Democrats showed Lee Carter the door during today’s Primary Election, deciding not to send Virginia’s first self-described democratic socialist back to Richmond.

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The Virginia State Police is offering a free motorcycle riding class for new or inexperienced riders.

The class will be held Saturday, June 12 at the Northern Virginia Community College Manassas Campus, from 8 a.m. to noon.


While the Manassas City Library, at 10104 Dumfries Road, has been open for a few months, a ribbon-cutting ceremony held on Monday, June 7 brought together Prince William County and City of Manassas elected officials, Friends of the Library and residents along with County and city staff to make things official.


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Dominion Energy was awarded a utility energy service contract to upgrade the power infrastructure of Marine Corps Base Quantico.

The contract's length runs for 22 years and will bring in $47.9 million to the Virginia-based power company. Dominion's responsibilities for this contract will include the installation of new generators, meters, and other improvements that are designed to provide greater energy resiliency and efficiency to the base.

According to the press release from Dominion, Quantico expects to realize an average annual savings of $1.6 million due to the contract.

Dominion will also have contracting and technical support from the Naval Facilities Engineering System Command in order to carry out the contract.

According to Captain Allison Burgos, Communications Strategy and Operations Officer for Marine Base Quantico, there are no immediate issues with the base's power infrastructure but will allow them to modernize systems and reduce energy consumption.

The base's power systems have been constantly upgraded since it was installed when the Quantico base was first built in 1915.

"As new buildings and new grid technology becomes available, standard updates have been performed accordingly throughout the years," states Burgos.

Potomac Local News recently reported that Marine Corps Base Quantico is also in the process of building a new wargaming center designed to train soldiers in cyber defense. The center is scheduled to be completed and opened by 2023.

Burgos tells PLN that the upgrades to the base's power infrastructure and the building of the wargaming facility are unrelated matters.

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What would you do if someone in your household started yelling in the middle of the night? For [redacted] household, it was a good thing. The Woodbridge man had just discovered he’d won a Virginia Lottery jackpot worth $379,575.

[redacted] matched all five winning numbers in the May 14 Cash 5 with EZ Match drawing. It happened with a ticket he bought at Giant Food, 4309 Dale Boulevard in Dale City.


Pamela Montgomery has taken a formidable lead in fundraising as she and Delegate Candi King (D–Stafford, Woodbridge) face each other in Tuesday’s Democratic Primary.

Montgomery has raked in $586,000 in the past two months, with King showing $165,000 in donations. Both candidates have received statewide attention after Montgomery collected nearly $100,000 from Clean Virginia, a Charlottesville-based PAC that backs candidates who refuse to take cash from Dominion Energy, the state’s largest utility.


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