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Grand Funding Available for Trail Projects

By Potomac Local News

RICHMOND, Va. — Recreational trail grants ranging from $25,000 to $100,000 are now available to nonprofit organizations and government entities. The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation has approximately $1 million to award in trails grants through the Recreational Trails Program. The deadline for preliminary applications is April 13, 2012 at 4 p.m.

The Recreational Trails Program is a federal matching reimbursement grant program established to provide and maintain recreational trails and trails-related facilities. The program requires a 20 percent match from applicants.

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Students Hold ‘Quantico’s Got Talent’ Show

By Potomac Local News
The Iwo Jima statue greets visitors to Quantico Marine Corps Base in Triangle. (Mary Davidson)

By Lance Cpl. Antwaun Jefferson
The Quantico Sentry

QUANTICO, Va. — Thanks to the popularity of television shows like American Idol and America’s Got Talent, the Quantico Middle/High School drama department put on their own talent show, called “Quantico’s Got Talent,” in the school’s auditorium on March 2.

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Water Rates Could Skyrocket

By Potomac Local News
The Seal of Prince William County, Va.

DALE CITY, Va. — Water and sewer rates could be going up for customers in eastern Prince William County.

Virginia American Water wants to raise rates by 15.9 percent for customers in the state. Customers in Prince William County could be hit hard by the increase, as the utility wants to raise rates in the portion of the county it serves by nearly 25 percent, according to a press release from the Prince William County government.

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1 Taken to Hospital after Roof Collapse

By Potomac Local News

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A construction worker was taken to a local hospital Monday after a roof collapsed today in in Woodbridge.

Fire and rescue crews were called to the 5600 block of Minnie Court, in the area of Spriggs and Minnieville roads, about 2 p.m. after the roof collapse. The roof was attached to a building that was under construction, said fire and rescue officials.

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$246.6 Million Proposed Budget Unveiled

By Potomac Local News

Stafford, Va. — Residents got their first glimpse of the proposed Stafford County operating budget for 2013.

The $246.6 million proposed budget comes in at $5.5 million more the current budget, and takes into account increases in employee payments to the Virginia Retirement System, an increase in maintenance cost to the county’s new emergency radio communications system, and increased costs to house prisoners at the Rappahannock Regional Jail.

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Man Throws Bike at Police Officer

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Triangle, Va. — Police chased a man on a bicycle because he was said to be a suspicious person. That man then threw his bike an officer injuring him, according to police.

Police were called at 10:10 p.m. Thursday to the 3800 block of Graham Park Road in Triangle where officers tried to speak with the man, but he fled officers on his bike, according to police reports.

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Revitalizing Marumsco Plaza

By Potomac Local News
Rebuilding Marumsco: New construction is underway as one of Woodbridge’s oldest shopping destinations --Marumsco Plaza on U.S. 1 -- is being revitalized. BB&T Bank, Pollo Campero, and Walgreens Pharmacy are hoping to build new locations at the shopping center.

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Three new businesses have their eyes set on Marumsco Plaza in Woodbridge. If they have their way, you’ll be able to stop in or simply drive through.

The Prince William County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will hold public hearings on whether to allow the new shops — a Pollo Campero restaurant, a Walgreens Pharmacy, and a BB&T Bank – to be built in the area and have them to include drive-through lanes.

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Pr. William Teachers ‘Grade-in’ at Mall

By Potomac Local News
Prince William County teachers gathered at Potomac Mills mall Saturday to protest the lack of a pay raise the county school’s proposed budget. The event was one of two grade-ins held Saturday in Prince William County.

By Uriah Kiser

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Prince William County teachers brought papers to grade to Potomac Mills mall this weekend.

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