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LAKE RIDGE, Va. — Coping with Alzheimer’s disease can be difficult, so that’s why an area senior citizens home wants to help families recognize the signs of the disease.
A special seminar will be held at the Westminster of Lake Ridge where the top 10 warning signs of Alzheimer’s will be discussed.
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Prince William County
FROM POLICE REPORTS
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — The overall number of bus passengers on Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission services fell by 2 percent in 2012.
Transit officials at PRTC – which provides OmniRide commuter, OmniLink local, and Metro Direct bus services for Prince William, Manassas, and Manassas Park – compared ridership numbers with those logged in 2011 and found the decrease.
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DUMFRIES, Va. — Eight families were displaced late Monday night after a pipe burst at an emergency shelter in Dumfries.
Fire and rescue crews, and a Prince William fire marshal were called to the ACTS Emergency Homeless Shelter on U.S. 1 about 10 a.m. Initally, crews were called to investigate a report of a smoke but they arrived to find water all over the facility’s floor and sopping wet carpets.
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Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg invites the community to dance in the streets in February.
The hospital based in Fredericksburg will hold two “Day of Dance for Your Heart Health” events – one at Spotsylvania Towne Centre and the other at Potomac Mills mall.
Mom on the Run
DUMFRIES, Va. — Michael Futrell laid it out on the table: residents in Prince William and Stafford counties are concerned about traffic, schools, and their quality of life.
The Democrat held a campaign kick-off at the General Heiser Branch of the Boys and Girls Club in Dumfries Sunday night. He is running to unseat Mark Dudenhefer, R-Stafford, Woodbridge in the Virginia General Assembly’s 2nd District.
WHITNEY SPICER
Capital News Service
RICHMOND, Va. – Ten members of the Virginia House of Delegates have written a joint letter to the state’s congressional delegation, urging the federal legislators to join in opposing VDOT’s plans to charge tolls on Interstate 95.
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