Potomac Local Leaders
No matter what professional sector you work in, community service is a occupation that all of us are qualified for.
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Joan Ann (Adams) Budgeon, 84, formerly of Exeter Township, died in Westminster at Lakeridge Health Center in Lake Ridge, Va., where she called home for the past two years.
She was the wife of Eugene Lee Budgeon who died June 18, 2009.
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Update 8 p.m.
Three of the four men injured riding on a firetruck when it flipped onto its side while on the way to a fire scene are released from the hospital, according to Stafford fire and rescue.
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.
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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Police in Prince William County say they found a woman who went missing has been found.
Residents, in the Southbridge neighborhood off U.S. 1 near Dumfries, reported seeing a larger than usual police presence in their neighborhood today, as well as a helicopter flying overhead.
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The Teen Camp at the Hylton Boys & Girls Clubs is one of three unique camps being offered this summer, the other two camps are Sports Camp and Youth Camp. Teen camp is a fun and exciting opportunity for teens to enjoy activities, like field trips to Kings Dominion, and to learn education and career development skills.
As part of the career planning portion of the program, teen campers are provided with a variety of job shadowing experiences. The Hylton Boys & Girls Club also partners with individuals and businesses from a variety of professions who volunteer to do career development activities with the teens. One such partner is the Old Navy store, in Springfield, VA. The store has been a regular summer career program partner with the Hylton Boys & Girls Clubs for the past few years.
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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Screams echoed through the third floor hallway of the Prince William County Courthouse this morning as the Bailey family heard yet again, sentencing for Anthony Bailey would be postponed.
Dismayed, Bailey’s sister shouted “this is just a joke to you people and there is no justice for my brother; those men got away with murder” as she left the courtroom after yet another hearing in a string of seemingly endless court dates for brothers Richard Dale and Gerry Lee Sword.
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![Senator Mark Warner (behind podium) calls for local leaders and those in the business community to get behind national immigration reform. [Mary Davidson / Potomac Local News]](https://www.potomaclocal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/072813-warner-01.jpg)
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Senator Mark Warner stopped by Northern Virginia Community College on Sunday to continue his push for national immigration reform.
During a special town hall meeting the college’s Woodbridge campus, Warner touted the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act. The bill calls for stricter security along the southern U.S. border with Mexico, the implementation of eVerify system to check legal statuses of workers, for “blue card status” to be applied to those who have performed agriculture work, and for a merit-based immigration system for future immigrants that would cap the number of new migrants to the U.S. at 250,000.
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Mom on the Run
My husband’s bedside clock reads 12:49 a.m. when I roll over to look at it. My own clock is small and battery-operated and takes more effort to read in the middle of the night, so usually I check his, with the glowing orange numbers.
![Greeting family and friends one final time, Stanley “Pepper” Johnson hugs one of the many who came to say farewell to the long-serving,terminally ill Dumfries volunteer firefighter. [Photo: Dumfriesfire.com]](https://www.potomaclocal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/072813-pepper-johnson1.jpg)
DUMFRIES, Va. — Capt. Stanley “Pepper” Johnson on Saturday came to the place where he spent the past 18 years volunteering to serve his community.
It was there, at the Dumfries Volunteer Fire Department, about 100 fellow volunteers, their families and friends, gathered in the apparatus bay — where firetrucks that morning had been moved aside to make room for the crowd — to greet Pepper, most for one final time.