Members of O.W.L. V.F.D and the Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue (DFR) visited over 40 homes on Saturday to educate the community on the importance of smoke detectors.

Firefighters fanned out in the River Ridge community just off Route 1 in Woodbridge to test smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and change batteries.


Event

Join Cruise Planners Beth Borrego and Rod Rodriguez for the World of Travel Show 2027 on Saturday, February 6, 2027, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in The BlackBox at BlackRock Center for the Arts in Germantown.

Meet representatives from 13 respected travel brands covering family and adults-only cruises, premium and luxury ocean voyages, European river cruises, expedition and Galápagos adventures, small-ship sailing, guided land tours, and customized vacations.


Obituaries

Earl Stanley Wilkins, Jr., devoted husband, loving father and cherished son and brother, died suddenly on Feb. 8, 2020, in a tragic auto accident. He was 52 years old.

Earl was born on April 2, 1967, in Alexandria, Virginia. Until the age of 11, Earl lived on his beloved Baggett Street in Old Town Alexandria. His family then moved to the Rose Hill area of Fairfax County. He attended Thomas Edison High School where he excelled in football, basketball, track and art. It was at Edison where he met and dated Charlene Soriano who he later married in 1992. Nine months later, their daughter Maya Angela was born followed by their son, Jay Joseph, in 1996. Earl loved his family more than can ever adequately be expressed.