By ALLISON LANDRY and AMBER SHIFLETT
Capital News Service
RICHMOND, Va. – At a groundbreaking ceremony for the Bon Secours Redskins Training Center, Gov. Bob McDonnell gave a play-by-play of how the facility will boost the economy and create jobs.
Originals
By JESSICA WILDE
Capital News Service
MCDANIEL, Md. – A warmer, drier year has been good for oysters, both natural and planted, in the Eastern Shore’s Harris Creek, a tributary of the Choptank River and site of the first tributary-wide restoration effort by the Oyster Recovery Partnership.
Submitted News
Businesses in Prince William County are reminded to complete and file an annual recycling report with the Department of Public Works by February 28, 2013. The report is in the form of a survey and should only take about 5-10 minutes to complete. A link to the survey is available at www.pwcgov.org/trashandrecycling. The survey should be completed by the property manager or the person most familiar with trash and recycling services for the property.
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By KEITH WALKER
For Potomac Local News
NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — The big pile of rubble that has been sitting at Town Center at Aquia for six or seven years now is beginning to get on peoples’ nerves.
By URIAH KISER
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Potomac Middle School and its panthers has done something it has never done before: achieve a ranking of School of Excellence in Prince William County.
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — Efforts to clear the way for an improved intersection at U.S. 1 and Va. 218 in Falmouth began this week.
The work aims to reduce traffic congestion at the busy intersection outside Fredericksburg, but longtime businesses on the corner will be lost to the project.
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STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — Five people now face charges in connection with a shooting in North Stafford.
The dragnet for the suspects spanned from Manassas, Stafford, and Prince William, and included the help of the ATF and police departments from the respective jurisdictions.
Outside Old Town: What’s Happening Around Manassas
By CINDY BROOKSHIRE
For Potomac Local News
QUANTICO, Va. — Construction crews will close a portion of Interstate 95 on Tuesday night as part of the 95 Express Lanes Project.
The closures are set to take place at Quantico.
STAFFORD, Va. — Planners in Stafford County don’t like to use the word “urban” in their comprehensive development plan, and instead want to replace it with “targeted.”
Planning officials have been asked to rethink seven Urban Development Areas — places that will define where new commercial, industrial, and residential development will go over the next 20 years. The areas could be renamed “targeted growth areas.”