certain: teachers and home-school educators buy a lot of supplies for their students. But there were few local places where educators could go to get what they needed.
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Business
MANASSAS, Va. — Aradia Fitness is proud to announce the opening of its new location in Virginia. The studio, located at 9705 Liberia Avenue, is on the 3rd floor of the Gold’s Gym building in Manassas. With over 12 studios across the US and Canada, Aradia Fitness is North America’s largest pole dancing and sensual movement company. Since its inception in 2003, Aradia Fitness has taught thousands of women the art of pole dancing.
“I am thrilled to open this studio,” said Aradia Fitness NOVA owner, Melissa Rose. “I’ve been teaching pole dance over five years and researched several different companies before deciding to partner with Aradia. They have a fantastic program that focuses on building strength and making pole dance fitness accessible to the everyday woman.”
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By URIAH KISER
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. – A company based in Dublin, Ireland will expand it’s Stafford County headquarters by 350 employees using $150,000 in state and local grant money.
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RICHMOND Va. — A press release sent this evening from the governor’s office means good news for Stafford County as well as nearby residents looking for work.
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GAINESVILLE, Va. — What do you get when you mix the fourth day of the fourth month with 4 o’clock? In Gainesville, it means a new insurance agent is opening her new office.
Carola Salinas has invited area residents for an open house at her new office on Thursday, April 4, at 4 o’clock in the afternoon.
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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — The effort by George Mason University to provide start-up companies with office space in the Woodbridge area will come to an end on Sunday.
The Mason Enterprise Center located in the I-95 Business Park off Golansky Boulevard and Prince William Parkway is shutting its doors. All six people who had offices at the business incubator have been relocated by the owner of the office complex.
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DUMFRIES, Va. — The woman who plans and oversees community events in Dumfries is one of Virginia’s top 10 under 40.
Cydny Neville is the Driector of Community Services in Dumfries and is fresh off planning and executing the town’s Easter Egg Hunt, and is planning for other events in the town including the 4th Annual Multicultural Festival on May 4. But this month she’s been recocnized by the Virginia Leadership Institute, an organization charged with increasing the number of black elected officials in the state.
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DUMFRIES, Va. – And you thought there was no such place as Potomac, Va.? Well, think again.
A new effort underway by Prince William Potomac District (formerly Dumfries District) Supervisor Maureen Caddigan could mean the areas around the Town of Dumrfries, like the adjoining Southbridge and Triangle neighborhoods, could be called Potomac, Va.
MANASSAS, Va. — Prince William County hopes to lure more visitors to the region with a new website at its convention and visitor’s bureau, Discover Prince William and Manassas.
The site, discoverPWM.com, is billed as a one-stop destination for visiting the county and the historic city at its core, Manassas.
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DUMFRIES, Va. — Virginia’s first town has a new sweet spot, and it opened in a familiar roadside location.
Baylor’s Original Soft Serve opened for the first time Sunday on Main Street in the heart of Dumfries’ growing business district, joining a newly built McDonalds restaurant in nearby Triangle Plaza.