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OmniRide service changes announced; New service to Stafford, Spotsylvania

By Uriah Kiser

OmniRide’s Service Change will take effect on Monday, December 11. The organization will add three new routes from Fredericksburg to North Stafford using the I-95 E-ZPass Express Lanes extension.

OmniRide will add Stafford to the State Department and Spotsylvania and Falmouth routes to the Pentagon and destinations in D.C.

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Prince William schools, teachers union reach tentative deal, does not include $64M pay hike

By Uriah Kiser

Prince William County Public Schools: “After eight months of negotiations as part of the collective bargaining process with the Prince William Education Association (PWEA), a three-year collective bargaining agreement on benefits and terms and conditions of employment was tentatively agreed upon by the School Board’s and PWEA’s bargaining teams. PWCS is hopeful that this agreement will be ratified by the employees in each bargaining unit.”

“The division proposed a contract including a nearly $70 million salary and benefit package of approximately $64 million in increased salary and more than $5 million increase in other wages and benefits. PWEA negotiators did not reach an agreement on the wage proposal before the December 1 deadline.”

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Pedestrian killed in Downtown Manassas DUI crash

By Uriah Kiser
Manassas police posted a map of the street closure caused by the crash.

Updated 3 p.m. — Manassas police closed a portion of Center Street at Main Street in Downtown Manassas for a crash.

Police reported the crash at 11:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. Police reopened the street at 7:50 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023.

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Manassas Christmas parade photos, winners

By Uriah Kiser
The 2023 Greater Manassas Christmas Parade. [Photo/Mike Beaty]

At 10 a.m., marching bands, floats, and other parade participants marched down Mathis and Prescott avenues onto Center Street downtown under foggy conditions. The temperature at the city’s airport was 48 degrees.

WUSA-TV anchor Annie Yu served as parade grand marshall, while Manassas Rotary President Cheryl Macias was honored as Woman of the Year. Businessman and owner of Manassas Limousine Service, the former Baker Funeral Home, Cliff Blasius, was Man of the Year.

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Pilot identified in fatal in Fauquier County plane crash

By Uriah Kiser

3:15 p.m. update — A Bealton man died in a plane crash on Sunday.

Virginia State Police responded to a report of a plane crash in Fauquier County. The crash occurred Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023, at 3:54 p.m., near Midland Road and Ebenezer Church Road, near the Warrenton-Fauquier Airport.

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Lillie Jessie, on Pr. Wm. School Board for 10 years, stepping down

By Uriah Kiser
Richard M. and Lillie Jessie (center)

Lillie Jessie will sit on the Prince William County School Board for a final time on Tuesday, December 5, 2023.

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Two new delegates join forces to sound alarm over growth of data center industry

By Uriah Kiser
Virginia Data Center Reform Coalition members

Richmond Times-Dispatch: “Two newly elected members of the Virginia House of Delegates — even before they take office — are sounding the alarm about the costs of the rapidly expanding data center industry in Virginia.”

“Josh Thomas, the Democrat, and Ian Lovejoy, the Republican, were elected last month to represent parts of Prince William County that are at the epicenter of an escalating fight over the proliferation of data centers that require enormous amounts of electricity, water and land to serve the global demand for digital data storage.”

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Stafford woman nets $1 million prize

By Uriah Kiser

Virginia Lottery: “When Marie Edwards went to the CVS to pick up a prescription, she also bought a $1 Million Spectacular ticket from the Virginia Lottery. When she scratched the ticket the next day, the Stafford County woman discovered she had just won the game’s $1 million top prize.”

“She had the choice of taking the full $1 million prize in annual installments over 30 years or a one-time cash option of $571,000 before taxes. She chose the cash option.”

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State prosecutors drop felony charges against former Prince William elections chief

By Uriah Kiser
General registrar Michele White answers questions from the Board of County Supervisors at its July 21 meeting

Prince William Times: “A former Prince William County elections chief is no longer facing felony charges related to alleged corruption and lying in connection with her duties during the 2020 election, according a court filing.”

“Former Prince William County general registrar Michele White, 52, still faces one misdemeanor count of neglect of duty by an election officer, the only charge that remains from her September 2022 grand jury indictment, according to court records.”

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