WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Volunteers at Leesylvania State Park are putting together care packages for soldiers in honor of the upcoming Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
The care packages are being assembled for Operation Homefront, and various items are needed to fill boxes.
LORTON, Va. — The en Route! dance group touring Richmond, Va. and Baltimore, Md. will perform at the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton. Their performance will come with a special dance lesson for youth dancers at any experience level.
More in a press release from the Workhouse:
*This story has been corrected based on new information provided by Stafford Hospital.
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A Prince William police officer was killed this afternoon in an apparent fiery crash.
It’s New Years Eve and many people in our area will be out celebrating the coming of 2013. The holiday also means you can get a free cab ride home from your party – a cab with fares up to $30.
The annual SoberRide program is organized each year by the Washington Regional Alcohol Program and is designed to curb drunken driving on area streets. To use the service, riders must call 1-800-200-TAXI to order a cab for the ride home.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — A program that investigates the legal status of arrested illegal immigrants in Prince William County will remain in place at least through June.
The jurisdiction is the only one in the U.S. to keep the 287 (g) program following efforts to cut the program in October, said Prince William Board of Supervisors Chairman Corey A. Stewart (At-Large).
Double New Years Event at Harvest Life Changers Church
Harvest Life Changers Church in Woodbridge will hold a two-day New Year’s celebration starting with a concert Sunday night and a worship service on New Year’s Eve.
OPINION
By AL ALBORN
Contributing Editor
By KIM HOSEN
Prince William Conservation Alliance Executive Director
At the crack of dawn two days before Christmas, 40 volunteers fanned out across Nokesville and beyond to look for birds. While many were focused on last minute holiday shopping, Northern Virginia birders flocked together to count bird species and abundance as part of the annual Nokesville Christmas Bird Count.
