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Georgetown South Early Head Start Top in State

By Potomac Local News
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MANASSAS, Va. — Georgetown South Early Head Start Child Development Center is the first center in the state to earn Virginia Star Quality Initiative’s highest star rating of five stars. Georgetown South, located in Manassas, Virginia, is a program of the Northern Virginia Family Services organization. Georgetown South and NVFS have been working with The Early Childhood Partnership, a non-profit early care and education organization that manages a VSQI Star Grant, to provide centers and programs with support during and after the rating process.

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Dumfries Woman Wins $150,000 in Scratch-Off Game

By Potomac Local News
Sandra Vasquez of Dumfries won $150,000 in the Virginia Lottery’s $150 Grand game. [Submitted photo]

WOODBRIDGE, Va. – A Dumfries woman is $150,000 richer this today after winning big with a scratch game. Virginia Lottery officials say there are still two more top prizes yet to be claimed.

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New Public Access TV Channel Aims to Serve Stafford

By Stephanie Tipple

STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — A group of area residents have formed a non-profit public access channel, Central Virginia Public Access Television Corp (CVTV), that will cover Stafford and Spotsylvania County. It will launch this summer.

Run by Charles Thomas and Michele Trampe, the channel will showcase 24 hours of original programming a week.

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Carnival Ready for the Weekend

By Potomac Local News
[Photo: Uriah Kiser / Potomac Local News]

WOODBRIDGE, Va. – It might not have felt like spring these past few days, in the parking lot of Gar-Field Senior High School, it’s going to look like it.

The carnival is back in town starting today through Sunday, and it’s ran by Amusements of America, whose employees spent much of Thursday afternoon getting ready for weekend business.

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Dumfries’ Ginn Park Grand Opening April 6

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Dumfries Mayor Gerald Foreman, and Councilmembers Kristen Forrester and Gwen Washington, and Vice Mayor Willie J. Toney break ground on Ginn Park on Graham Park Road. (Submitted)

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On Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 2 p.m., the Town of Dumfries will be celebrating the grand opening of Ginn Memorial Park, located at 3876 Graham Park Road in Dumfries.

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Belmont Bay’s Osprey’s Restaurant Ceasing Regular Operation

By Potomac Local News

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — The Easter Brunch at Osprey’s Restaurant will mark the final chapter in a sort of part two for the only eatery in Belmont Bay.

Executive Chef T.J. Fisher says the restaurant nestled inside of a golf club among high rise residential homes overlooking the Occoquan River will no longer be open to the public when it closes Sunday. Afterward, the restaurant will only be used by private caterers during special events like parties and weddings.

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