Every photo has a story.
As a reporter for many years, I’ve worked a lot of crash scenes, house fires, and homicide investigations. Never once was I stopped by a police officer and asked for my license and registration.
Publisher’s Post
When I travel to a new city, the first thing I do is listen to the radio stations. I’ve probably heard nearly every song before, but the commercials are all new to me.
When I check in to my hotel, after marveling at the view (if I’m lucky enough to have a view), I turn on the local TV station. If I can find one, I grab a local newspaper.
When it comes to parking in the city, a Seinfeld episode comes to mind.
You know the one where George Costanza gets into an argument with another driver over a parking space on the street.
We have a pickle hanging on our Christmas Tree at home.
My wife hangs the green glass ornament on our tree each year. It’s made of the same material a traditional ball ornament is made of.
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One of the questions I am most frequently asked is “how much does it cost to subscribe to your online newspaper?”
Most of those who ask this question are residents of our community, and business owners who are learning about Potomac Local for the first time. My reply is always the same.
QUANTICO, Va. — A live band playing the music in an open park is one of the definite sounds of summertime.
Country Singer Tyler Toliver kicked off the Cowles Auto 2014 Salute to Our Troops Music Series in Raftelis Potomac River Park located at 408 River Road in Quantico on Saturday. More than 150 people packed the park with blankets and chairs to hear Toliver and his band.
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Corey Stewart turned to the press this week to get residents riled up about the need for more police on the streets.
The At-large Chairman of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors’ rare press conference on Tuesday drew not only me to the table, but reporters from other online news websites and newspapers that cover the county, as well as a TV reporter from Washington, D.C.
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Publisher’s note: Peter Candland invited me to a cafe and offered his take on the Prince William County Board of Supervisors and the upcoming budget season. He ordered a soda and I had coffee. Here’s a bit of our conversation.
In recent weeks, Peter Candland has lost more than he’s won – but that hasn’t kept him from trying to change what he calls a “good ol’ boy” system in Prince William County politics.
First we brought independent local news to Prince William and Stafford counties. And now we’ve launched the region’s most powerful locally-maintained and insightful real estate tool.
Prominently featured at in the top main navigation section of our website, the Potomac Local Real Estate section features listings for home sales and rentals, commercial properties, land, as well as market trends and statistics for Prince William and Stafford counties and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.
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Opinion
It’s been a brutal year on Interstate 95 in Northern Virginia. Yes, more so than in years past, the delays seemed to rack up on the highway that bridges the gap not only Prince William and Stafford counties but to many jobs many of us commute to in Arlington and Washington, D.C.