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No more LOSAP for Stafford volunteer firefighters

By Uriah Kiser
Photo: Stafford County Fire and Rescue

Today, May 16, 2023, the Stafford County Board of Supervisors killed its LOSAP program, a financial arrangement devised in 2006 as a way to recruit volunteer firefighters.

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Residents speak out on plan for new bridge over Rappahannock

By Uriah Kiser
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More than 100 people gathered on Monday, May 15, 2023, to speak out on a proposal to build a new bridge linking Fredericksburg and Stafford County over the Rappahannock River.

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Politics

Karla Justice seeks Occoquan seat: ‘I’ll repeal the county meals tax’

By Uriah Kiser
Justice (pictured in black t-shirt)

I interviewed Karla Justice, whose running for the Prince William Board of County Supervisors Occoquan District Supervisors seat on Twitter Spaces on May 15, 2023.

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Schools

Youngkin says Stafford’s teacher pay problem would be helped if Democrats sent him a budget

By Uriah Kiser
Virignia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Stafford County Schools Superintendent Dr. Thomas Taylor.

The Stafford County Board of Supervisors passed its 2024 budget early on April 19, 2023. Later that day, Supervisors Crystal Vanuch and Pamela Yeung met with staffers in Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s office to urge legislation allowing county public school teachers a cost-to-compete annual salary adjustment.

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Q Town mayor: ‘No one told us’ about upcoming train derailment drill

By Uriah Kiser

Quantico Marine Corps Base will conduct a full-scale exercise on the base on May 25 that will simulate a train derailment on the main side of the base. The exercise, the largest conducted at the base in about 12 years, will test the ability of the base and Prince William County emergency responders to react and work together in an emergency.

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Nokesville School calls meeting after teacher quits, parent says student was choked

By Uriah Kiser

Parents of kindergartners gathered at The Nokesville School at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 9, for a special meeting after a parent claimed a child at the school was choked on the school playground.

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Politics

Stirrup recovers from fall, ‘felt fine’ before collapsing at supervisors meeting

By Uriah Kiser

John Stirrup says he’s recovered from a spell that left on unconscious, lying on the floor at the Prince William Board of County Supervisors meeting.

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Schools

Schools superintendent says ‘it may get ugly’ after Stafford passes 2024 budget

By Uriah Kiser
A reporter interviews Stafford County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Thomas Taylor.

Newly obtained emails by PLN through the Freedom of Information Act (with resources made possible by members like you)  show the strained relationship between the Stafford Board of County Supervisors and the county school board following the passage of a $947 million budget last month.

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Crews building Potomac Shores parking garage to house VRE riders

By Uriah Kiser

Work is underway at Potomac Shores to build a new four-level, 400-space parking garage.

During a groundbreaking event Monday, May 8, 2023, a spokesman for Potomac Shores developer Biddle Real Estate Ventures said the garage will open in Fall 2024, with the train station construction occurring at the time of opening or beginning shortly after that. The structure will be a precursor to a new Virginia Railway Express station to be built next to the garage.

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