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The Manassas Christmas Parade needs volunteer marshals to help

By Potomac Local News
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Good Morning Prince William – The Un-Trim-A-Tree Holiday Gift program is in full swing! We have 1,900 children available for adoption. Share the joy of the season by sponsoring a child and making their wishes come true. You’ll be given the two wishes for toys or clothes valued up to $75 for a little boy or girl up to 12 years old. These children live here in our community. Come join the fun. Please visit volunteerprincewilliam.org for more info and to download the donor form.

· Mark your calendars for the next Volunteer Mobilization Center Training on Saturday, December 9th, 9am-12noon at Volunteer Prince William. Come learn how to man the center to dispatch volunteers in the event of a disaster to best utilize time, talent and meet human needs. Please call Bonnie at (571) 292-5302 to learn more.

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Breakfast Links: Outspoken Corey Stewart speaks on Roy Moore

By Potomac Local News

Outspoken Virginia Republican Corey Stewart this weekend defended U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore, who has been accused of initiating sexual contact with a teenage girl. [Washington Post]

Stafford County registrar Greg Riddlemoser denied in a statement late Saturday that his office improperly disqualified a batch of absentee ballots. [Free Lance-Star]

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Obituaries

Carmelita Seymour Stansbury

By Potomac Local News

Carmelita Seymour Stansbury, 81, of Warsaw, passed away Friday, November 10, 2017. She was born in Washington, D.C. on December 24, 1935 and was raised in Alexandria, VA.

She moved to Woodbridge in the early 60’s and started Mrs. Seymour’s Preparatory Preschool around 1973. Carmelita remained the Director of the school until she retired to the Northern Neck (Bay Quarter Shores Area) in 1985 where she opened a small preschool until 1990, when her partner of the school and spouse of 37 years, William H. Seymour passed.

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Event

World of Travel Show 2027

Event location

BlackRock Center for the Arts

12901 Town Commons Dr

Germantown, Maryland 20874

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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.

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Surovell: Let’s grow early voting in Virginia

By Potomac Local News

The 2017 Virginia elections once against demonstrated that Virginians are choosing to vote early in larger numbers each election.

As compared with 2013, early voting in Prince William County was up over 210%, 170% in Fairfax County, and 146% in Stafford County.  In 2016, over 120,000 or one in five Fairfax County voters cast their votes early while nearly forty-four percent of Prince William County voters voted early. 

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Business

Declining sales, lack of parking is what led longtime Occoquan jeweler Terry Quinn to close his shop

By Potomac Local News

OCCOQUAN — Quinns Goldsmith has been making and selling jewelry at the corner of Mill and Union streets since 1990.

On Friday, he sent an email to his customers telling them his Occoquan store will soon close. All that will be left of Quinns is a 3,000-square-feet retail location in Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center in Woodbridge.

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