Transit officials announced Prince William County has ended its five-year, $289,000 deal with the First Baptist Church on Minnieville Road near Prince William Parkway in Woodbridge.
Officials’ hopes that commuters forced from a longtime commuter parking lot at Potomac Mills mall would choose to park at the church never materialized.
The P-Nats (8-6) trailed 4-3 entering the inning, but quickly put a rally together. With one down, catcher Sandy Leon and right fielder J.R. Higley hit back-to-back doubles to put runners at second and third. Keys (7-6) manager Orlando Gomez elected to intentionally walk number nine hitter Eury Perez to load the bases and put the force play in order. The decision worked initially. Lead-off man Francisco Soriano followed the Perez walk with a groundball to third base and Dale Mollenhauer came home to erase Sandy Leon for the second out.
Then, Gomez went to the bullpen and brought in the Carolina League leader in saves, Sean Gleason. But the righty from Colorado walked second baseman Jeff Kobernus to tie the game at four.
Rescue crews were called about 6 p.m. Tuesday to the 700 block of Perry Drive in the Grafton Village subdivision near Ferry Farm when after the victim son found her lying on the floor suffering a gunshot wound to her upper body, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
The victim’s son along with his father had just returned home from work and found the woman not breathing.
Late last month, the Commonwealth Transportation Board voted to withhold funding from a six-year transportation plan approved by the group in Richmond, reports Bloomberg Business Week.
“We’re not going to fix transportation by buying municipal fleets,” said Stafford County Supervisor Cord A. Sterling, who also represents the Fredericksburg District on the CTB. “We’ve got very limited resources and we’ve got a lot of needs.”
Shawn Aschan, 42, was pronounced dead at Stafford Hospital Center after he was pulled from a swimming pool at a home on Toluca Road, off Garrisonville Road (Va. 610).
Aschan is believed to have drowned sometime between 5 and 6 p.m. Monday, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
Woodbridge, Va. –– Sammy Solis got an avalanche of run support in his Carolina League debut.
Potomac erupted for 12 runs, eight of which came in a decisive second inning and helped lead the lefthander to a victory in his first start with the P-Nats. J.P. Ramirez capped an incredible home stand with his first career grand slam that helped earn the Nats their second straight series win to open the season’s second half.
The Kabob Factory that opened as part of the Shops at County Center development at Prince William Parkway and Hoadly Road, anchored by a Harris Teeter grocery store, closed its doors last month, area store employees said.
The restaurant was open for more than two years and offered 10 kinds of Kabob priced between $9 and $15.
The Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission, the public agency that operates the commuter bus service from Prince William County to points in Northern Virginia and Washington, says 20 percent of their routes have long suffered from overcrowding –– a result of higher gas prices and congress’ decision to extend the $230 employer-sponsored commuter benefit for federal employees through 2011.
PRTC commissioners are expected to vote on the plan Thursday night.
