Author: Jane Fullerton Lemons

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Proposed budget boosts election spending: Prince William officials aim to fix issues that led to long lines, voter complaints

By Jane Fullerton Lemons

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — The proposed Prince William County budget would significantly increase spending for the Office of Elections by nearly $800,000, targeting issues that led to voter complaints in 2018 just in time for the 2020 presidential primary.

County Executive Christopher Martino presented his budget proposal for fiscal year 2020 to the Board of County Supervisors, telling board members the increased funding includes about $300,000 for the March 2020 presidential primary plus another $400,000 for Election Day equipment.

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Business

Flory Center closure leaves void in small business development services in Prince William County

By Jane Fullerton Lemons

The longtime head of the Flory Small Business Center is retiring Dec. 31, leaving Prince William County residents without small business development services for the first time in nearly 30 years.

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News

Opioids are a ‘huge’ problem in Prince William: Resources and training are available to combat the epidemic

By Jane Fullerton Lemons

MANASSAS PARK — The somber message from everyone involved with the drug epidemic resonated clearly: Opioid addiction continues to be a growing problem in the Prince William County area that cuts across all demographic distinctions, costing lives and wreaking havoc in its wake.

More than 80 people gathered Nov. 17 at the Manassas Park Community Center to assess the scope of the current opioid crisis as well as ways to combat it. They heard from law enforcement officers, health care professionals, elected officials and people whose lives have been devastated by opioid drugs.

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News

Absentee voting is way up across Prince William, Stafford. What you need to know ahead of the Nov. 6 election.

By Jane Fullerton Lemons

Northern Virginia elections officials are seeing a significant increase in the number of voters casting absentee ballots, a trend they expect to continue as the Nov. 6 midterm election draws closer.

Officials in Prince William and Stafford counties, along with Manassas city, will have extended hours for absentee voting in the final two weeks before next month’s local and federal election.

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Features

World War II ‘flying fortress’ visits the Manassas airport

By Jane Fullerton Lemons

MANASSAS — Four 1,200-horsepower radial engines slowly revved up, spewing clouds of gray smoke when the propellers began to rotate, as the massive B-17 bomber prepared for takeoff Thursday at the Manassas Regional Airport.

The whooshing of those nearly 12-foot propellers grew into the unmistakable roar of a World War II airplane. That sound meant the Aluminum Overcast was ready to soar.

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Business

Kaiser plans new facilities in Haymarket and Stafford, but future of $200 million Woodbridge hub uncertain

By Jane Fullerton Lemons

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Prince William officials give Scriyb an extra year to meet terms of economic development grant

By Jane Fullerton Lemons

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Northern Virginia “Ground Zero” for tech workforce: Thousands of unfilled cyber jobs could impact local economy

By Jane Fullerton Lemons
Craig Stevenson, right, of Arlington-based cybersecurity company HyperQube, demonstrates how a Prince William County technology start-up, Scriyb, provides a live online, cloud-based classroom platform so teachers can reach more students.

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Didlake workers take their strike to company’s Manassas headquarters

By Jane Fullerton Lemons

MANASSAS — Workers who’ve been on strike for three weeks against Didlake Inc., including several with disabilities, took their grievances to the company’s Manassas headquarters Thursday morning with the support of local elected officials.

The workers voted in April to form a union, culminating a yearlong effort aimed at improving their pay and health-care benefits. But Didlake has refused to recognize those efforts while awaiting a ruling from the National Labor Relations Board, stemming from the company’s appeal of a decision that favored the workers.

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