By KJ Mushung
Dumfries, Va. — The historic Weems-Botts Museum in Dumfries has volunteer opportunities for anyone who wants to help at the museum or with events.
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The Boys and Girls Club in Dumfries this fall will hold a before and after school childcare program for ages 6 to 14-years-old. An annual membership to the club is $30, and with more participants the club plans to add new programs.
“As enrollment grows they plan to offer additional programming including a general after school program, open gym nights for ‘tweens’ and various mentoring programs with community partners,” said Greater Prince William Girls and Boys Clubs spokeswoman April Chervenka.
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Woodbridge, Va. — For the past 22 years, Bulah Smith has lived on Horner Road near Prince William Parkway and Interstate 95.
She says her neighborhood street is rife with debris, drug paraphernalia and crime.
Health officials closed Aquia Landing Beach on July 29 after harmful blue-green algae was found in at the confluence of Aquia Creek and Potomac River. The toxic algae that contain microcystins are harmful to humans and can be deadly to pets if ingested, health officials said.
There have been no reported cases of anyone becoming sick after coming in contact with the water.
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Editor’s note: This is the third part of an ongoing series about redeveloping the Potomac Communities.
North Stafford, Va. — At the center of the Potomac Communities lies one of the area’s economic bright spots, which aims to bring thousands of new jobs over the next eight years.
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Garrisonville, Va. –– Fire and rescue crews were called to a car fire at CVS Pharmacy on Va. 610 this morning.
Crews still were on the scene about 9 a.m., where all of the occupants of the car made it out safely and a nearby home was evacuated as a precaution, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
North Stafford, Va. — Four people were taken to a hospital Thursday night after a serious car crash on Va. 610.
The driver of a 2011 GMC SUV was traveling west on Va. 610 about 8:30 p.m. when she tired to make a left turn onto Eustace Road, in front of a WaWa gas station.
The fire broke out at 8:18 p.m., and after fire crews determined no one was inside the house they began a defensive attack on the fire, said Stafford fire and rescue spokesman Mark Doyle.
No one was injured in the blaze, however, a dog was killed in the fire.
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The 1993 pickup was headed south on Backlick Road, near the entrance to Interstate 95, when it crossed over a median and struck head on a 1999 Jeep Cherokee, then side swiped a 1996 Oldsmobile sedan.
The truck flipped and came to a rest on its side, said a Fairfax County police spokesperson.
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Its Washington National’ s Steven Strasburg’s second rehab start since undergoing Tommy Johns surgery in September, and the stands at Pfitzner Stadium off Prince William Parkway in Woodbridge are expected to be filled with fans to see a pitcher whom Washington paid a record $15 million to sign.
“I would guess between 8-9000 fans Friday Night,” said Potomac Nationals General Manager Josh Olerud.