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The $3.5 million that Gov. James S. Gilmore III approved Oct. 10 for 150 additional positions for home- or community-based care for the mentally handicapped falls well short of the commonwealth’s needs, a regional advocacy group for mentally retarded people asserts. “It’s pretty much a Band-Aid on a very systemic problem,” said Jeannie Cummins, spokeswoman…
The Prince William police dive team pulled a man’:s frozen body from underneath the dock his boat was tied to on the Occoquan River on Monday afternoon as his friends looked on. Carl Duda, 45, of 8624 Lorfax Drive in Lorton, was pulled from the Occoquan’:s frigid waters on Marina Way off U.S. 1 after…
By the same vote count as two years ago a primary seat belt law has died again in the House Transportation Committee. Proponents said the law wouldhave increased seatbelt use and saved lives, but the committee tied 10-10on the long-standing reluctance to impose onpersonal liberty. The tie was most likely to soften the defeat of…
Richmond School Superintendent Deborah Jewell-Sherman has recommended dismissing some employees after a report released Tuesday from the Virginia Department of Education that details problems with state Standards of Learning testing at one Richmond elementary school. In addition, Richmond has 30 days to submit a corrective action plan to the state. Investigators interviewed 22 Oak Grove Elementary…
By DAVE UTNIK [email protected] WOODBRIDGE If Eric Welsh keeps hitting home runs like the one that soared out of Pfitzner Stadium Friday night, it might not be long before the Winston-Salem Warthogs designated hitter winds up with his own bobblehead doll. On a night when 1,000 fans received a limited edition likeness of a bobbing…
The Potomac River Rescue Association’s nautical fire fighting and rescue abilities cruised into the 21st century Saturday with the arrival of “Firestorm,” a 36-foot-long boat with astonishing capabilities. Association spokesman Terry Hill said the boat’s attributes include a forward-looking radar system, night vision optics, a thermal imaging camera, radio direction finder, jet-drive diesel engines and…