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Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Seeks 2015 Junior Volunteers

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Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center’s auxiliary program will be conducting an information session for applicants interested in the hospital’s 2015 Junior Volunteer program. Interested candidates are encouraged to attend the Saturday December 6, 2014 event at 9:00 a.m. in the Hylton Education Center.  

The information session will provide the necessary guidance to help parents and students make informed decisions before committing time and resources into Sentara’s junior volunteer application process.

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Virginia Transportation Chief to Speak in Woodbridge

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Virginia Transportation Secretary Aubrey Lane will appear at a town hall meeting in Woodbridge.

The secretary is expected to discuss several transportation projects taking place in the region, like the EZ-Pass Express Lanes on Interstate 95 set to open later this month to the widening of Route 1 in Woodbridge.

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Futrell Eyes Senate, Won’t Seek Woodbridge — Stafford House Seat

By Uriah Kiser
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After one term in the House of Delegates, Michael Futrell will run to replace the retiring Charles Colgan, who is currently Virginia’s longest-serving Senator in Richmond.

A new Democratic candidate that been selected to replace Futrell will make his official announcement in January, said Prince William County Democratic Committee Chairman Harry Wiggins. The unnamed candidate lives in Woodbridge, has been active in the committee, and will soon retire from his job at the Pentagon in Arlington.

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Many Unfamiliar with EZ-Pass Express Lanes at Opening

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The 95 Express Lanes will open in December. We just don’t know exactly on which date drivers will need to be sure to have their EZ-Pass affixed to their windshields.

The two-and-a-half year project to convert the HOV lanes on Interstate 95 to toll or EZ-Pass Express Lanes, as well as build new lanes from Garrisonville Road north to Dumfries, is coming to an end.

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License Plate Reader Limits Could Hamper Investigations

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A Prince William County legislator is seeking statewide uniformity on how license plate readers collect and store data that has been linked to solving crimes.

Delegate Richard Anderson told the Prince William Committee of 100 that he and Virginia State Senator Chap Petersen will submit new legislation that would address how police agencies, like Prince William County’s, collect and store photos of license plates collected from cars in parking lots and from vehicles driving on county streets.

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Nyea’s Party Store a Sign of Life for Featherstone Square

By Potomac Local News
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Nyea's Party store is located at Featherstone Square in Woodbridge, Virginia.

A new store owner hopes a party will once again happen inside Woodbridge’s Featherstone Square.

Ania Jaffa is the managing director, chief proprietor, and just about any other official-sounding title you can come up with for Nyea’s Party store. The independent business owner opened the store this fall after retiring from working in the account management department at AT&T, not a job one would associate with parties.

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