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Council approves $5.8 million motel purchase

By Uriah Kiser

Manassas taxpayers are now the proud owners of the Olde Towne Inn, a dilapidated motor inn built in 1964, sitting in the heart of downtown.

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Prince William

QTS envisions wider Pageland Lane, a key competent to the Bi-County Parkway between Dumfries and Dulles Airport, with data centers

By Uriah Kiser

A new data center proposed for the Prince William Digital Gateway would come with an expanded Pageland Lane, a street once identified as key to building a new bi-county parkway between Interstate 95 and Dulles International Airport.

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Ribbon cuttings mark end to $129M of road projects in Gainesville, Woodbridge

By Uriah Kiser
Officials cut the ribbon on a new Balls Road Road interchange at Prince William Parkway near Interstate 66.

Officials cut the ribbon on the region’s latest diverging diamond interchange that will open Monday, May 1, at Prince William Parkway and Balls Ford Road in Gainesville.

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New promise to build VRE station after near decade of delay

By Uriah Kiser

There’s a new promise to build a Virginia Railway Express station at Potomac Shores near Dumfries.

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Adopted budget, flat tax ends 3 consecutive years of hikes

By Uriah Kiser

The Prince William Board of County Supervisors approved a $2.2 billion budget on Tuesday, April 25, 2023.

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Route 28 Bypass flooding, affordable housing concerns

By Uriah Kiser

Residents gathered at the Manassas Park Community Center to speak out on a plan to build a $300 million bypass (a pre-inflation figure announced in 2019) in a floodplain between Sudley Road (Route 234) and Centreville Road (Route 28) just outside Manassas.

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Metal detectors coming to Prince William middle, high schools

By Uriah Kiser

Metal detectors are coming to all 17 middle and 14 high schools in Prince William County.

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Re-branded regional bus system FXBGo! hits the road

By Uriah Kiser

Fredericksburg officials celebrated the rebranding of the city’s regional bus system.

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Stafford hikes taxes 11%, increases school funding $16 million

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It took multiple attempts, votes to reconsider, and 12 hours filled with arguments and accusations, but Stafford County now has the fiscal year 2024 budget that will take effect July 1, 2023.

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