The number of customers without power in our area following this week’s snow and ice is falling.
NOVEC outages as of 11 a.m.
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CCAA Events, players from the Washington Redskins, and Guy Lambert of WPGC-FM, have pledged to donate all collected unwrapped toys (for both girls and boys) and/or gift cards to assist the following organizations at Christ New Birth Church of Woodbridge.
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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Left over money – some $3.1 million of it – will go to benefit children, their parents, and area sports leagues who called for better playing fields in Prince William County.
A list of field improvements to be paid for with surplus unbudgeted tax money, called carryover funds, was approved by county leaders Tuesday night. Sports league members, children, and their parents sitting the audience at the government center applauded after the new fields were approved.
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Too fast, too soon for underground power lines? — One Prince William County leader says his Board moved too soon on a decision to bury power lines along U.S. 1 in Woodbridge. [Prince William Times]
Newspaper delivery man charged with stealing mail — A Washington Post employee was charged with the theft of $100,000 in mail from residents along his Haymarket route.. [D.C. Crime Stories]
Manassas, Woodbridge train stations to also serve as drop off sites Dec. 14
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Riders who use Virginia Railway Express are urged to bring a new unwrapped toy with them tomorrow to the train station.
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MANASSAS, Va. — A woman with a medical condition went missing while on her way to a doctor’s appointment.
A Fairfax County Democrat is making a run for Congressman Frank Wolf’s seat in Virginia’s 10th Congressional District.
Fairfax County Supervisor John Foust, representing the Dranesville District, has challenge and the Republican Wolf for a seat he has held since 1981.
And just like that, the winter storm that could have dumped two to four inches of snow on the area seemed to fizzle.
A winter storm warning in place for Prince William, Greater Manassas, and much of the Washington metro area was replaced by a winter weather advisory. The revised forecast called for one to three inches of snow.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — The Prince William Health District on Saturday will provide free flu shots at the locally-owned Todos Supermarket Woodbridge.
Here’s more in a press release:
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Leaders vs. leaders — The Virginia General Assembly will convene its 2014 session in Richmond on Jan. 8, and the Prince William Board of County Supervisors recently adopted an agenda of items they will ask of the County’s Delegation to the General Assembly. [Prince William County Government]
Run ’em underground — Part of the clutter marring the overhead scenery along U.S. 1 in Woodbridge– about 80 aging utility poles – will be removed in coming months, thanks to a Prince William County Board of Supervisors’ decision this week.. [InsideNova.com]