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Randall on Supervisors race: Make Stafford a destination county

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Joining us on the podcast today is Barton Randall. He is the candidate for the Garrisonville District Supervisor seat.

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34 awarded GEDs through city-funded education partnership

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Manassas Mayor Michelle Davis-Younger awards Spring Williams a diploma, as Virginia State Senator Jeremy McPike (D-Prince William, Manassas) looks on. [Photo: Uriah Kiser/PLN]

A celebration was held at Harris Pavilion in Downtown Manassas as 34 city residents received their GEDs.

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Exclusive: Va. Education Secretary: No mask guidance yet, encourages vaccinations as schools set to resume classes

By Uriah Kiser
Qarni speaks at a GED graduation ceremony in Downtown Manassas on July 28, 2021 [Photo: Uriah Kiser/Potomac Local News]

The majority of local school divisions across the state will return to class over the next three weeks, and local School Boards members are scratching their heads, wondering if they should require masks for all students and teachers — including those who have been vaccinated.

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Prince William County drug overdose deaths skyrocket in 2020

By Uriah Kiser

Crime in Prince William County is down, according to the county police department’s just-relaxed annual report for 2020.

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Parents protest as schools push for universal mask requirement

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Parents line up to speak at a Stafford County School Board meeting on July 27, 2021 [Photo: Uriah Kiser]

School officials in Stafford County on Tuesday recommended its elected School Board require all students and staff to wear facemasks upon their return to school in two-and-a-half weeks. 

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New parking rules allow 2 permits per house for Georgetown South residents

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Manassas police photographed a car parked illegally in the city's Georgetown South neighborhood. [Photo: Manassas City Government]

Residents of Georgetown South — one of Manassas’ most dense townhome neighborhoods — will have to live with new restrictions on parking.

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CDC won’t reauthorize coronavirus test used in our area

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The CDC has recalled an experimental coronavirus test used in our area to determine whether or not residents were infected with a disease that caused a worldwide pandemic.

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Raising Cane’s restaurant aims to replace old Bar Louie on Liberia

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Photo: Raising Cane's Facebook page

Raising Canes wants to bring its brand of fried chicken tenders to the Manassas area. 

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New vision for Belmont Bay swaps planned hotel rooms for homes, boardwalk 

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An illustration showing the Beacon building, a new boardwalk, and a new urban park that would be built as part of a 170-acre rezoning at Belmont Bay in Woodbridge.

A “reimagined” Belmont Bay neighborhood is proposed for North Woodbridge, marking the latest development in the storied mixed-use district that, for the past 20 years, has failed to achieve its grand vision.

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Vaccinated children to be on government list as schools weigh mask requirements

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Prince William County Public Schools students [Photo: Prince William County Public Schools Facebook page]

For now, unvaccinated children will not be on a government list school officials will use as children head back to class next month.

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