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Closing soon: the Bed Bath & Beyond in Gainesville

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(Prince William Times) — This year, there is no cheerful holiday music playing, and the shelves aren’t bursting with neatly stacked merchandise at the Bed Bath & Beyond store at the Shops at Stonewall in Gainesville. That’s because the store is closing, and this holiday season will be the location’s last.

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Stafford man pleads guilty to killing his brother

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(Fredericksburg.com) A Stafford County man who killed and nearly decapitated his brother last year for reasons that remain unclear pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Thursday.

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Virginia legislator proposes gun ban: ‘nobody needs an assault weapon’

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Virginia state Sen. Creigh Deeds, D-Bath

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Political newcomer Kerensa Sumers is the first Democrat to enter the race for Gainesville supervisor

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(Prince William Times — Metred paywall) Kerensa Sumers, 39, of Manassas, has announced her bid to represent the Gainesville District on the Prince William Board of County Supervisors in the wake of former supervisor Pete Candland’s resignation. She is the first and only Democrat so far to officially throw her hat in the ring.

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Prince William supervisors approve new Comprehensive Plan

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Former Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chair At-large Ann Wheeler. [File photo]

(Insidenova.com) In 18 years, Prince William County will look quite different than it does today, and supervisors early Wednesday cast votes to voice how they think the county should look in the years ahead.

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Prince William County school system, union engage in war of words | Insidenova

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The Prince William County School Board and the union seeking to represent its employees are in another contentious back-and-forth, this week over a critical press release from the union and a letter sent by school division attorneys in response.

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Gainesville-area residents take their fight against the PW digital gateway to court | Prince William Times

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Protesters gather outside the Prince William County Government Center in Woodbridge urging the county to limit the areas in which data centers may be built, and to decline the Digital Gateway project next to the Manassas National Battlefield.

Residents of the Heritage Hunt, Oak Valley and surrounding areas in western Prince William County are taking their fight against the 2,139-acre Prince William Digital Gateway data center corridor to court.

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Virginia lawmaker renews push to lower voting age to 16 in local elections | WRIC-TV

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A Virginia Democrat wants to lower the voting age for local elections to 16, a change to the state’s constitution that voters would ultimately need to approve.

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Local turnout tops 50% in midterm elections | Prince William Times

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Voters stand in line to cast their ballots at a DMV in Woodbridge.

Despite some major changes – including the addition of several new voting precincts and a lawsuit that resulted in last-minute staffing changes at polling places – the recent midterm election went smoothly in Prince William County and turnout topped 51%, according to Eric Olsen, the county’s director of elections.

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Report finds profound pandemic impact on Virginia education | Associated Press

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Virginia’s teacher workforce is smaller, unhappier and less qualified than before the COVID-19 pandemic, Virginia’s nonpartisan legislative watchdog agency said in a report Monday that urged the state to boost funding to address the issue.

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