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QUANTICO, Va. — The impending furlough of Department of Defense civilians will have an impact on virtually all customer and family services offered aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico.
On May 14, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced the furloughs as a result of the federal budget sequestration that included a $37 billion dollar cut to the DOD budget for the current fiscal year. Letters were sent to civilian employees in late May and early June to inform them of the reduction in work and pay.
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![Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar and Grill still remains largely unfinished in the Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center shopping development. [Uriah Kiser / Potomac Local News]](https://www.potomaclocal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/062513-toby-3.jpg)
Update
While it was later than its anticipated opening at the end of March, Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar and Grill told developers they had planned to open by July 1, said Roadside Development spokesman Jeff Edlestein.
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MANASSAS, Va . — Battalion Chief Todd Lupton of the Manassas Fire Department was honored during a City Council meeting on Monday night. Though Lupton has only been a member of the Manassas team for a little over a year, his contributions are felt throughout the community.
“I would really like to thank everyone in the department,” Lupton said during the ceremony. “Receiving such an award is very humbling, but this has really been a group effort.”
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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — The Hagerstown Suns may relocate to Fredericksburg, and that doesn’t bother the Potomac Nationals one bit.
Potomac Nationals owner Art Silber said his team pulls fans from Prince William and Fairfax counties, and the prospect of Fredericksburg having a team just 26 miles away from his will not be a problem, Frederickburg.com reports.
My beloved dog Sophi couldn’t be a better pet, except when I open the kitchen windows.
Then and only then does she start barking uncontrollably. I have not figured out why she does this, but I have found a cure. If I am cooking something that usually causes my stove to smoke and I need to air out the kitchen, (it happens more often than I care to say) Sophi alerts the whole neighborhood.
MANASSAS, Va. – The Flory Small Business Center, Inc. continues to offer free workshops to entrepreneurs that are in the start-up phase of their business. The next Start-Up workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, July 5 in Manassas.
A light, continental breakfast is available at 8:30 a.m. The same workshop will be offered on Saturday, August 10 Gainesville. Attendance is free but pre-registration is required to insure adequate materials. Call the Flory Center to pre-register – 703-335-2500.
DALE CITY, Va. — A police detective was hit by a car after witnessing a drug deal in Dale City, police said.
It happened at a 7-Eleven store at 7001 Dale Boulevard,near Hoadly Road, on Friday. Detectives from Prince William police’s Street Crimes Unit witnesses a drug transaction in the parking lot pf o o f the store between the driver of a car and another person. When the detective approached the car, the driver put the car into reverse and backed it up, then stopped, said Prince William police spokesman Jonathan Perok.
Both Stafford and Prince William counties have made their pitches to become the next home for the FBI’s national headquarters.
In a recent letter from Prince William County Board of Supervisors Corey Stewart, the developing Potomac Shores neighborhood — with a planned Virginia Railway Express station — was dubbed a good location for the federal agency.
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![Public works crews oversee the transfer of steel beams that once were apart of the World Trade Center from a flatbed truck to a flat surface at the Prince William County Government Center. [Uriah Kiser / Potomac Local News]](https://www.potomaclocal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/062413-wtc-seel-04a.jpg)
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Steel beams from the ill-fated World Trade Center made the return trip to the Prince William County Government Center on Monday.
Two years after a special ceremony was held at the government enter in Woodbridge heralding the arrival of the beams, the steel was placed on the Sean T. Connaughton Plaza where they will be preserved with an epoxy sealant for use in a permanent memorial on the nearby grounds.