Beginning this week, the largest cable company in the nation began requiring customers in Prince William and Stafford counties to get digital set top boxes to continue receiving many of their regular channels.
Customers who haven’t already switched to digital service on Tuesday were greeted with a message on their TV screens stating upgrades to Comcast’s network would require customers to get additional equipment to continue receiving many of the Comcast’s channels they have come to expect.
Courts – Closed Monday, May 30
Libraries – Closed Sunday, May 29 and Monday, May 30
During the promotion ceremony, each den, a group comprised of between 6 and 8 boys, was called up individually to receive new handkerchiefs which the boys wear around their necks as part of their uniforms. Proud parents accompanied their children to be recognized by the assembly. Cub Scouts has five levels, Tiger, Wolf, Bear, Webelos 1 and Webelos 2 which are for boys from first to fifth grade.
“I challenge each of you to be an example for the boys below you” charged Cub Master Jeff Segal after the scouts had been promoted. The ceremony also featured a flag ceremony, several scout cheers, a skit and a song, all performed by the various dens.
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Lake Ridge, Va. –– Police say a 21-year-old woman awoke to find she was being raped.
Lake Ridge, Va. –– The “Fish Out” began Friday at noon, and grandparents and parents alike trickled into the Tall Oaks Community Center to find a brown, murky pool stocked with trout.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, says Lake Ridge’s annual “fish out” is in humane.
The neighborhood’s property owners association plans to bring 750 rainbow trout from a hatchery in Goshen in the western Virginia on Friday, drop them in a swimming pool at the Tall Oaks Community Center and let residents fish them out.
Woodbridge, Va. –– Commuters will have another chance to be heard this month at a town hall meeting.
Lake Ridge, Va. — Lake Ridge is the neighborhood next in line for a 24-hour emergency medical center.
