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Dan Telvock is a native of Ithaca, NY, and he has been a journalist since 1998. He started his career in radio journalism as a news anchor in 1998. He also did a little bit of television broadcasting and interned at Channel 5 in Syracuse.  He has won numerous investigative reporting awards, including three first-place Virginia Press Association awards and a "Best in Show" award.

He has lived in Virginia since 1999. When he is not reporting and writing, Dan is watching the Dallas Cowboys or Atlanta Braves, restoring vintage bicycles, playing his bass guitar or painting.

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<b>Religion</b><br>I was raised Catholic and I was baptized at age 5.

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Prince William County Schools Almost Out Of Snow Days

If school is canceled for another day and postponed for another half day, the school system will have no hours left to lose before it has to extend the school year or make other systemwide changes.

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Rockledge Elem PTA Has New Facebook Digs

The Rockledge Elementary PTA will be deleting its current Facebook page for a newly designed one that is already out.

Rockledge Elem PTA Has New Facebook Digs
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The Future Of Occoquan Regional Park

The Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority has a community meeting tomorrow in which the future of the Occoquan Regional Park will be discussed.

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Minority Rule in Prince William County

The 2010 Census shows that minorities for the first time make up more of the population than whites.

Minority Rule in Prince William County
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Worker Verification Program Passes Senate Committee

A bill to require all public contractors and their subcontractors to register and participate in a federal Electronic Work Verification Program has more steps before it passes.