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OCCOQUAN, Va. — More than 80 people on Sunday will see Prince William County’s four towns from the seat of their bicycle.

The first-ever “Tour of the Towns — Tour of Prince William” organized by Occoquan Mayor Earnie Porta has closed it’s registration books, and the response to the idea of touring the country by bike has caught on.


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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

Ralph Lawrence Wilcher, 56, of Stafford County passed away Thursday, July 25, 2013 at Ft. Belvoir Community Hospital.

Survivors include his wife, Kathrine Wilcher; sons Christopher and Timothy Wilcher; daughter Bethany Anderson (Nathan); mother Matilda McCray; brother Steven Wilcher; sisters Janice Shumaker and Patsy Quinn; and brother-in-law William Marino (Judy).


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Pueraria Montana, also known as Kudzu, is an extremely fast growing vine that can grow as much as 60 feet in one season.

I stopped to take a picture of a huge growth of these vines along Austin Run Boulevard in Stafford and a man stopped and asked me, “Why take pictures of that stuff, it grows all over here?”


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5 p.m. 

Water is back for all but one person who lives in the area of Erin Drive and Raintree Boulevard.


Obituaries

Thomas E. Newman, 91, passed on Tuesday July 16, 2013 at his home in Front Royal VA. He was born December 1, 1921 to Richard and Annie Gertrude Newman. He worked as groundskeeper/gardener for 32 years for the Federal Aviation Administration(FAA) until his retirement on Jan. 28, 1983.

He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Gertrude E. Newman; and 8 Children: Deceased daughter Bonnie(Donald) Edwards, Pauline(Maurice) Scott, David(Barbara) Newman, Joan(Ronnie) Caison, Tracy Hamilton, Timmy Hamilton, Rodney Cotton and Robert Barbour; 11 Grandchildren: Greg(Adrienne) Edwards, Lisa Edwards, Rev. Evan Newman(Joie), Danny(Nikki) Scott, Candice and Andrea Newman, Ryan Caison, Corey Hamilton, Latoya(Kyrie) Norris, Tatiana and Timothy Hamilton, and 8 great grandchildren.