By URIAH KISER
DALE CITY, Va. — When fire and HAZMAT crews were called to Tracy Martinez’s childhood home Friday night, she thought the home was vacant.
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The United States Postal Service has announced a plan to preserve Post Offices in small towns and rural communities across the country while the organization aims to achieve cost savings to return to financial stability.
After listening to our customers and communities across the country who expressed a strong desire to keep their local Post Office open, the Postal Service developed a new solution that will preserve a Post Office in a rural community by modifying the retail window hours. Access to the lobby and P.O. Boxes would remain the same and a community would retain their ZIP Code and community identity. This plan would enable the Postal Service to achieve over a half a billion dollars in annual cost savings in an effort to regain a stronger financial footing.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — This past Saturday, Delegate L. Scott Lingamfelter, R-Prince William, Fauquier, was elected to represent Virginia’s First Congressional District at the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla. Lingamfelter will join the two other First Congressional District Delegates in Tampa to nominate the Republican candidates for President and Vice-President on the United States.
“It is a distinct honor and very humbling to have earned the trust of the voters at the First Congressional District Convention. I vow to work hard and represent the strong conservative values of this district at the National Convention in Tampa. On to victory,” said Lingamfelter.
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DUMFRIES, Va. — A woman faces an malicious unlawful wounding charges after an argument turned violent Saturday morning.
Police were called to the 3500 block of Briarwood Drive, near Va. 234 near Dumfries, after a 21-year-old man said he was involved in an altercation with a 19-year-old woman about at 10:30 a.m.
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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Can love be found on the baseball diamond? At Pfitzner Stadium in Woodbridge, the Potomac Nationals hope so.
For the first time, the minor league baseball team on Thursday will invite fans to play a dating game to win an all-expenses paid date with one of the team’s four interns.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Rain has been falling across the Potomac Communities since early this morning, making it a rainy start to our week.
Showers and the threat of a thunderstorm are in the forecast today, with three-quarters of an inch of rain possible today. Temperatures will top out in the low 70s, according to the National Weather Service.
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By LEAH SMALL
Capital News Service
RICHMOND, Va. – When a police helicopter was flying overhead searching for a criminal suspect in Virginia Beach, Christopher Willingham did something he now acknowledges was “stupid”: He pointed a green laser at the helicopter – temporarily blinding the pilot and halting the search.
ZEBULON, N.C. – In their first ever series, Carolina completed the three-game sweep of the Potomac Nationals with a 3-2 victory Sunday afternoon in Zebulon. For the first time this year, Potomac had just two hits in a nine-inning game.
For the second straight day, Potomac took a lead with one run in the third. Against Carolina starter LHP Randolph Oduber singled then scored thanks in part to to two errors by the Mudcats. Oduber scored on a bunt by Blake Kelso to give the Nationals a 1-0 lead.
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By CHRISTINE RODRIGO
Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Omni SmartCommute, a program of the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission, has launched an interactive scavenger hunt, called the Web Hunt, for those who work in Prince William County and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.