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We checked with the three major healthcare providers in our region — Sentara, Mary Washington, and Novant — and they’re getting ready to welcome baby in the New Year.

At Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center in Woodbridge, all newborns will receive a special cupcake with blue or pink icing to celebrate the birthday.


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Prince William police are searching for a man who held-up a cell phone store in Dumfries at gunpoint. A Prince William police press release states:

Armed Robbery – On December 17 at 6:39PM, officers responded to the Boost Mobile located at 18069 Triangle Shopping Plz. in Dumfries (22026) to investigate a robbery. A store employee reported to police that an unknown man entered the store and approached the employee.


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Wolf Trap is the only National Park for the performing arts, and it plans three job fairs this winter for people seeking seasonal employment.

The park is located in Fairfax County, at 1551 Trap Road in Vienna, about a 10-minute drive from Tysons Corner Center mall. A press release states:


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The power to remove Virginia’s controversial Confederate monuments has been denied to localities under the Dillon Rule, which allows the state to limit the powers of local governments. But a new Democratic majority in the state legislature may open the door to Confederate monuments in the future.

Virginia has 110 Confederate monuments, many of which are housed in Richmond, the former capital of the Confederacy. Among the most notable are the five towering monuments of Confederate leaders lining Monument Avenue. Others live in neighborhoods across the city from Church Hill to Bellevue. The city is home to significant Civil War buildings, including the American Civil War Museum and White House of the Confederacy.


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