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A crash that happened at Bristow Center afternoon, police said. Bristow Beat has more.
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Prince William
FROM POLICE REPORTS
Mr. Daniel Razjooyan-Sosa was last seen on Wednesday, January 9, 2013, at 1 PM. He is a 27 year old male, 5’11”, weighing 192 pounds.
SUBMITTED NEWS
MANASSAS, Va. — On Jan. 8, the Board of Directors of the Prince William County Arts Council approved its newest member: Write by the Rails, the Prince William Chapter of the Virginia Writers Club.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — An 85-year-old structure holding back the Occoquan River so pleasure boaters can use Lake Jackson is leaking, Prince William Coles District Supervisor Marty Nohe said Tuesday during a meeting of the county’s Board of Supervisors.
Just the thought of a leaking dam has a way of making those who live near it, or downstream, feel uneasy. But officials say they are on top of the situation and have brought in a contractor to figure out why two “toe drains” at the bottom of the dam are leaking.
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OCCOQUAN, Va. — A terrace, amphitheatre, even ice skating could be coming to a new park in Occoquan.
The Town Council Wednesday approved a memorandum of understanding with with Fairfax Water and Prince William County that clears the way for a new one-acre park to be built where a water treatment facility once stood at the end of Mill Street in Occoquan.
FROM POLICE REPORTS
Destruction to School Property, Firearms Violation near School – On January 9th at 9:01AM, police responded to the 1500 block of Constellation Way in Woodbridge (22191) for a destruction of property. A witness reported to police that sometime between 9:00PM and 10:00PM on January 8th he saw a group of males standing on the steps near the school. He saw a young male fire what appeared to be a handgun at Fred Lynn Middle School, located at 1650 Prince William Parkway in Woodbridge (22191.) Police searched the school and located a security light that appears to have been shot out, valued at around $500. There were no students at the school during the time of the incident and there were no injuries.
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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Chemicals used in a fire suppression device inside a kitchen at Saunders Middle School left one employee sick and after school activities canceled Wednesday.
School administrators held a planned fire drill at 1:30 p.m. and staff and students had all safely made it outside the building. But during the drill, a fire suppression system was accidentally activated inside of the cafeteria kitchen and an employee had a reaction to the fire suppressant substance, said Prince William schools spokeswoman Irene Cromer.
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By MARK ROBINSON
Capital News Service
RICHMOND, Va. – With the General Assembly set to convene, Gov. Bob McDonnell proposed Tuesday increasing Virginia’s sales tax and abolishing its nearly 27-year-old gas tax, making Virginia the first state in the country to do so.