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Potomac News Online | Family buries area soldier
ARLINGTON — “In life, he honored the flag. In death, the flag honored him.” With those words, a crowd of more than 100 mourners said goodbye to Army Sgt. Kristopher Shepherd on Thursday at Arlington National Cemetery. Shepherd, 26, lived in Woodbridge the past four years and was killed a week ago in Iraq. He…
Heat doesn’t keep fair crowds away
Despite temperatures hovering near the 100-degree mark, crowds continue to flock to the Prince William County Fair in record numbers. In the first five days of the 53rd annual event, 48,000 spectators have passed through the gates — an increase of about 15,000 from the same time last year. “Usually, we draw the biggest crowds…
Committee rejects school posting plan
Richmond showed it has no appetite for any more posting mandates for schools Wednesday. The House Education Committee took out all references to posting from a bill put in by Prince William Delegate L. Scott Lingamfelter, R-31st District, that adds excerpts from the Virginia Constitution to the 1998 character development curriculum for public schools. The…
Clubs lose thousands on trips canceled due to security fears
The Prince William County School Board has requested school officials to review field trips that were canceled in light of the nation’s terror alert status, to determine the financial burden it has placed on clubs and students. Under the direction of Edward L. Kelly, Prince William County School superintendent, field trips to the Washington, D.C.,…
Manassas Journal Messenger | Brentsville’s Dustin Whitlow: The man on the move
By KIPP HANLEY [email protected] NOKESVILLE Brentsville senior Dustin Whitlow has lived all over the world but has finally found a home for cross country this fall. An avid runner who had been competing for a Department of Defense school in England, Whitlow walked into Brentsville for the first time and noticed a huge framed photo…
A house divided
Again, America faces world-altering forces while unity among its people is lacking. One faction accuses the other of politicizing the proposed steps to be taken, then turns around and starts politicizing those steps themselves every day and twice on Sunday. If Hussein is able to cause America grief, he will not be deterred by waiting…