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Leesylvania to Mark Va. State Parks’ 75th Birthday

Published June 17, 2011 at 12:46PM | Updated June 30, 2022 at 11:52AM

Virginia State Park’s 75th Anniversary Celebration
Date: Saturday, June 18, 2011
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: Visitor Center and Breakwater Marina Store

Description: Come out and enjoy Virginia State Parks’ 75th birthday celebration. Stop by the Visitor Center to learn about the history of Leesylvania and the park system as a whole. And enjoy games and activities at the Breakwater Marina store starting at 2 p.m. Wish Virginia State Parks a happy birthday and eat free cake. The cake will be cut at 2 p.m. at the marina store.

Prince William

Attempted Rape, Burglary Suspect Sought

By Potomac Local News

Published June 17, 2011 at 7:31AM | Updated July 18, 2011 at 8:47PM

It happened at 6:45 a.m. Thursday in the 1800 block of Gableridge Turn off Prince William Parkway in Woodbridge, in the Summerland Heights apartments.

The man got into the 38-year-old woman’s home through an unlocked window, said Prince William police spokesman Jonathan Perok.

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Mistakes Cost Potomac

By Potomac Local News

Published June 17, 2011 at 6:59AM | Updated July 18, 2011 at 9:32PM

Six of the nine Sox had multi-hit games, headlined by Shannon Wilkerson and Dan Butler. Wilkerson had two hits, a three-run homer and four RBIs, while Butler went 3-for-5 with two doubles and three runs driven in.

The Nationals (28-39) committed three more errors to run their league-leading total to 83, and the Sox (30-37) cashed them in for four unearned runs en route to just their tenth win in their last 40 games.

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New Lane Opens on 95

By Potomac Local News

Published June 16, 2011 at 10:14PM | Updated July 18, 2011 at 9:33PM

(File) Drivers travel past the Pohick Road overpass at Lorton on the new fourth lane that opened Friday on Interstate 95 in Fairfax County. (VDOT)

Motorists will soon enjoy shorter travel times from Prince William County into Fairfax County after the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) opens an additional northbound lane of Interstate 95 across the Occoquan River on Friday, June 17.

This portion of the northbound lanes stretches 2.5 miles from Route 123 to the Route 1. It is part of the final phase of the I-95 widening project.

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World Trade Center Steel Arrives

By Potomac Local News

Published June 16, 2011 at 9:53PM | Updated September 6, 2012 at 11:28AM

Prince William County firefighter Kenyon Sweet climbed up on a semi truck to have a closer look at one of four large pieces of steel from taken from the wreckage of the World Trade Center. (File photo from 2011, Mary Davidson/PotomacLocal.com)

Woodbridge, Va. –– Residents will now have a chance to touch a piece of the ill-fated World Trade Center.

Four pieces of steel from the buildings which collapsed on September 11, 2001 were trucked to Woodbridge on Thursday where they will eventually be displayed.

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Crime Watch: Car Rammed with Child Inside

By Potomac Local News

Published June 16, 2011 at 9:00AM | Updated July 18, 2011 at 8:55PM

At 6:48 p.m. Wednesday, sheriff’s deputies were called to the 300 block of Chatham Heights Road in Falmouth after a woman rammed the car of 27-year-old woman, police said.

Inside of that car was a 13-month-old child.

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HOT Lanes Contractor Threatens to Pull Out

By Potomac Local News

Published June 15, 2011 at 8:00AM | Updated July 18, 2011 at 9:05PM

Commuters use a busy Interstate 95 near Woodbridge on a weekday morning. (Mary Davidson)

The CEO of Transurban, one of the two contractors that has won the bid to build toll lanes between North Stafford and Edsall Road, told an Australian newspaper the company intends to pull out if the project is delayed once more due to a lengthy environmental review process, the Washington Examiner reports.

The project was delayed some 18 months while County Supervisors sued the state and federal governments citing a categorical exemption that allowed the lanes to be built without a proper environmental review.

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Crime Watch: Taser Used in Chase

By Potomac Local News

Published June 14, 2011 at 10:00AM | Updated July 18, 2011 at 8:56PM

Two deputies on patrol early Saturday morning on Frasier Road in the Sky Terrace neighborhood in Stafford County saw a man underneath a 1994 Ford Explorer. The deputies stopped their cars and the man pulled himself out from under the SUV and began running toward an area of townhouses, said Stafford sheriff’s Maj. David Decatur.

The deputies got out of their cars and chased the man, and during the pursuit one of them used their taser weapon causing the suspect to fall to the ground, said Decatur.

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If Kids Play, Parents Must Learn About Concussions

By Potomac Local News

Published June 14, 2011 at 8:00AM | Updated July 18, 2011 at 9:07PM

Woodbridge, Va. –– Following concussion-related deaths and students who committed suicide last year, a new policy affecting student athletes in Prince William County will begin in September.

Prince William County Public Schools announced Monday beginning with the 2011-12 school year, all athletes and their parents or guardians will be required to attend a concussion education session before being allowed to participate in sports try-outs.

Politics

Feds Approve Prince William Redistricting

By Potomac Local News

Published June 14, 2011 at 7:00AM | Updated July 18, 2011 at 9:00PM

Map of approved voting precincts in eastern Prince William County.

The plan, which transformed the Dumfries Magisterial District to the Potomac District, was passed by the county’s Board of Supervisors in April. Afterward, it was forwarded by law to the U.S. Department of Justice for final approval.

“The approval of the County’s redistricting plan is the culmination of a process that involved the entire community. The Board heard input from the Human Rights Commission, the NAACP, various community groups and many individuals, said Prince William Board Chairman Corey A. Stewart. “Clearly this Board worked diligently to make certain we had district lines that were fair and equitable to the demographics and population of Prince William County, and the Department of Justice agreed.”