Uriah Kiser, Author at Potomac Local News

Nearly 40% of city residents get social services benefits, and that’s a problem, says Manassas City Council candidate

Published July 11, 2022 at 3:00PM

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In recent years, the Manassas City Government and its school division have prided themselves on the number of free meals it provides to adults and children.

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Manassas considers eminent domain for final properties along Grant Avenue lane-reduction project

By Uriah Kiser

Published July 9, 2022 at 2:00PM | Updated July 9, 2022 at 3:41PM

In its drive to reduce the number of lanes on Grant Avenue, Manassas leaders are turning to the courts to trigger the next steps in the road-reduction project.

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Forkell Greene runs for full term on Manassas City Council, wants greater transparency, public involvement

By Uriah Kiser

Published July 8, 2022 at 4:19PM | Updated July 8, 2022 at 6:13PM

Forkell Greene

Lynn Forkell Greene is making a run for a full term on the Manassas City Council.

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Haymarket library’s HVAC fails after less than 10 years of use: Here’s how much it’s going to cost taxpayers to replace it

By Uriah Kiser

Published July 8, 2022 at 11:52AM

It’s been open less than a decade, and its air heating and air-conditioning systems failed.

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Van Meter running to be GOP candidate for new Woodbridge-area state senate seat

By Uriah Kiser

Published July 7, 2022 at 5:51PM | Updated March 31, 2023 at 3:00PM

Van Meter

Michael Van Meter is trading his political microphone for the real deal.

The Republican who lives in Springfield is mounting a run for the newly-created District 33 State Senate Seat. The district, created in December 2021 by the Virginia State Supreme Court as part of the redistricting process, has no incumbent.

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PC scoffs at county’s request to vet drive-throughs, blesses Gainesville Crossing Sheetz

By Uriah Kiser

Published July 7, 2022 at 11:43AM | Updated November 25, 2024 at 1:23PM

A diagram showing the retail portion of the 153-acre Gainesville Crossing, which will sit next to a commuter parking lot at I-66 and Route 19.

The retail and commercial portion of a 153-acre data center site in Gainesville is ready to be developed.

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Dumfries approves ordinance to allow region’s first gun buyback program

By Uriah Kiser

Published July 6, 2022 at 5:12PM

Dumfries officials laid the groundwork for the region’s first gun buyback program.

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Trustees push for security, education after unwanted sex title appeared on child’s library app

By Uriah Kiser

Published July 1, 2022 at 3:08PM | Updated July 5, 2022 at 7:28AM

Adriana Puckett, of the Central Rappahannock Regional Library, demonstrates the system's iPad app.

The Fredericksburg regional library says it will do more to educate parents on how to safely search its catalog of books, e-books, audiobooks, and videos in the of a complaint filed by a Stafford County mother.