Woodbridge, Va. — BMX riders will descend on Woodbridge this weekend for the Virginia State Championship Series Qualifier.
The action will take place behind Richard G. Pfitzner Stadium at the NOVA BMX Park Authority Track, where more than 140 riders are expected to race, said fellow and Prince William School Board member Lisa Bell.
Stafford, Va. — Friends and family of the late 17-year-old Ali Wahdan, a rising senior at Stafford High School and #71 on the school’s football team, rode in procession in his honor Thursday night.
Move over pastor, the comedian is coming to the pulpit.
“Of course God has a sense of humor” quipped Pastor Matt Meisenhelter, “just look at me.” Standing as tall and broad as any NFL linebacker, but with a face more like a teddy bear, Meisenhelter is the leader of the new Spirit and Life Church in Montclair, which currently meets at Forest Park High School. This Sunday, however, “Pastor Matt” will be stepping down and letting Comedian Ron McGehee take the mic. McGehee was a semi-finalist on NBC’s “Last Comic Standing” and has also appeared on Comedy Central and written for Jimmy Kimmel, but his humor on Sunday will have a decidedly Christian twist.
As we remember the thousands lost on 9/11, and the tough, terrible sacrifices made by U.S. service members in the years to follow, 230 years ago people in our area were making terrible sacrifices of their own.
In 1781 the American Revolution was in its sixth year. By this time in September, General George Washington and his French counterpart, General Rochambeau, had just left Mount Vernon for Yorktown, where they hoped to lay siege to British and Hessian forces encamped there.
North Stafford, Va. — Conditions at two homes now victims of a landslide have gotten progressively worse.
On Saturday, two families were evacuated from their homes at 116 and 118 Brush Everard Court in North Stafford’s Austin Ridge neighborhood after the ground behind their home began to shift. Now, the ground has slid about 100 feet from where it was before, and those who evacuated still have not returned home, said Stafford fire and rescue spokesman Mark Doyle.
Looking for something to do on Oct. 1? There’s a festival going on along the Potomac River.
On October 1, the Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge will be the scene of the second annual Fall Festival sponsored by the Friends of the Potomac River Refuges. Special guests will include native plants, birds, butterflies and other wildlife. There is no admission charge and all activities are free!
Shannon Bream has made a successful TV career for her herself since she was Miss Virginia, working at WRC-TV in Washington and now FOX News Channel.
Though her job may take her to many spots around the nation to cover breaking news stories, Bream always comes back to Woodbridge to eat her favorite barbeque at Dixie Bones Barbeque on Occoquan Road, according to Northern Virginia Magazine.
The residents of the houses at 116 and 118 Brush Everard Court called 911 to report the ground outside their home had shifted. Fire crews later found the retaining walls had failed and that there had been a significant shift in the ground, said Stafford fire and rescue spokesman Mark Doyle.
Occupants in both homes were relocated and did not need assistance from the Red Cross, said Doyle.
Photos by: Mary Davidson
Stafford, Va. — The bell tolled for not only for firefighters in Stafford County on Sunday, but for first responders across the U.S. both currently serving and those who died in terrorist attacks 10-years ago to the day.
