Virginia Transportation officials announced upcoming changes to the HOV lanes on Interstate 95.
Starting Aug. 5, they’ll close to northbound drivers an hour earlier in the mornings and open to southbound drivers one hour earlier each weekday.
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![Cpl. Richard Buster, Chief John Clair, Officer Paul Moriarty of the Quantico Police Department. [Submitted photo]](https://www.potomaclocal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/073113-quantico.jpg)
QUANTICO, Va. — It’s a new day for the Quantico Police Department, and its new chief has just passed the 100-day mark on the job.
He’s been made some changes.
![Now at the height of construction, a paving crew working on the 95 Express Lanes at Quantico uses a GPS assisted paving machine to lay the first new layers of asphalt. [Photo: Uriah Kiser / Potomac Local News]](https://www.potomaclocal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/073013-express-08-600x362.jpg)
The first layers of new pavement for the 95 Express Lanes Project are on the ground. And with them comes a mean season for summer drivers.
New asphalt lies in the median of Interstate 95 at Quantico and in northern Stafford County, where there once was no road. It’s part of what will be 29 miles of new highway, or the tolled 95 Express Lanes, that when complete in late 2014, will seamlessly connect with similar lanes on the Capital Beltway from Springfield to Dulles Toll Road.
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STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — Authorities an infant died in the care of his babysitter.
Stafford County sheriff’s deputies were called to 1103 Providence Street in in south Stafford on July 13. Fire and rescue crews were already called there after a small child had reportedly fallen.
MANASSAS, Va. — In Manassas, it’s never too early to start thinking about Christmas.
On July 25, several came to the city’s Old Town for “Christmas in July” to benefit the Untrim-A-Tree program, which, each year, pairs toys with needy children in Prince William County and the Greater Manassas area.
NOKESVILLE, Va. — On Aden Road in Prince William County’s Nokesville area, construction crews will be back at it in an effort to replace a bridge along the two-lane road.
More in a press release from VDOT:
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This past weekend, the Manassas BATtle 7-year old baseball team won the Varina Youth Sports Invitational Tournament.
Their championship was two weeks in the making, as Manassas traveled to the Richmond area two weeks prior only to have the tournament completely rained out.
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STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — It’s a small store and deli with a lot to offer.
The “By the River Convenience Store and Cafe” is one of the few stops found along rural Brooke Road in Stafford County. It takes it’s name after its location, by the Potomac River and the Aquia Landing county park.
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Update 8 p.m.
Three of the four men injured riding on a firetruck when it flipped onto its side while on the way to a fire scene are released from the hospital, according to Stafford fire and rescue.