By MARY DAVIDSON
Boiling water can freeze in two seconds.
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Originals
By MARY ROSENTHOL
For Potomac Local News
On Sunday night the Potomac Nationals celebrated their 18th annual Hot Stove Banquet and Silent Auction with 131 employees and fans in attendance. The Hyatt at Fair Lakes was the site for the event.
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FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — The first black man to serve on Stafford County’s Board of Supervisors was on hand to celebrate the second inauguration of this nation’s first black president.
At an election gala held by the Stafford County Branch of the NAACP on Saturday in Fredericksburg, Bob Woodson joined his Democratic Party supporters at a black tie dinner for President Barack Obama.
Photos By KJ MUSHUNG
WASHINGTON, D.C. — One of the first events to kick off inaugural weekend in Washington was the 2013 Kids Ball, which served as a chance for President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and their two daughters, Malia and Sasha.
By URIAH KISER
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Veterans who have served in this nation’s all-volunteer military are owed more than just a handshake a thank you – they deserve a chance to continue serving country and community.
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UPDATE 9:30 a.m. Friday, January 18, 2013
FROM POLICE REPORTS
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2 p.m.
The winter storm headed our way is taking shape, and it’s not coming together how many snow lovers had hoped.
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LORTON, Va. — It’s going to get louder on a stretch of Interstate 95 at Lorton soon.
More in a press release from the 95 Express Lanes project:
By URIAH KISER
DALE CITY, Va. — As the call for gun buybacks gets louder, Prince William County’s leader said politicians should stop making a tragedy in Connecticut a political issue.
By JEFF IRWIN
Prince William Conservation Alliance
The rapid development and modernization of Prince William County can challenge even the most astute observer’s sense of history. Shopping plazas, crowded roads and sprawling housing developments dominate the landscape. Stories of ancient Indian settlement, colonization and frontier communities, slavery and war, early industry and intensive farming permeate our local history, but the past is sometimes hard to see for the present.