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March 16, 2008

Join disaster preparedness event

Good morning Prince William and happy St. Patrick’s Day. Please treat yourself to a healthy beverage today such as a big glass of green tea. I bet you thought a good Irishman such as me was going to toast to your health and good fortune with some other green beverage but we have lots to do so I’m staying with the tea for today. But I am wishing you good health and good fortune in 2008.

Government roundup

The Prevention Alliance of Greater Prince William, the Gang Response Intervention Team and the Prince William County Police Crime Prevention Unit are presenting “Internet Safety — What you don’t know might hurt your children.”


March 15, 2008

County service authority wins award

Prince William County Service Authority was awarded the 2008 Public Communications Achievement Award.<

Local Media General papers win awards

The Potomac News, Manassas Journal Messenger and the Stafford County Sun took several awards in the 2007 Virginia Press Association contest.

Local talent shines at anthem auditions
Local talent shines at anthem auditions

“It’s just one of many dreams,“ said 15-year-old Jimmy Edwards about why he took the stage Saturday in the middle of Potomac Mills mall in Woodbridge to sing the National Anthem.


March 14, 2008

Sixth-grader makes ‘Wagnerian’ conquest
Sixth-grader makes ‘Wagnerian’ conquest

"Wow" was all 12-year-old Marie Mach could say after the 30th annual Prince William County Spelling Bee Friday night.

 

Drivers, consider this your warning.

Virginia State Police officers are starting a seatbelt and child restraint enforce-ment campaign on Sunday.

 

Police intensify search for driver
Police intensify search for driver

Prince William County Police have renewed their search for the driver involved in a January car accident that left one man dead.

 

Five charged in theft attempts

Prince William County police handed out more than 30 charges to five people in separate theft-related incidents this week.

Marine shot during firearms training at Quantico

Marine listed in stable condition at Inova Fairfax Hospital

City seeks opinion on abortion clinics
City seeks opinion on abortion clinics

City of Manassas contracts with attorney to decide if it can regualte abortion clinics

Spitzer resigns
Spitzer resigns

Stick a fork in him, he’s done!


March 13, 2008

Winners & losers

This week’s winners and losers.

Dumfries egg hunt slated for Saturday

Residents and visitors are invited to bring their children to the Super Egg Hunt on Saturday in Dumfries

Man pleads guilty to malicious wounding

A Woodbridge man who police said stabbed a woman who was giving him a ride in the Marumsco Plaza area pleaded guilty in Prince William Circuit Court on Thursday to malicious wounding.

Man’s death points out pedestrian problems

Walking along and crossing busy roadways is a hazard homeless people like Norman Stanley Lewis face every day. And it is how Lewis, known to some as just “Stan,“ lost his life.<

N.C. man sentenced on Internet sex charges

Donald Richard Hance, 59, of 5005 Cokesbury Road in Fuquay-Varina, N.C.,  was sentenced Thursday in Prince William Circuit Court to 12 years in prison with eight suspended for one count of distributing sexually explicit material and two counts of using the Internet to facilitate sexual acts involving children.

Supervisors face challenge of tough budget season

To say it’s a budget season full of surprises might just be an understatement

Police blotter

Prince William and Manassas police reported the following incidents:

Police briefs

A 21-year-old Woodbridge man crashed a 2002 Subaru WRX in Fairfax County, killing the passenger and severely injuring himself, police said.

Many bills signed by Kaine have local ties

One measure of elected officials’ productivity is the number of bills turned into law. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine signed a number of initiatives from local delegates into law this week.<

15 vie tonight in county spelling bee

Tonight, some of the area’s best middle-school spellers will compete for a chance to represent Prince William County in the 78th Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C

Dumfries to lower speed limit on Possum Point Road
Dumfries to lower speed limit on Possum Point Road

For the past two months, an average of 150 to 160 dump trucks a day have been traveling down the narrow and often winding Possum Point Road in Dumfries on their way to unload dirt at the Dominion Virginia power plant.

Increased noise expected near Quantico base

Marines schedule explosive training scheduled for next week.

Students charged with stabbing classmate

Two Hylton High School students were recently charged in connection with the stabbing of a fellow classmate off school grounds Tuesday afternoon.

Good Samaritan recovers after being hit by car
Good Samaritan recovers after being hit by car

James Coleman didn’t know what he would find when he kneeled down by an overturned SUV blocking the right lane on Va. 234 south just before daybreak nearly two weeks ago.


March 12, 2008

Woman charged in jewelry scam
Woman charged in jewelry scam

A Stephens City woman is facing felony charges related to a diamond scam she allegedly pulled on a jeweler in Prince William County.

Man hit by car dies from injuries

The pedestrian who was hit by a car last week while crossing Dale Boulevard died Tuesday, Prince William County police said.

Hybrid exemption extended for another year

Earlier this week Gov. Timothy M. Kaine signed a law that keeps hybrids in HOV lanes for another year.

Board delays vote on what tax rate to advertise

Supervisors on Tuesday dispensed with the question of what rate to advertise Prince William County’s fiscal 2009 tax in quick time.

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