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Candland: Back Room Dealings Lead to Budget Increase

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

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Prince William’s new kid on the political block has done more to distance himself from this fellow Board members.

Gainesville District Supervisor Peter Candland is serving his first term on the Board of County Supervisors and cast the lone vote against raising the county’s average tax bill about $110 per year. The six seven other members of the Board voted to increase taxes for the Fiscal Year 2013 budget, adopting a tax rate of $1.209 per assessed property value. The new budget includes monies for a new police station, new school funding, and raises for county staff for the first time in four years.

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Boy, 11, Drowns in Stafford

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STAFFORD, Va. — A child found in a Stafford retention pond drowned Monday afternoon.

The 11-year-old boy was found by a passerby who was walking in the area of Snow Drive Landmark Road off U.S. 1 about 4:47 p.m. The passerby pulled the child from the pond and performed CPR on him until emergency crews arrived on scene and took over, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.

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Police: Alleged Sex Abuse Went Unreported

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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A Prince William County elementary school teacher turned herself into police after being accused of not reporting sexual abuse among students.

The alleged abuse happened was reported to the teacher by her students at Marumsco Elementary School in Woodbridge on March 30, police documents state. That’s when two students independently came to the teacher and reported the alleged abuse following a “Hugs and Kisses” presentation, a play coproduced in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Social Services. The play focuses on avoiding and reporting inappropriate situations. 

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Dash Silence Potomac Bats in 4-1 Win

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.- On a chilly night in North Carolina, the Winston-Salem Dash used a great start from Andre Rienzo to beat Potomac 4-1. The Nationals left the bases loaded in the ninth with a chance to tie or take lead.

With the temperature in the mid 40s, the Dash got the scoring started off Potomac starter RHP Matt Swynenberg in the first. Michael Early and Carlos Sanchez led off the game by both reaching on errors. Trayce Thompson knocked in Early on a sac fly down the right field line to open the scoring of the contest. Bradley Shoemaker smacked a single that scored Sanchez to extend the Dash lead to 2-0. Both runs were unearned.

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Occoquan Ducks Up for Adoption

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Hundreds of rubber ducks were dumped into the Occoquan River from the Occoquan River Bridge as part of a fundraiser the Prince William Trails and Streams Coalition, on June 19, 2011. (File photo: Mary Davidson/Potomaclocal.com)

OCCOQUAN, Va. — Tickets are now available online for the 6th Annual Duck Splash Race in the Town of Occoquan.

Watch thousands of rubber ducks drop from a bridge and race along the Occoquan River on Saturday, June 16, at 12:30 p.m. “Adopt” a duck for $5 and win one of ten cash prizes ranging from $20 to $500. Net proceeds benefit the 501(c)(3) Prince William Trails and Streams Coalition, an organization dedicated to building a ne

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Women Allowed in Quantico’s Infantry School

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QUANTICO, Va. — For the first time, female Marine Corps Officers will be allowed to train at Quantico’s combat infantry school.

The Marine Corps Times broke the news Friday. The move is a change for the Corps, which up until now has urged women to train for more positions that provide a supporting role for those on the front line, including aircraft maintenance and administration.

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