PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — It was 48 degrees at 8:30 a.m. Saturday in Prince William – far too cold for the opening day for public outdoor swimming pools in Prince William County.

Prince William’s six public swimming pools and two water parks were scheduled to open today, the first day of the Memorial Day weekend. But a message posted to the county’s parks website said cooler than average temperatures would force them to try again tomorrow:


PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — The busy Memorial Day travel season has already claimed injury to a Virginia State Police Trooper patrolling in Prince William County.

Trooper R.D. Best was traveling on Va. 234 north on his police motorcycle when a Nissan Altima pulled into his path near Pinnacle Ridge Drive. The trooper was thrown from his bike after it collided with the car’s front end, said state police spokeswoman Corinne Geller.


STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — “Immature,” “unfounded,” and “frivolous spending,” were some of the comments Mark Dudenhefer heard when he wanted to improve Stafford County’s antiquated roads.

In 2004, his 17-year-old daughter Emily was killed in a car crash on Mountain View Road. Nine years later, Stafford County celebrated the implementation of new road fixes following a $70 million voter-approved road bond passed in 2008. The very road on which Emily lost her life will be improved to help prevent others, including more than 400 student drivers at Mountain View High School, from being injured or killed in car crashes.


A long line circled the Potomac Mills parking lot Tuesday, waiting in anticipation for the opening of Bobby Flay’s 15th Bobby’s Burger Palace in Woodbridge.

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Residents & Elected Officials Oppose Highway Project 

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A decision whether or not to endorse an outer beltway in Prince William County will have to wait.


DUMFRIES, Va. — Brian Gudmundson rode his bike to work on Friday.

It was Bike to Work Day in the Washington area, and he rode his all the way from Frederickburg to his office at Quantico. Along the way, he rode into a rest stop at the Dumfries Community Center next to Town Hall where water, snacks, and goodies like free “Bike to Work” t-shirts and water bottles were waiting for him.


For Mike Howard, his road to becoming the owner of a successful telecommunications company, has been a long and winding one.

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