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This week brought the terrible news from Afghanistan that 30 American and seven Afghan service members, along with their Afghan interpreter, had perished when their Chinook helicopter was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade. The dead included members of Army, Air Force and Navy special operations units, with 22 of them being from SEAL Team 6, the unit credited with killing Osama bin Laden.

They were on their way to support a unit of Army Rangers that were engaging the Taliban in the Tangi Valley of Afghanistan’s Wardak Province.

Woodbridge, Va. — If there is one person who has grown with the new Potomac Communities, it’s Carlos Castro.

Castro opened the first Todos Supermarket in Woodbridge more than 20-years ago, catering to a growing Hispanic population.

The Greater Prince William Community Health Center in Woodbridge will celebrate National Community Health Center Week with free screenings and health seminars.

Info about all of the activities can be found by clicking here.

Police Chief Charlie T. Deane is pleased announce the following promotions of sworn staff:

First Sergeant Javid C. Elahi to Lieutenant

With the stroke of a pen on Tuesday, President Obama capped months of contentious wrangling over both the national debt and how the federal government spends its money. As is typical of many compromises, this one did not really satisfy anyone.

The result is that many of the hard decisions needed to truly get our fiscal house in order have been deferred to a later time. In this case, that later time is Thanksgiving, when a “super-committee” composed equally of House and Senate members, Republicans and Democrats, is to make recommendations on where to cut the budget to bring it in line with the $1.5 trillion in cuts the new law calls for. If the “super-committee” can’t agree on where to make those cuts, then they will be made automatically, 50 percent from the “security” side (which includes Defense spending) and 50 percent from entitlements (like Medicare).

Harbor Station gets a buyer
It appears the long time on again off again Harbor Station development is back on track.

The Washington Business Journal reports the area outside Dumfries along the Potomac River, on the Cherry Hill Peninsula, has been acquired by California-based development firm SunCal.