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November 28, 2018
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A new way to get to work?
Haymarket commuter bus begins Dec. 17 By James Ivancic Times Staff Writer
Commuters who live in western Prince William and Fauquier counties can leave the driving to someone else come Dec. 17 when a new bus begins round-trip service from Haymarket to Arlington.
The Monday-through Friday service is meant to give workers an alternative to traveling by car. It’s the first commuter bus service from Haymarket. OmniRide – part of the Potomac Rappahannock Transportation Commission – runs commuter bus routes from the Cushing Road commuter lot, outside Gainesville, and from Linton Hall Road. But the service has never before
The “OmniRide Haymarket Express” will make four trips in the morning and four return trips in the afternoon and early evening. It will run along Interstate 66 between Haymarket and the Rosslyn Metro station. The trips will originate from the new park-and-ride lot on the northeast See COMMUTER, Page 4 corner of U.S. 15 and I-66.
Flying them home Fauquier SPCA staff members, from left, Sarah Farr and Devon Settle, hold a banner recognizing a rescue flight donor with pilot Jeff Locke, third from left, and Sarah Harvey, far right.
Local pilot helps rescued pets find new families in Fauquier By Leonard Shapiro Contributing Writer
Jeff Locke is a lifesaver, as hundreds of grateful dogs would eagerly confirm if only they could talk. “Jeff is an angel to everyone involved with the Fauquier SPCA,” said Executive Director Devon DenINSIDE Business.............................................11 Classified............................................35 Communities......................................29 Libraries.............................................27
nis Settle. “But even more so to so many dogs that are curled up right now, safe and loved in their forever homes.” Several times a month for the past year, Locke has loaded up four crates in the back of his Piper Cub Cherokee single-engine airplane parked at the Fauquier-Warrenton airport. Lifestyle..............................................21 Looking Back......................................19 LFCC..................................................22 News....................................................2 Opinion.................................................8
These days, he needs no map, no compass, no GPS to guide him on the hour-long flight to Johnson County Airport in Mountain City, Tennessee. He’s been there many times before. He knows the way. Once he lands, he’s met on the tarmac by someone from Mountain City Dog Rescue, a rare no-kill
shelter run by Melissa Gentry. In their van are dogs of all shapes and sizes—some puppies, an occasional purebred, lots of mixed-breeds, some weighing up to 80 pounds. Locke helps load the dogs into crates, and soon they’re all in the air, See PILOT, Page 4
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