STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — It’s been three weeks since 17-year-old Evan Newsom was shot and killed by police. And during that time no new official details about the shooting have been released.
Originals
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The pedestrian struck Sunday night on Va. 610 died.
OCCOQUAN, Va. — In Occoquan, the cash registers were ringing on Small Business Saturday.
Shoppers lined the streets to kick-off the Christmas shopping season and to support local merchants – something this town has plenty of.
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Today is Small Business Saturday. It’s a chance for the spotlight to switch from yesterdays deluge of deals at malls and big box chain stores to mom and pop stores across the region.
While there is nothing small about American Express – the sponsor and largest promoter of Small Business Saturday – lots of small businesses are taking part today.
By MARY DAVIDSON
NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — What should we call it: Thanksgiving Day or Black Thursday?
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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Featherstone National Wildlife Refuge opened with fanfare last year, marking the first time since the refuge’s founding the refuge in 1979 the public was welcome on the 325-acre property.
But that fanfare later prompted questions when word spread that the only legal way to access the property was by non-motorized watercraft from the Potomac River. In others words, if you were going to the Featherstone refuge you’d better bring a paddle.
MANASSAS, Va. — After more than 12 years in the making, Manassas Mayor Hal Parrish and other officials opened a new longer runway at the city’s Regional Airport.
The runway at Virginia’s largest municipal airport has been extended to 6,200 feet – 500 feet longer than it was before – providing new safety improvements, reduced aircraft noise for those who live nearby, and with new improvements to ground instruments pilots flying in heavy fog can now land when approaching from the south.
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It’s the busiest travel time of the year and already drivers have packed area roadways to head over the hills and through the woods.
AAA Mid-Atlantic says more than 1 million people in the Washington area will travel more than 50 miles away from home this Thanksgiving holiday – about a 1.3 percent increase in the number of travelers over the same time last year.
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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — If you’re already thinking about your Thanksgiving feast, Giant Food stores in Prince William County are thinking about new ways to get it to you.
The county’s Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved an amendment to the county’s zoning plan that could allow for customers in the near future to drive to Giant grocery stores and pick-up their orders. Until today the practice has not been allowed these supermarkets in the county.
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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — It’s not often the community comes together to build a new house for neighbors.
But that’s what’s happening for Mahammad Islam and his wife Rebaya Kahtoon who will move into a new home on Traverser Court in Woodbridge at the end of the month.