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Good morning Prince William – Happy National Volunteer Week! Thanks for all you do- we live in a wonderful community because of you!

· Leesylvania State Park needs volunteers to spruce up the fishing pier by replacing boards and power washing the pier. This pier affords fisherman year round access as well those early birds up to watch the sunrise. Please email Ben at: [email protected] to learn more.


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From Prince William police: 

On April 25 at 3:27AM, investigators from the Crash Investigation Unit responded to the intersection of Prince William Pkwy and Balls Ford Rd in Manassas (20109) to investigate a two vehicle crash between a tractor double trailer and a sedan. The investigation into the cause of the crash is currently underway.


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DUMFRIES, Va. — The Weems-Botts Museum in Dumfries is closed until May.

The museum in Dumfries was once the home of Parson Weems, the biographer of George Washington who wrote the story about Washington’s inability to tell a lie and his cutting down a cherry tree with a hatchet and is undergoing renovation.


Obituaries

Timothy Warren Fleming, age 55, of Manassas, VA passed away Sunday, April 23, 2017 at Inova Fairfax Hospital.

He was born on January 14, 1962 in Arlington, VA the son of the late Benjamin Carliss Fleming, Jr and Shirley Louise (Alther) Fleming-Lyons. He was the shop manager for Vienna Lawnmower Sales & Services. He was a member of the National Rifle Association and the American Motorcycle Association.


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Robert Edward Fair, Sr., age 77, of Nokesville, VA passed away Monday, April 24, 2017 at the Novant Health Prince William Medical Center.

He was born on November 24, 1939 in Manassas, VA the son of the late Noah E. and Evelyn (Payne) Fair. He was a heavy equipment operator for Hazel Construction Company. He enjoyed farming, raising goats, hunting and fishing. He was preceded in death by his wife, Dolores Ann Fair and brother, Norman Fair.


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The Reverend Billy Tom (Bill) McDaniel of Woodbridge, VA passed away from a heart attack on April 24, 2017. He had been in poor health since a stroke at the end of 2016.

Bill was born on June 5th, 1933 in Itasca, Texas, to Charles Bunyon and Ruth Eleanor McDaniel. He was the youngest of five children. He attended Austin College in Sherman, Texas, and graduated from the University of Houston. He then went on to earn his Masters of Divinity from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary and actively served as a Presbyterian minister for 46 years.