A crazy summer in sports

After a frantic year of developing sources, rushing to make deadlines and getting home when most folks are in deep REM sleep, sportswriters look forward to the summer the same way a teacher in a class full of unruly children does. It’s sort of an unspoken rule that the hottest months are also the sports…

GOP backs Keen in School Board race

School board candidates supporting school vouchers and charter schools won endorsements by the Prince William Republican Committee Monday night. The committee endorsed Steven Keen, who is challenging incumbent Lucy Beauchamp for the chairmanship, and Dumfries candidate Tim Singstock, both of whom are championing private school choice. Beauchamp, who has the endorsement of the 3,000-member Prince…

LIFE: Hula Around

The workout starts with an “aloha.” Don’t bother with athletic shoes or headbands either. You’d fit in better with a flowered skirt and lei. For fitness instructor Julie Field, teaching aerobics for almost 20 years has given her an idea of what people want: fun. Not content with the regular ho-hum exercise class, Field created…