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Prince William

County Adds New Parks Department

By Potomac Local News
The Seal of Prince William County, Va.

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Prince William has a new Department of Parks and Recreation after officials voted Tuesday to merge county government with the Prince William County Park Authority – an independent corporation in continuous existence since 1977.

The merger puts control of all 67 properties owned by the Authority in the hands of the county government, under the leadership of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors. The independent parks board will now be merged with the county to become a Parks and Recreation Advisory Board.

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Prince William

New Retail, Office Space Approved in Triangle

By Potomac Local News
Prince William Potomac District Supervisor Maureen Caddigan
Prince William Potomac District Supervisor Maureen Caddigan

TRIANGLE, Va. — The vision of bringing a village-like setting to Triangle took its first step Tuesday.

The Prince William County Board of Supervisors approved Brady’s Village, a 3-acre mixed use development that will sit to the east of U.S. 1 and is bordered by Brady’s Hill Road and C Street in Triangle.

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News

Marine Corps Base to Hold Full-Scale Exercise

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The CSX train tracks on Marine Corps Base Quantico during a winter sunset. (Photo by: KJ Mushung)

By KJ Mushung

QUANTICO Va. – The U.S. Marines of Marine Corps Base Quantico will be conducting a full-scale exercise Wednesday, March 14 from 8:30 a.m. until 2 p.m., to test their readiness and response should a train derailment take place. Train tracks run through the base, and a derailment or other train accident could happen anywhere along those tracks. The concern is not just of a derailment but of a hazmat spill should one occur.

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$10K Tech Grant Awarded for Boys & Girls Club Upgrades

By Potomac Local News

MANASSAS, Va. – The Manassas Boys & Girls Club has received over $10,000 from the United Way Community Impact Grant to be used to upgrade the site’s Club Tech program to “center of excellence.”

Club Tech is an ambitious, multi-year initiative led by Microsoft and Comcast to provide all Boys & Girls Clubs with state-of-the-art software, hardware and programming to build youth members’ computer skills and integrate technology in core program areas. The Club Tech program at the Manassas Boys & Girls Club will give up to 1,500 annual youth members each year, from ages 5 to 17, access to a curriculum that advances their computer literacy skills through a 12-unit series. The program also bridges the gap for youth who don’t have access to a cell phone, computer or an Internet connection at home.

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Politics

Connolly Calls on USPS to Release Hidden Report

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Gerry Connolly (D-11-Fairfax, Prince William)

WASHINGTON – Virginia Congressman Gerry Connolly, D-Fairfax, Prince William, filed a motion with the Postal Regulatory Commission today to make public a study on the impact of mail service cuts on United States Postal Service revenue.  The USPS has filed a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to keep the study secret. 

The Postal Service study quantified the impact on revenue of reducing mail service from 6 to 5 days, eliminating next-day mail service, closing mail processing facilities, and closing thousands of Post Offices.  The study may also have considered the impact of stamp price increases on projected revenue.

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Foreign Press Tours Stafford

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(Submitted photo)

STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — On Super Tuesday, members of the foreign press got a look an inside look at Virginia’s Primary Election process from right here in the Potomac Communities.

Reporters and photographers from outside the U.S. stopped at H.H. Poole Middle School on March 6 to interview Precinct Chief Ben Martin and Electoral Board Vice Chairman Steve Albertson, according to a Stafford County press release.

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