By STEFFANIE ATKINS
Capital News Service
RICHMOND,Va. – Gov. Bob McDonnell on Monday proposed amending legislation to put a moratorium on the use of drone technology in Virginia until 2015.
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STAFFORD, Va. – Local bakery, The Icing, has recently been awarded three major designations within the wedding industry. The Icing was named the best wedding cake bakery in the 2013 Wedding Professionals Edition of Virginia Bride, an honor given to only one bakery in the entire state. The Icing also snagged best wedding cakes by The Knot’s Best of Weddings and Bride’s choice from Wedding Wire. The awards come at the same time that the bakery was chosen to create Miss America, Caressa Cameron’s December wedding.
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Brooke Point High School students dressed in Blue on March 1 for National dress in Blue day for Colon Cancer Awareness. Freshman Danielle Cornwell, whose father battled with stage IV colon cancer, is leading the charge at her school this March along with the school’s Learn & Serve program.
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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — The Merrimac Farm Master Naturalist Program, beginning on May 23, is a fun way to learn about nature close to home and meet new friends.
MANASSAS, Va. — Aradia Fitness is proud to announce the opening of its new location in Virginia. The studio, located at 9705 Liberia Avenue, is on the 3rd floor of the Gold’s Gym building in Manassas. With over 12 studios across the US and Canada, Aradia Fitness is North America’s largest pole dancing and sensual movement company. Since its inception in 2003, Aradia Fitness has taught thousands of women the art of pole dancing.
“I am thrilled to open this studio,” said Aradia Fitness NOVA owner, Melissa Rose. “I’ve been teaching pole dance over five years and researched several different companies before deciding to partner with Aradia. They have a fantastic program that focuses on building strength and making pole dance fitness accessible to the everyday woman.”
By KEITH WALKER
For Potomac Local News
NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — People are starting to look at future improvements to U.S. 1 between Joplin Road in Prince William County to Russell Road in Stafford County.
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By URIAH KISER
Sitting at his desk on a snowy late March morning, Dumfries Police Chief Robert Forker answers a phone call. He, and is second in command Capt. Rebecca Edwards, are the only ones in the office this morning because their two-person front office staff is contending with a minor bout of the flu.
A 9-year-old Dumfries boy was suspended for two days after making threats against a girl — but due to budget cuts, he’s missed more than a month of school.
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By MARY DAVIDSON
Senior Photographer
My parents were born in Massachusetts, so if I trust anyone’s prediction of potential snow fall amounts, it would be theirs.
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LORTON, Va. — Interstate 95 at mile post 163 166 near Lorton will close at midnight so crews can restring power lines.
Here’s the latest from the Virginia Department of Transportation: