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A 68-year-old Woodbridge man is in the Washington Hospital Center’s burn unit after suffering burns and smoke inhalation during a blaze in his mobile home shortly after noon on Wednesday. The man’s 15-year-old granddaughter also suffered from smoke inhalation, according to Battalion Chief C. Hadden Culp, Prince William Fire and Rescue spokesman, Thursday. The fire…

SLIDESHOW Scenes from the Parkway The Blue Ridge Parkway can soothe your soul, and it can kick your behind. If you’re in riding in a car, the parkway can be an escape route from high-speed traffic and city noise, a fragile ribbon of road along the crest of mountains and through quiet hollows. If you’re…

BULL RUN BRENTSVILLE Key Losses: Joe Lavely, Josh White, Dwight Jarrett. Player to Watch: Jake Lavely, a 6-5 sophomore, started as a freshman last season, led the team in rebounding and was among the Tigers leading scorers. This season, hes added 20 pound to his frame. Other Key Returners: F/C Collin McCarron (6-3, sr.); G…

The Salvation Army has been serving the poor and honoring God along Possum Point Road in Dumfries for more than 20 years. With the new surge of upscale homes cropping up in the neighborhood and more planned for either side of the building, it now just looks sorely out of place. “The building isn’t very…

POTOMAC RIVER TIDE INFORMATION DATE HIGH LOW HIGH LOW A.M. P.M. Wed. 11/20 0704 1303 1854 0125 0627 1720 Thu. 11/21 0738 1340 1922 0206 0628 1719 Fri. 11/22 0809 1420 1955 0245 0629 1719 Sat. 11/23 0841 1501 2033 0325 0630 1718 Sun. 11/24 0918 1547 2118 0406 0631 1718 Mon. 11/25 1002 1637…

An ambulance pulling up in front of Potomac Hospital is not an unusual sight. But when an ambulance parked in front of the hospital’s main entrance last Friday, something was out of the ordinary. The ambulance and van were crowded with eager middle school students ready to learn about the equipment and look around inside…