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STAFFORD — A once bustling McDonalds on Courthouse Road now looks like the restaurant at the center of a ghost town. 

The company shuttered the restaurant to make for a new diverging diamond interchange  (DDI) to be constructed by VDOT. The interchange is similar that opened this past spring in Haymarket.


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Join me during this National Craft Open Studios weekend, a celebration of Amrican craft organized by the American Craft Council (ACC). Come visit my studio July 18-19th, 11am-5pm at 10449 Metropolitan Ave, Kensington, MD. Please drop in, see how my work is created, tour my studio and try your hand at hammering some metal.


Obituaries

Catherine Norman (Mamie), age 57 of Manassas V.A. died on July 14, 2017. Loving mother of Jamie Harmon. She is survived by 4 sisters, Shirley Dove, Deborah Harrell, both of Manassas V.A. Diane Smith of Rustburg V.A. Barbara Poole of Fredericksburg V.A. Also 3 brothers, Larry Woodruff of N.C. Warren Poole and Jimmy Poole of M.D. Life partner Terry Norman. Family viewing will be held on Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at Pierce Funeral Home, 9609 Center Street Manassas, V.A. 20110 from 4-5p.m. family receiving friends from 5-7 p.m. Funeral service begins at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, July 19, 2017 family receiving friends at 10 a.m. followed by Interment at Stonewall Memory Gardens 12004 Lee Highway Manassas, V.A. 20109


Obituaries

Pastor Lonnie Darrel Salyers, age 78 of Amosville, VA died at Fauquier Hospital on Friday, July 14, 2017 surrounded by his family. He was the retired minister of Yorkshire Free Will Baptist Church in Manassas, VA.

He was born on May 20, 1939 in Seco, Kentucky, son of the late George and Mary Donnels Salyers. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a grandson Daniel; three brothers Leonard, Willie and Don and two sisters Beulah and Millie.


Obituaries

Caplin ‘Cappy’ Steel Toro, 10 years old, of Woodbridge, Va., passed away Thursday, July 13, 2017, in a tragic accident.

Cappy left behind his mother, Kellie Jo Fike; father, Mauricio Toro; step-mother, Dee Sears; siblings, Bronson Toro, 12, William Toro, 21, Kira Toro, 19; grandparents, Paul & Trudy Sloan, Guillermo & Myriam Toro; grandfather, Gary Fike; great grandmothers, Faye Jean Fike & Marquerite Deal; aunt & uncle, Amy & Bruce Best; cousins, Drew Hendrix, Alexis & Nate Best and his niece Ava Fox.