WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Volunteers at Leesylvania State Park are putting together care packages for soldiers in honor of the upcoming Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
The care packages are being assembled for Operation Homefront, and various items are needed to fill boxes.
Powerful storms, car crashes that injured and killed youth, the opening of new restaurants, the loss of a familiar face at one of the area’s most famous restaurants, and the changing landscape of Woodbridge topped the list of the most clicked news stories of the year on PotomacLocal.com.
See the list below of the top 10 stories and tell us what should get an honorable mention.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Visitors to Featherstone National Wildlife Refuge will soon be able to use an elevator to get there.
A new agreement between Virginia Railway Express and Prince William County will ultimately permit visitors access to the secluded refuge on the Potomac River from a pedestrian platform at the Rippon VRE station. Visitors will be able to use an elevator to access the platform and then go over to the refuge, including weekends when the commuter rail station is not in use, according details of the new deal.
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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Today marks one week after the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell has asked for a statewide moment of silence to honor the 20 children and six adults who were shot and killed during the attack in Connecticut.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Its backwoods Cajun feel sets it apart from other restaurants, and this place promises to offer a little something extra every time you come – it’s practically in the name.
Lagniappe (Lan-Yap) opened for the first time Tuesday to loves of down home Cajun cooking with recipes from the bayous of Louisiana. The restaurant’s name might be uncommon to those in Virginia, but it’s a familiar term in Louisiana that means a gift given to a customer at the time of purchase – think of it like when someone orders dozen doughnuts but they actually get 13.
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Police report Louis Smith was found and is safe.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — First a new name for Woodbridge’s hospital, and now new signs to mark the medical center.
Prince William County officials this month approved a request to place new signs on Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center (formerly Potomac Hospital).
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va .– Did you know that each time you pass by a road sign on the median in Prince William County – you’re paying for it?
MANASSAS, Va. — Each year Volunteer Prince William works to make sure some needy children in our area receive something special for Christmas.
If the numbers of children who are still applying to be apart of the gift program are any indication, the volunteer organization has a steep hill to climb and is in need of help.
The Prince William County School Board will hold its annual organizational meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 2 at 7 p.m. prior to its regular public meeting.
