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Friday is the kickoff for a new event at Mt. Vernon called “Sunset Celebration”. This family-friendly event will include evening tours, period music and dancing, wagon rides, lantern-lit tours and visits with Lady Washington and her granddaughter.
Saturday, Cranford United Methodist Church in Lorton will host their annual Strawberry Festival and invites the community to come out and enjoy the festivities. Further south, Ferry Farm, George Washington’s boyhood home, will be having a Memorial Day Civil War event.
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Police say someone broke into the high school on Old Bridge Road in Lake Ridge between 1:25 and 2:30 a.m. Saturday and sprayed fire extinguishers, poor liquids on floors and glued coins to door locks.
On Thursday, police say they’ve arrested the culprits behind the vandalism.
The killing of Usama bin Laden has had a profound effect on the War on Terror. The news of his demise was trumpeted around the world and everyone had an opinion about the event and about Usama bin Laden himself.
For the War on Terror, bin Laden’s death may indeed prove to be a turning point – a symbolic blow to al Qaeda that might be this generation’s equivalent of the D-Day Invasion of Normandy.
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Beginning this week, the largest cable company in the nation began requiring customers in Prince William and Stafford counties to get digital set top boxes to continue receiving many of their regular channels.
Customers who haven’t already switched to digital service on Tuesday were greeted with a message on their TV screens stating upgrades to Comcast’s network would require customers to get additional equipment to continue receiving many of the Comcast’s channels they have come to expect.
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Stafford County, Va. –– Sheriff Charles E. Jett wants more deputies on the streets to engage in community policing. To do that, he’ll need at least seven new deputies.
The Stafford County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved his request to seek grant funding for the new deputies.
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A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued Monday until 6 p.m. for the Potomac Communities, as forecasters said strong storms could move into the region, some of which may contain damaging winds and hail.
Rising temperatures into the mid 80s will also support thunderstorms, much like we saw last week.