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Nov 19, 2023

InFive: Code Red air quality, mourning a business leader and a new disc golf course

Top news and notes from around Northern Virginia and beyond. 5. Attempted

Top news and notes from around Northern Virginia and beyond.

5. Attempted abduction

A 10-year-old boy reported to police he was grabbed by a masked man as he walked to his bus stop in Woodbridge on Wednesday morning while another masked man waited in a car nearby.

4. New disc golf course

Prince William County officials and representatives with the NOVA Disc Golf Association on Saturday gathered at Forest Greens Golf Club in Triangle for a ribbon-cutting ceremony of the new Forest Valley Disc Golf course.

3. Code Red air quality

Parts of Northern Virginia and the D.C. area are under a Code Red air quality alert today due to thick smoke circulating from Canadian wildfires. Click here for your forecast by ZIP code.

2. Mourning a business leader

The Prince William County business community is mourning the sudden loss of Patrick King, a well-known local entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the marketing firm Imagine, Inc. in Old Town Manassas nearly 20 years ago.

1. New hire

Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman announced Tuesday he plans to tap Bob Mosier, former secretary of public safety and homeland security and Fauquier County sheriff, to fill the role of lieutenant colonel, which has remained vacant in the Loudoun agency since last fall, according to a press release.

InsideOut

Summerfest at Mount Vernon returns Friday and Saturday, with more than 30 craft beers from Virginia breweries available to sample, including two Mount Vernon beers that pay homage to George Washington's love of porter. The event takes place from 6-9 p.m. each night. See mountvernon.org for tickets and details.

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