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City pressured to find a new home for youth baseball league

By Uriah Kiser

Manassas leaders have promised to help find its youth baseball league a new home if it sells the 18-acre E.G. Smith Baseball Complex to the city’s largest employer, Micron Technologies. 

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305-room gaming resort hinges on parkway extension, quad intersection

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According to new traffic analysis, the streets around Dumfries will grow more congested, especially on weekends, should a new gaming resort be built.

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Fireworks show praised, food panned during July 4th event review

By Uriah Kiser

The fireworks show was amazing, officials said. The food selection, not so much.

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City not forthcoming with info about potential sale of ballfields, league says

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Photo: Greater Manassas Baseball League

This fall, about 600 children and teenagers will take part in America’s oldest pastime, playing for the Greater Manassas Baseball League.

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Planet Direct brings world of new jobs to region’s tech hub

By Uriah Kiser
Ryan Gutman, president of Planet Direct, surveys his new 110,000 square-foot corporate headquarters in Prince William County's Innovation Park. [Keith Walker/Prince William County Government]

Prince William County taxpayers helped pave the way to the update grand opening of a new warehouse and corporate headquarters for mailing and printing business that does $20 million a year in sales.

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Va. deletes video encouraging teachers to talk racism, not terrorism on 9/11 anniversary

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A video urging teachers to talk about racism when developing lesson plans to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks has been removed from YouTube.

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Chamber of Commerce PAC endorses 3 House of Delegates candidates

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Incumbent Delegate Luke Torian (D), and candidates Briana Sewell (D) and Harold Pyon (R) all received endorsements from the Prince William Chamber of Commerce.

The Prince William Chamber of Commerce is out with its first political endorsements of the season.

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Northam to stop for lunch at Beville Middle School on Thursday

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Virginia Governor Ralph Northam

Governor Ralph Northam will stop for lunch on Thursday in Dale City. 

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New fines for expired license plates to be imposed Tuesday

By Uriah Kiser

If you live in Prince William County and haven’t already done so, it’s time to renew your license plates.

Starting Tuesday, September 14,  the county will impose a $250 $100 fine on those who have out-of-state expired tags. We first told you about the new fine in July when it was approved by the Board of County Supervisors.

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