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By KIPP HANLEY [email protected] The recent eligibility issue of Potomac track athlete Kharya Brown has raised concerns about dual residency and how to enforce the Virginia High School League rule that applies to transfer students. The rules say that an entire family must be moved out of the home and the original residence must be…

By KIPP HANLEY [email protected] FAIRFAX –In one of the most irregular indoor seasons for Prince William and Stafford County residents in recent history, the Group AAA state track meet at George Mason University turned out to be quite normal. In 20 of the 30 events on Saturday, the favorite won. Of the remaining 10 events,…

DUMFRIES — Unable to play as a freshman, Bryan Butler took the time to savor all the wonders of his sophomore year: Potomac’s trip to the state semifinals; the chance to guard Duke-bound marksman J.J. Redick; and the personal honor of making the all-Cedar Run District team. “All of that was great, but my favorite…

ALEXANDRIA – It took a violent machete attack and a brazen daylight shooting for the Mara Salvatrucha street gang to command the kind of attention police believe it deserved as it grew in Northern Virginia for more than a decade. In May 2004, a 16-year-old boy in Fairfax County had several fingers chopped off in…

It didn’t take a pair of falling skyscrapers for Kalvyn Smith to feel loss. Those crumbling towers merely reminded him how badly it hurts. Twelve years to the month before the attacks of Sept. 11, Smith lost both a lifelong friend and an in-law in one horrific instant. On Sept. 28, 1989, a fire engine…

Divers on Monday afternoon recovered the body of a 33-year-old Manassas man who drowned Sunday while trying to rescue boys who were caught in Potomac River currents off Leesylvania State Park. Christopher Meehan’s body was recovered at approximately 1:30 p.m. near the park’s pier, not far from where divers found the body of 10-year-old Chester…