Obituaries

Janet Anita Hollins Carter of Manassas, Va., 82, passed peacefully Nov. 19, 2016, following a long battle with lung cancer.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Walter Randolph Carter. She is survived by her daughter Brenda Diane Sever, her son-in-law Paul David Sever Jr. of Woodbridge Va., her grandchildren Caryn & Michael Sever of Annandale, Va., Valerie & Adam Farmer of Virginia Beach Va., Ashley Moore & Dustin Sever of Arlington, Va., and three  great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her sister Carol Hollins Mitchell of Herndon, Va. She is preceded in death by her parents Iva Lee “Peggy” Nowlin & Silas A. Hollins along with four brothers and two sisters.


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News

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A multi-phase effort to widen Prince William Parkway in Woodbridge is complete. 

The Prince William County Department of Transportation this month finished work on removing an island in the eastbound lanes of Prince William Parkway and Minnieville Road in Woodbridge. With the island gone, drivers headed toward I-95 can make use of all three lanes of the eastbound parkway, which was widened between Minniville and Old Bridge roads last fall.


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Originals

By now, I hope you’ve made it where you are going for Thanksgiving.

For my wife and I, we spent the day traveling on Virginia highways making our way over the river and through the woods to grandma’s house. This is the third time we’ve made the annual trip to be with family for this special holiday.