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STAFFORD — A wife, mother of six, and strategic planner, now Vangie Williams will add another title to her resume — congressional candidate.

Williams, of King George, won the Democratic nomination to run for a seat in the U.S. House in Virginia’s 1st District, a seat long held by Republican Rob Wittman. Williams beat her two challengers in Tuesday’s Democratic Primary Election Edwin Santana, of Stafford, by seven points, and Prince William County native turned Hanover County resident John Suddarth by nearly 13 points.


GAINESVILLE – Tomorrow’s leaders are hard at work exploring, discovering and having serious fun in Gainesville as they prepare for future success. Classes are now underway at Everbrook Academy of Gainesville, where children are among the first in the country to hone their critical thinking and collaborative skills at this unique early education experience.

Everbrook Academy is a new 21st century preschool designed to nurture young learners’ abilities as natural-born scientists and engineers while preparing them to navigate a changing world.


From a press release: 

When you Dump the Pump and ride OmniRide on Thursday, June 21, you and a friend could win a free SmarTrip card or a Starbucks gift card.


MANASSAS — The system was restored Monday afternoon after t went down on Friday, leaving customers who rely on paying their electric bill online in the dark. Those who couldn’t pay their bills online, and called NOVEC’s call center were placed into an automated queue which allowed them to pay their bills over the phone with a service fee.

NOVEC spokeswoman Priscilla Knight tells us:


PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — Melvin Reynolds never envisioned himself as a foster parent.

But he took in his first youth in need, a 17-year-old boy, seven years ago. Reynolds worked with youth in residential care and then, one day, found himself taking care of foster children in his Montclair home.


From an email: 

Every year the United States celebrates Flag Day on June 14 to mark the anniversary of the adopting “the Stars and Stripes” as the nation’s official flag. County residents have the opportunity to observe the holiday by retiring old or tattered American flags at the Prince William County Landfill anytime during open hours.


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