On Friday, January 13, 2012 at 9:00 a.m., the Department of Fire and Rescue held a graduation ceremony for Recruit Class 2011-2. The ceremony was held at the Hylton Performing Arts Center, 10960 George Mason Circle, Manassas, Virginia. Battalion Chief John Petrie presided over the ceremony.
Class 2011-2 consisted of 18 individuals who have successfully completed 24 weeks of rigorous academic and physical training at the Department’s Public Safety Training Center in Nokesville, Virginia.
The year that was, 2011, was a momentous one for the U.S. intelligence community. The 17 agencies that are part of it had their share of public successes and failures, just like in any year. But 2011 was noteworthy because many of the events our intelligence professionals dealt with will affect how we engage the world for years to come.
Usama bin Laden’s death in May, and the subsequent death of the American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, both in intelligence-driven operations, dealt severe blows to the al Qaeda terrorist franchise. Although that group has certainly not been eliminated, it has been, at least for now, marginalized.
Times-Dispatch comments on new tone in Va. Senate
Nobody expects state Democrats to be happy they got trounced in the November elections. But their vituperation at the opening of the General Assembly session reveals an ugly side of a party that likes to consider itself kinder and gentler than the opposition, the Richmond Times-Dispatch opines.
Vet treats fatal bald eagle
An adult bald eagle found in Prince William County on Jan. 10, near Route 234 (between Manassas and Dumfries), was taken to Village Veterinary Clinic in Burke, reported the Augusta Free Press.
Metro and High Speed Rail have become much talked about options to help commuter in the Potomac Communities out of gridlock. Which do you think is a better option?
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By Uriah Kiser
Photos By Mary Davidson
Woodbridge, Va. — They’re lewd, they’re loud, and they call themselves the biggest midgets and dwarves in all of pro wrestling.
Stafford, Va. — One man faces charges in connection to a series of burglaries at churches in Stafford County, and some of the stolen items were found in Dumfries.
Detectives in Stafford developed the identify of a suspect thought to be connected to burglaries at the Ebenezer United Methodist, Ramoth Baptist, and North Stafford Church of Christ. On Wednesday, investigators went to an abandoned home on Harris Lane in Stafford where the suspect was believed to be staying and found the suspect had been living in a shed on the property, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
Food Lion will make a return to the Potomac Communities soon, so we want to know will miss the Bloom and Bottom Dollar stores which will be converted back to Food Lion stores?
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Marshall runs against Allen
Del. Bob Marshall said Thursday he will run for Virginia’s open U.S. Senate seat, adding another candidate to the mix of Republicans challenging frontrunner George Allen for the party’s nomination, the Washington Examiner reports.
23-year-old running for mayor
Young entrepreneur Ryan Bullock has become the third candidate to announce a campaign for Fredericksburg’s mayoral office in the upcoming May municipal elections, reports Patch.com
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA . . . The Prince William County Criminal Justice Academy Basic Law Enforcement 30th Session graduated on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, at 10 a.m. at the Hylton Performing Arts Center, 10960 George Mason Circle, in the Manassas area. This class was comprised of 26 Prince William County Police officers and one Prince William County Sheriff’s deputy.
The 27 men and women completed a 24-week course of training in all aspects of police work, including classes in firearms, use-of-force decision making, driver training, legal training, patrol techniques, criminal investigation and crash investigation. The graduating law enforcement personnel are listed below, and brief biographies of each graduate follow:
