By KJ MUSHUNG
DALE CITY, Va. – The parking lot of the Veteran’s of Foreign Wars building on Minnieville Road was full hours before First Lady Michelle Obama was slated to appear. So was the parking lot of the Staples Mill Shopping Center down the street. Nearby neighborhood roads were lined with cars as people walked some distance to see the first lady speak on behalf of her husband’s campaign.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Senate hopeful George Allen will join Virginia Lt. Governor hopeful and Prince William At-large Board Chairman Corey Stewart on a tour of Woodbridge Wednesday.
Allen will appear at 8 a.m. for a breakfast at Appliance Connection in Woodbridge, a kitchen electrics store owned by Prince William Coles District Supervisor Marty Nohe.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Elected officials in Prince William County today voted to do away with discretionary funds.
In a letter from At-large Board Chairman Corey Stewart, the county’s top official announced the Board banned the monies known as slush funds from their budgets. The funds were not in the best interest of the county government or taxpayers, stated Stewart.
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By URIAH KISER
By SHERESE A. GORE
Capital News Service
RICHMOND, Va. – Calling it a “historic opportunity,” mental health advocates are awaiting a judge’s approval of a settlement agreement that would improve the lives of thousands of Virginia’s intellectually disabled citizens.
By PIA TALWAR
Capital News Service
RICHMOND, Va. – You soon will face state fines and criminal charges if you buy large quantities of cigarettes in Virginia intending to resell them in state with a higher tobacco tax.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — George Allen is scheduled to stop in at the Prince William County Republican Headquarters tonight.
Allen, who is seeking the Republican nomination for a U.S. Senate in Virginia, will meet volunteers at the headquarters in Woodbridge at 6 p.m., according to a release from his campaign.
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.
Congressman Gerry Connolly, D-11, will be honored for his support of the federal workforce and his efforts to promote good government at a ceremony Wednesday evening where he will receive the 2012 Public Service Award from the Public Employees Roundtable.
This is the first year the organization is handing out what will be annual awards.
