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Stafford students encouraged to apply for agriculture scholarship

By Potomac Local News
Laz E Hill Farm near Haymarket

The Northern Neck Vegetable Growers Association will provide $10,000 in scholarship funds this year. Students from Stafford County are encouraged to apply.

The association will offer five scholarships totaling $10,000 to deserving area youth studying agriculture. Eligible applicants must live in one of the following counties: Caroline, Essex, Hanover, Gloucester, King George, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond, Stafford, Spotsylvania, Westmoreland.

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Election districts shift, new polling places created in Stafford: A breakdown of the changes for the upcoming election

By Potomac Local News
Poll workers outside Brooke Point High School on Election Day, November 2, 2021.

Some voting precincts in Stafford County have changed, and some new ones created.

At the March 15, 2022, Board of Supervisors meeting, the Board adopted voted to create new election district boundaries, voting precincts, and polling locations. 

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Truck restriction considered for Austin Ridge Drive

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Trucks using a popular Stafford County thoroughfare may soon have to find another way.

The Virginia Department of Transportation, at the request of the Stafford County Board of Supervisors, is considering a through truck restriction on Route 1486 (Austin Ridge Drive) between Route 684 (Mine Road) and Route 630 (Courthouse Road).

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County police chief to be questioned by Committee of 100 on Thursday

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Prince William County Police Chief Peter Newsham [Photo: Uriah Kiser]

For the second time since becoming county police chief in January 2021, Peter Newsham will answer the Prince William Committee of 100. The civic group meets periodically, and hosts discussions about community interest, including political forums.

“When we previously had Chief Newsham speak, he was very new to the job and largely spoke with reference to earlier periods of his career and his most immediate objectives in his new role. We have asked him to return to review his first year in Prince William County,” said Prince William Committee of 100 President Cynthia Chambliss.

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Virginia bill to build NFL stadium pushed to special session; felon voting rights dead

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Virignia State Capitol

By Tyler Arnold

(The Center Square) – Virginia legislation that would establish a funding stream to build a new NFL stadium for the Washington Commanders will be pushed to a special session, but a resolution to enshrine felon voting rights in the constitution is dead.

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Trucking firm opening Manassas distribution center, creating 30 jobs

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A trucking company nearly 100 years old will soon call Manassas home.

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I-66 delays expected tonight at Sudley Road for steel beam installation

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Beams for a new ramp connecting I-495 to the I-66 Express Lanes, May 19, 2021. [Photo: VDOT]

At about 10 o’clock tonight, I-66 East will be closed with two-way traffic running on I-66 West so that crews can safely install bridge beams over the eastbound lanes. This work is part of the Transform 66 Outside the Beltway Project.

The ramp from Route 234 Business North and South to I-66 East will also be closed both nights with detours posted.

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