FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — There will be an independent congressional candidate on the ballot this fall for voters in the 11th District.
Fairfax County resident Mark Gibson said he collected more than 1,000 signatures from area voters, which clears the way for his name to be listed alongside Democratic Incumbent Rep. Gerry Connolly and Republican challenger Chris Perkins.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Mosquitoes collected in Woodbridge during the month of June 2012 by the Prince William Mosquito Control Program have tested positive for the West Nile Virus.
Mosquito testing is used to determine periods of greater risk of contracting West Nile Virus. The wide occurrence of positive mosquitoes indicates there is an increased risk of contracting the virus across Prince William County. Mosquitoes will continue to be trapped and tested regularly from sites throughout Prince William County. The County’s Mosquito Control Program has performed intensive treatment in the vicinity of the positive mosquito pools to kill adult and larval mosquitoes, and will continue larval control throughout the County and possibly conduct an adulticide spray based on future positive trap numbers.
Fire officials throughout the region have asked residents to “leave the fireworks to the professionals.”
That’s the message from area fire chiefs this year as they work to call attention to the dangers of illegal fireworks. Officials from Prince William County, and from other jurisdictions in the Washington area, on Thursday converged on a public safety training ground in Maryland to demonstrate how dangerous a mishandled firework can be.
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — Charges have been filed in an animal slashing case in Fairfax County.
Police said a 17-year-old male slashed barnyard animals on May 26 and on April 26. The teen, whose name was not released due to his juvenile status, faces four counts of maiming animals, three counts of cruelty to animals, and two counts of unlawful entry.
FALMOUTH, Va. — Two new sections of the Belmont-Ferry Farm Trail were opened Saturday. A ribbon cutting was held, as was family activities.
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TRIANGLE, Va. — A man and woman from Fredericksburg got into a fight at Locust Shade Park near Triangle. Another man got hit in the head with a stick while trying to break it up.
The argument started just after 5 p.m. Thursday between a 37-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman. Police said both knew each other and, when the argument escalated, a friend of the woman – a 34-year-old man from Stafford — stepped in to help but was hit with a stick.
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By URIAH KISER
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — There’s a group of made moms who gather for dinner at an Italian restaurant in Old Town Manassas.
