Olivia Aveni Briscoe, Author at Potomac Local News

Supporters applaud Manassas ERA endorsement. Others say the quick vote is politically motivated.

Published January 29, 2019 at 10:35PM | Updated January 31, 2019 at 9:56PM

Manassas City Hall at 9027 Center Street.

Manassas leaders Monday night passed a resolution in support of ratification by the Commonwealth of Virginia of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the U.S. Constitution.

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Gaston to run for Coles School Board seat

By Olivia Aveni Briscoe

Published January 28, 2019 at 1:01PM | Updated January 31, 2019 at 8:31PM

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — Jackie Gaston is throwing her hat in the ring for Coles District School Board.

She’s a special education teacher in Fairfax County as well as a mother of three boys whose experience with PTO’s, meetings in the schools, and school improvement planning teams for her own children in who attend Prince William County Public Schools led her to want to serve.

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Paul O’Meara making a second run for the Coles District seat

By Olivia Aveni Briscoe

Published January 10, 2019 at 2:34PM | Updated January 31, 2019 at 8:21PM

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — Paul O’Meara is running as a Republican for Coles District Supervisor.

He previously ran in 2015 for the same office and lost in the primary to Marty Nohe, who today is not seeking election to the Coles seat but rather the Prince William County Board of Supervisors Chairman, At-large seat.

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Mandatory resident parking passes an option to ease Manassas Park parking woes

By Olivia Aveni Briscoe

Published January 5, 2019 at 10:11PM | Updated December 13, 2023 at 11:54AM

A growing number of drivers are parking their vehicles in Manassas Park neighborhoods. And, it’s becoming an issue city leaders must address.

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Deer hunting in Prince William public parks enters second phase

By Olivia Aveni Briscoe

Published January 3, 2019 at 7:46PM | Updated January 5, 2019 at 10:32PM

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — Prince William County is well into its second phase of a pilot archery deer management program that began last year.

If it goes well, the program could become permanent. The pilot stage last year only operated at three sites for six weeks. This year the number of sites has increased to 10 locations and the time for the hunt has lengthened from October 6 to November 16 and then again from December 2 to February 28.

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Championing Special Ed, trailer reduction, Deutsch seeks reelection to School Board

By Olivia Aveni Briscoe

Published December 18, 2018 at 9:08PM | Updated January 28, 2019 at 1:05PM

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — Willie Deutsch will seek re-election to the Prince William County School Board as its Coles District member. Though School Board races are non-partisan, the incumbent is the first Republican to announce their candidacy for the seat.

All the seats for the school board are up for reelection on November 5, 2019. Deutsch was elected to the school board in 2015, his first time elected to public office.

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Lake Montclair, dam restored to meet new state flood standards

By Olivia Aveni Briscoe

Published December 14, 2018 at 10:48AM | Updated January 22, 2019 at 11:13PM

A view of a drained Lake Montclair from Dolphin Beach in April 2018.

If Montclair has a 100-year storm, the spillway will be able to accommodate it.

Lake Montclair was lowered to just 20 feet this past summer, leaving residents who are used to summer swimming and boating on high and dry.

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Abortion clinic turned Catholic Charities infirmary is expanding

By Olivia Aveni Briscoe

Published December 13, 2018 at 9:19PM | Updated December 14, 2018 at 11:16AM

MANASSAS — A medical clinic now operating where an abortion clinic once sat is expanding thanks to doctors and volunteers who are giving of their time and expertise.