News

A round of severe weather moved through the region tonight knocking out power to homes, and possibly causing a fire at a home in Haymarket.

Fire and rescue crews were called to Lawson Drive about 7 p.m. where a home caught fire about the same time a severe thunderstorm packing lots of lightning was moving through the area. According to initial reports, lightning could be the cause of the blaze but there is not yet any official word as to the cause of the blaze.


Event

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.


News

STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — Jamie Henshaw was looking for a place to exchange vows with her beau, Donnie Kelly, in front of family and friends.

A Stafford County resident, she thought about parks in Fredericksburg like the City Dock or Old Mill Park. But when she came to Aquia Landing on the Potomac River, things changed.


News

Stafford brothers settle suit — Twin Stafford County brothers, who battle d the Virginia Department of Transportation for years over damage to their land as part of a bridge project, have finally settled their legal dispute with the state. [Fredericksburg.com]

Citizens Divided on Boundary Plan 2.1, 2.1a for PWCS 12th High School — Many residents of the Victory Lakes and New Bristow Village Communities in Bristow spoke out at the Prince William School Board Public Hearing regarding the 12th high school boundaries. [Bristow Beat]


Originals

How did climate change became such a divisive issue? How did the warming of the Earth evolve into a line in the sand for politicians? I don’t know those answers.  What I do know is that it is definitely hotter earlier in the season, year after year.

I don’t need scientific data, I can just look in my garden. All plants come up earlier. June bugs arrive in May. Lenten roses are blooming in February.


Publisher's Post

QUANTICO, Va. — A live band playing the music in an open park is one of the definite sounds of summertime.

Country Singer Tyler Toliver kicked off the Cowles Auto 2014 Salute to Our Troops Music Series in Raftelis Potomac River Park located at 408 River Road in Quantico on Saturday. More than 150 people  packed the park with blankets and chairs to hear Toliver and his band.