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LAKE RIDGE, Va. — The auxiliary gym at Woodbridge Senior High School was renamed “Gus” in honor of a former teacher and wrestling coach.

Community members gathered Saturday at the high school in Lake Ridge to rename a utility gym in honor of David “Gus” Swaggard who helped lead the Woodbridge Viking Wrestling Team to their first-ever championship win during the 1973 -74 season. Swaggard also helped the team get its first shutout win, a 49-0 victory.


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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Officials failed to forecast the record turnout at polls on Tuesday.

Woodbridge’s River Oaks voting precinct has more than 4,000 active registered voters assigned to it and saw a 64 percent voter turnout rate Tuesday. Voters here waited in long lines, and in line before the polls closed at 7 p.m. waited for up to four hours to cast their votes.


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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Woodbridge’s elected leader Frank Principi is unhappy that some of the last votes cast in his district were at 10:45 p.m. Tuesday night.

Long lines and wait times of up to five hours at Potomac Middle School in the River Oaks Precinct, with only a handful polling machines processing about 30 voters per has now prompted a local town hall meeting, and a call from Democrats to investigate what went wrong.


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The cast and crew of TV’s Dance Moms will film an episode at Forest Park High School on Saturday. The filming begins at 10 a.m. and goes until 7 p.m., and there’s a limited number of tickets open to anyone who wants to come watch the dance competition being filmed.

Producers of the show said the free tickets have to be obtained through this website.


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Ramirez will take a new job in Richmond and was about to complete the first year into her third term on the eight- member Board.

Ramirez’s resignation comes after a high-profile change-up on the County School Board that led to last night’s election of Lillie Jessie who will represent Prince William’s Occoquan District and permanently replace Grant Lattin, who stepped down earlier this spring.


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