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One year later, Manassas continues to wrangle with Georgetown South parking complaints

By Uriah Kiser

One year after overhauling parking in Georgetown South, the City Council again discussed parking problems in the neighborhood.

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Data center height limits to prevent ‘towering monstrosities’ pushed by Planning Commission

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Manassas, battlefield, park, civil war
Manassas National Battlefield Park Visitor Center is located on Route 234 near Manassas, Virginia.

If building heights aren’t limited, visitors to the hallowed ground near Manassas will see data centers no matter where they look.

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With Kalahari comes several new parkway, street projects added to Spotsylvania County Comprehensive Plan

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Thornburg at mile post 118 in Spotsylvania County.

Residents and commuters who travel in the Thornburg area will see significant changes when the Kalahari waterpark resort opens in 2025.

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Remembering ‘Sentara’ Susan Bahorich, an exceptional storyteller

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Like most poeple, she came into my life on the screen.

On an early fall day in 2017, I was in front of my computer, scrolling through social media, searching for the next big story, and she appeared in my feed. Full of life, brightly smiling, holding a video camera, and interviewing everyone on the scene.

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Manassas leaders aim to meet the demands of Spanish speakers, consider translation software

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Manassas wants to make it easier for people to understand what their leaders are saying.

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Wheeler dodges questions about recall, CA refers questions to police

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

Prince William County Board Chair At-large Ann Wheeler continues to stonewall reporters following a bi-partisan recall effort from residents demanding that she resign.

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Kalahari water resort to open hotel, convention center in Spotsylvania, gets 20 years of tax breaks

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In about two years, the beach will come to Spotsylvania County.

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Prince William inks $10.6 million deal to transform retail space into a mental health clinic

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Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chair At-large Ann Wheeler (right) visits the Gander Mountain mass vaccination clinic in March 2021. [Photo: Prince William County Government]

During the 2020 pandemic, it served as a mass vaccination site. Now, Prince William County will open a crisis receiving center in the space near Potomac Mills mall.

The space at 14041 Worth Avenue in Woodbridge will house a center providing 23-hour monitoring for those in the middle of a mental health crisis. The center will aim to take the stress off police officers, who can spend an entire shift or more sitting with patients, returning those officers to the streets.

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Prince William Democrats urge sacking Wheeler recall supporters

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Marilyn Karp, a long time activist in the Democratic Party leads residents gathered at the Prince William County Government Center to call for Board of Supervisors Chair At-large Ann Wheeler (D) to resign after she dumped $50,000 of stock in data center firms.

Bill Wright has been a force in the fight against a wave of data centers being considered or already under construction in Gainesville.

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OmniRide to add Sunday service, restructure routes

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Residents will get the chance to weigh in on a plan to add a Sunday bus service in eastern Prince William County.

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