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Manassas schools are racist, newly proposed equity policy asserts

By Uriah Kiser
Wiliams

The Manassas City School Board today was supposed to talk about implicit bias.

“It’s an important topic because it is something that everybody has. It doesn’t matter who you are, what race you are, your status… and it affects how you react to things,” said Manassas School Board Chairman Sanford Williams.

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Manassas airport eases space requirements for flight schools

By Uriah Kiser

Manassas Airport officials this month voted to make some key changes at Virginia’s largest municipal airfield.

First, the airport is working to shorten the list of pilots’ names on a list to rent hangar space at the airport. A total of 160 people are waiting for a covered space to store their planes at the airport as of June 16. On average, it’s a two to three-year wait, said Richard Allabaugh, airport spokesman.

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Originals

Woodbridge vaccination site to close as emergency mask order to sunset

By Uriah Kiser

The massive vaccination clinic in Woodbridge will close today, leaving many in Prince William County needed to travel to the Manassas area to get their coronavirus shot.

A vaccine clinic at the former Gander Mountain store, located at 14041 Worth Avenue, will close its doors for the last at 5:30 p.m. today. Since then, the clinic opened in March and, since then, the rate of those getting the coronavirus vaccine has fallen.

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No, the Woodbridge District Supervisor isn’t selling shoes on her Facebook page

By Uriah Kiser
Woodbridge District Supervisor Margaret Franklin

A recent post on the Facebook page of Woodbridge District Supervisor Margaret Franklin had some wondering if she had entered a new line of work.

The sponsored post was showed a pair of shoes for sale. Summer slide sandals for $60, to be specific.

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Publisher's Post

Let’s open a video window to the county courthouse

By Uriah Kiser
Potomac Local News President Publisher Uriah Kiser

I remember the first time I covered a meeting of the Prince William County Planning Commission.

The body, appointed by members of the Board of County Supervisors, meets regularly and is tasked with making recommendations to the Supervisors on land-use matters. Putting simply, if a large development like a neighborhood of homes or a large shopping mall is built, plans for the new development have most likely passed through the Planning Commission.

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Weary Prince William residents fear another powerline fight looms 

By Uriah Kiser

Dominion Energy, the state’s largest utility, has no idea yet how much electricity a new data center to be built near Haymarket will need.

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Town hall to focus on future of OmniRide

By Uriah Kiser
Samuel Johnson, of My City cleaning services, polishes one of six new OmniRide commuter buses.

Commuters will get an earful on the future of OmniRide, the transportation agency that provides bus service in Prince William and Stafford counties and the cities of Manassas Park.

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DMV Select office to open in Haymarket

By Uriah Kiser

Residents of Haymarket won’t need to drive toward Manassas to visit the DMV.

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A violent 45 days in Prince William County, police reports show

By Uriah Kiser

Here’s a look at a compliation of reports published by the Prince William County Police Department over the past 45 days.

On June 17 at 6:15PM, officers responded to the Riverwood Apartments located in the 2700 block of Yosocomico Ln. in Woodbridge (22191) to investigate an initial report of shots fired…a group of individuals… gunfire was exchanged with another group of individuals who were near the playground on Yosocomico Ln. Both groups dispersed following the gunshots… a round entered an occupied residence, grazing a 9-year-old girl.

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Bailey to rename Dumfries street after African-American settlement

By Uriah Kiser
Bailey

A road will be renamed for an African-American settlement that was founded near Dumfries 200 years ago.

Mine Road in Dumfries will be renamed Batestown Road at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 19. A celebration will be held from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. to commemorate the event. The event will take place in Merchant Park in Dumfries, near the historic Weems-Botts House.

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