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Winter Solstice: It’s the longest night of the year

By Uriah Kiser
[Image: National Weather Service]

The sun sets at 4:42, marking the earliest time the sun will set this winter. The Winter Solstice (the first day of winter on Friday, Dec. 22, 2o23) is the first day of winter.

It also means the days will last until the Summer Solstice on June 20, 2024. Tomorrow’s sunset time is 4:43 p.m.

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Occoquan refreshing town seal designed in the 1980s

By Uriah Kiser

The Occoquan Town Seal is getting a makeover.

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Features

Hylton High School students pack 10,000 meals for the hungry

By Uriah Kiser
[Photo: Prince William County Public Schools]

Prince William County Public Schools: “Students in C. D. Hylton High School’s Center for International Studies & Languages (CISL) program hosted a meal-packing event with Rise Against Hunger in which Hylton High students, parents, and community member volunteers packed more than 10,000 meals for people in need. Hylton High will send the meals to families and children in need across the world in schools and hospitals.”

“Rise Against Hunger is an international hunger relief non-profit organization that coordinates the packaging and distribution of food to people and families who need them the most across the globe. The organization’s mission is to create a world in which hunger doesn’t exist and Hylton students took the step to help make that mission possible. More than 100 students, parents, and volunteers came out to support the cause.

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Supervisor Kenny Boddye’s abstention was key to the PW Digital Gateway’s approval

By Uriah Kiser
Boddye

“With the recent vote to approve the controversial Prince William Digital Gateway, Prince William County is on track to become the data center capital of North America — if not the world. Critical to the project’s approval was Supervisor Kenny Boddye’s decision to abstain, allowing it to pass on a split 4-3-1 vote,” reports Shannon Clark at the Prince William Times.

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Business

FredNats stadium sponsor absorbs credit union

By Uriah Kiser

One of Richmond’s biggest financial institutions has closed out the year by taking a small Charlottesville credit union under its wing.

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Politics

As new school board sworn in, political chairs are in motion again

By Uriah Kiser
The Prince William County School Board 2024 to 2027. Top left to right: Erica Tredinnick, Justin Wilk, Dr. Babur Lateef, Lisa Zarapur, Tracy Blake. Bottom row: Jennifer Wall, Richard Jessie, Loree Williams. [Photo: Prince William County Public Schools]

As we told you over the weekend, the new Prince William County School Board is sworn in and ready to work. Its term begins Jan. 1, 2024, with the board’s first meeting shortly after that.

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Hotel at Farm Brew LIVE! announced: The Tempo by Hilton

By Uriah Kiser

We know more about a hotel that will be built next to Farm Brew LIVE! just outside Manassas.

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Fredericksburg-area native ‘Huntley’ wins ‘The Voice’

By Uriah Kiser
[Congratulations to Huntley for winning The Voice Season 24. We (and ALL of Fredericksburg) are so proud of you and look forward to celebrating your win!" [Photo: Fredericksburg police X account]

“He’s belted out rockers and powered through soulful ballads, but one thing’s remained consistent about Huntley’s journey through Season 24 of The Voice: The guy just never seems to miss a musical step,” NBC posted to its website.

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