At that time you can request free cleanup supplies to help keep your community clean.
Visit our site at www.pwcleancouncil.org or contact Kayne Karnbach at (571) 285-3772 or via email to request trash bags, gloves, and give a ways to make your cleanup a success.
As a mother, I’ve watched with disgust as the number of local teachers accused of child molestation has risen over the last year. Everyone deserves to be innocent until proven guilty, even if we’re reporting on them, though, which is why it’s even more disguising how badly one of those accused teachers is being treated, even after being acquitted in only 45 minutes.
When I read an update on the Sean Lanigan case in the Washington Post this week and I felt terrible for the man. Having accusations of sexual abuse thrown at you is no small matter, and for a teacher it’s even more intense. Fired, reinstated, put on leave, Lanigan has suffered professionally. Google his name and your top hit is a “bad teacher” website. His personal reputation is ruined. Financially he spent $125,000 defending himself in a case that never should have come to trial. The idea that he was found innocent in 45 minutes and one of the jurors cried in sympathy while delivering the verdict clinches it for me.
Two weeks ago, my family and I vacationed on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, and we feel very lucky not to be there last week as Hurricane Irene came barreling up the coast.
While we were there, we enjoyed seeing the wild horses that inhabit the islands come by to graze, but when two stallions decided to put on a free show it was icing on the cake.
Photos by: KJ Mushung
Despite the gates to Government Island being closed and locked, there were dozens of people along Aquia Creek, on the foot-bridges and on the island itself in North Stafford on Sunday afternoon taking advantage of the pleasant post-hurricane weather.
Hurricane Irene brought a soaking rain, downed trees and power outages to the Potomac Communities.
Julie Bohn lives along the Occoquan River at the town that shares the same name. Though two tree limbs fell into her yard due to high winds during the height of the storm, she was happy things did not get as bad as they could have.
Update 11 a.m.
Stafford will open its landfill on Eskimo Hill Road until 3 p.m. today so residents can haul away any debris and other refuse materials.
North Stafford, Va. — They said the hurricane was over hyped, that it didn’t live up to its excitement, so they decided to get out the house.
Mainstreet Grill and Bar on Va. 610 in North Stafford was one of the few places busy Saturday night as Hurricane Irene rolled through the Potomac Communities.
Stafford, Va. — When the power went out Saturday night at his home, Michael Campbell knew he had to go somewhere.
He lives on a back road in Stafford County in a wooded area with large trees. Add Hurricane Irene with wind gusts reaching up to 51 mph and soaking rains saturating the ground making the trees more likely to fall, Campbell decided to come to an emergency shelter at Brooke Point High School.
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