Editor’s Note: Connie Moser brings her neighborhood perspective to Potomac Local News in her debut column. Moser lives in Dale City, is active in several community organizations, and will pen a weekly Sunday column that will appear in this space.
Opinion
OPINION
I like 11st Congressional District Congressman Gerry Connolly, I really do. I don’t always agree with his politics; however, he has supported a few initiatives I am really fond of, like Telework, and his constituent services are first class. While I lean right, I voted for Connolly in the past, and had planned to for the indefinite future.
10 a.m. Saturday
For the last customer without power after Friday’s outage in Manassas, the lights were back on for them just before midnight, said city spokeswoman Patty Prince.
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.
Reports of the death of “hyperlocal” news are premature. While Patch and other corporate-backed online local news efforts are struggling, a trio of independent local news websites in the Washington, D.C. area are thriving.
ARLnow.com and BethesdaNow.com, published by Arlington, Va.-based Local News Now LLC, and PotomacLocal.com, published by Woodbridge, Va.-based Potomac Local Media LLC, have enjoyed significant traffic and revenue growth over the past year.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — A Dumfries man was killed on Independence Day in a motorcycle crash on Joplin Road that involved two motorcycles.
Police were called to the intersection of Joplin and Mawavi roads just before 1 p.m. Thursday. Two motorcycles were headed east on Joplin Road toward Interstate 95 and Quantico when one of the riders moved to pass a vehicle traveling in front of him, and then collided with an oncoming vehicle traveling on the opposite side of the road, according to Prince William police.
I cheated. I may have splurged on some ice cream. And, possibly some chips. Forgive me, readers, I had company visiting.
While I could have offered them ants on a log and carrot sticks as an afternoon snack, I knew that such healthy appetizers are not “special occasion food,” particularly for those who are not willingly participating in the unprocessed food challenge. So, even though I didn’t complete a flawless 10 day “real food” stint, the experience still gave me some food for thought (look I made a pun).
MANASSAS, Va. — A new commuter lot on Interstate 66 will open on Monday in Manassas.
The new $5.9 million, 433-space Cushing Road commuter lot can sits near the interchange of Prince William Parkway and I-66. The lot can be accessed by using Cushing Road, just off Balls Ford Road.
NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — A popular live music venue and cafe in North Stafford will once again close its doors.
Bella Cafe on U.S. 1 in Boswell’s Corner, near Quantico Corporate Center, will close by July 20, according to a post on its Facebook page.
Week 1 of the Boys & Girls Clubs Summer Sports Camp has just wrapped up. Youth athletes received a Personal Fitness Journal and defined their baseline “personal best” sport numbers.
Throughout the summer athletes will work towards a goal of setting new personal bests by the end of camp. Every sports camper was measured in broad jump, sit ups, push ups, jumping jacks and flexibility.
