North Stafford, Va. — The race for a fitter, leaner Potomac Communities kicked off Saturday with North Stafford Rotary Club’s Fitness Challenge 2012.
About 200 contestants came to North Stafford High School to be weighed in and to have their percentage for body fat measured, all competing for the chance to win $1,000, a trip to the Bahamas, as well as other prizes.
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Burger King delivers
The Washington Post reports, for some, the Burger King news essentially signaled the end of America as a global power.
Virginia GOP wants party registration
Virginia Republicans dropped their plans to have voters sign loyalty oaths before they are allowed to cast ballots in the March 6 primary, but now the party wants to overturn a century-old practice and start requiring voters to register by political party, reports the Washington Examiner.
WGRQ plays classic rock on 95.9 FM, and WGRX plays country music on 104.5 FM, and the company that owns them both, Telemedia Broadcasting, wants to move its transmitter from King George County to southern Stafford County.
The newly proposed tower would stand 480 feet tall, just 75 feet shorter the Washington Monument in the nation’s capital, and would be located at 494 Hollywood Farm Road – a rural area of Stafford County.
“We’re well on our way to a million customers signing up for the most convenient and cheapest way to receive decal and license renewal alerts,” said DMV Commissioner Richard D. Holcomb. “We applaud these Virginians for helping to save the Commonwealth money and resources.”
The 750,000 customers who are no longer receiving paper reminders via U.S. mail will save the state $442,000. Each piece of U.S. mail not processed by DMV saves 59 cents in printing, processing and postage fees.
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Stafford, Va. — Veterans on Tuesday took advantage of free services provided to them at the Stafford County Government Center.
The Rural Health Initiative team from McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond brought their Mobile Vet Center program to the Potomac Communities.
Daughter admits to killing mother
A Stafford teenager who killed her mother during a planned execution last year pleaded guilty to first-degree murder today, reports Fredericksburg.com.
Search for missing college students goes online
Relatives and friends of a Virginia college student who vanished in New York City have been scouring the two states for clues about his disappearance — and taking their search online, reports the Washington Examiner.
In a year when state parks across Virginia saw near record attendance, and hosted more overnight campers than any other year in their 75-year history, park officials are taking a bow.
“Hurricanes and tornados briefly closed a number of parks, in some cases for several weeks, and yet our daily attendance was the second highest in history, only a modest decline from 2010,” said Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation State Parks Director Joe Elton in an email statement. “In fact, our daily attendance increased in nearly half of our 35 parks. Virginia State Parks remain a primary vacation destination for millions of people looking for affordable opportunities to enjoy Virginia’s great outdoors.”
Dumfries, Va. — A driving force behind the Democratic Party in Prince William County passed away Sunday.
Kevin English, who was active in the Prince William County Democratic Party for 38 years and a former Dumfries Town Council member, died in his real estate office in Dumfries from a massive heart attack, Democratic sources said.
