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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Mia Amado won the Cappie for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Helen Keller in “The Miracle Worker.” The Cappies Gala was held Sunday June 10 at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Mia is a sophomore theatre student in the Center for Fine and Performing Arts Program at Woodbridge Senior High School.


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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Women in Prince William County will soon have more access to Breast Cancer screenings.

A $750,000 grant from the Potomac Health Foundation will go to fund a mammography van that will visit area businesses to provide screenings and care for insured employees. Afterward, patients can learn where to go for any follow-up diagnoses and treatment.


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By RICHARD ANDERSON
Virginia House of Delegates, 51 District

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Over the past weekend, I attended four Prince William area high school graduations in 24 hours. The events honored 2500 graduating Woodbridge area seniors from Woodbridge Senior High School, Gar-Field Senior High School, Forest Park High School, and Freedom High School.


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LAKE RIDGE, Va. — Police have a mystery on their hands in Lake Ridge after a man was found unconscious on his doorstep.

Officers were called at 3:13 a.m. Sunday to the 12800 block of Tumbling Brook Lane in Lake Ridge, inside the Rolling Brook apartment complex, after a 29-year-old man came home and began knocking loudly at his front door. Police did not say if the man had become locked out of his home. But another occupant then opened the door and found the man lying unconscious, and then called 911, according to police.


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By URIAH KISER

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Woodbridge now has a boardwalk, but it doesn’t have fancy shops, restaurants or an ocean view.


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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — The Virginia Special Olympics torch will pass through Prince William County this afternoon, escorted by the county’s police department.

The annual running of the torch through Woodbridge on its way to Richmond for this weekend’s games will start at 2 p.m., as runners cross into Woodbridge from Fairfax County.


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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Senate hopeful George Allen will join Virginia Lt. Governor hopeful and Prince William At-large Board Chairman Corey Stewart on a tour of Woodbridge Wednesday.

Allen will appear at 8 a.m. for a breakfast at Appliance Connection in Woodbridge, a kitchen electrics store owned by Prince William Coles District Supervisor Marty Nohe.


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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Elected officials in Prince William County today voted to do away with discretionary funds.

In a letter from At-large Board Chairman Corey Stewart, the county’s top official announced the Board banned the monies known as slush funds from their budgets. The funds were not in the best interest of the county government or taxpayers, stated Stewart.


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