By ANNIE BLEWETT
Farmer’s Market Coordinator
Many of my favorite memories with family and friends involve food.
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TRIANGLE, Va. — Virginia Army National Guard Specialist David J. Stanford, of Triangle, is heading onward to his first year at West Point United States Military Academy, starting this July.
In June 2012, the Virginia Army National Guard’s 29th Infantry Division had one of its Infantrymen (who had deployed to Iraq with the Virginia Army National Guard in 2011, reassigned to the United States Military Academy Preparatory School (USMAPS) at West Point. It was a long, challenging academic year, and not every Soldier assigned to USMAPS had what it takes to move upward and onward to West Point at the end of their year, Stanford’s father, Dan, who is deployed in Afghanistan, told Potomac Local News in an email.
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Weight Watchers is pleased to announce that Becky Spray of Manassas has been awarded the Jean Nidetch Service Vision Leader of the Year Award. This recognition, named for the founder of Weight Watchers, is awarded annually to one outstanding leader in each region who embodies the core philosophy of exceptional customer care. It is meant to recognize the leader who continually strives to ensure that members feel motivated to succeed, part of the group, cared for and well informed.
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Opening on June 1 and on exhibit until June 30, the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton will showcase an exhibition by artists, Kathy Strauss and Maria Bennett Hock. Their show, Weddings & Destinations celebrates brides, the wedding process and all of the sights & sounds a couple can see on their honeymoon. Maria’s traditional oil painting & Kathy’s photography integrate various antique techniques with modern digital methods. The result is a bright combination of artistic expressions that celebrate all of the happenings of a wedding.
The region is under a dense fog advisory from the National Weather Service.
Until 10 a.m., visibilities are expected to stay at a quarter a mile or less.
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QUANTICO, Va. — There will be loud noises coming from Quantico Middle/High School tomorrow.
The Marine Corps base of the same name on which it sits and emergency first responders scheduled an active shooter drill beginning at noon. Quantico officials warn the exercise is only a drill, and asked residents not be alarmed.
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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — It was report card day for legislators at a breakfast hosted by the Prince William Chamber of Commerce.
The business organization on Wednesday doled out scorecards, giving elected officials who represent the county in Richmond both high and low marks on bills they supported or opposed, with the outcomes of the of bills impacting business owners and some 2,000 Chamber members.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — A portion of Minnieville Road in Prince William County is one step closer to becoming wider.
County leaders approved a measure to give $1.5 million to Rinker Design Associates to provide plans widen a two-lane portion of the road between Va. 234 and Spriggs Road to four lanes. With the majority of the road – which connects Va. 234 and Old Bridge Road in Lake Ridge – already four lanes, this is the last portion of the roadway that is set for widening.