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Why Stafford’s new $155M high school could have an airplane hangar

By Uriah Kiser
A plane inside a hangar at Manassas Regional Airport.

Two new career and technical programs are set to debut in Stafford County’s sixth high school, opening in 2025.

On Tuesday, the county’s School Board heard a recommendation to place aviation maintenance and advanced manufacturing programs at the new school, which will be located in Hartwood, in the southwestern portion of the county.

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Prince William

Area schools ask: How should we spend all this stimulus cash?

By Uriah Kiser

Prince William County Public Schools has so much money, it doesn’t know yet what to do with it.

So, it’s asking the public for ideas on how to spend nearly $90 million in federal funds it just picked up in the latest round of stimulus funding. The school division will hold a public meeting Tuesday, June 15 at 6 p.m. at the Kelly Leadership Center, and virtually as an opportunity for residents’ input.

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Would a street takeover solve Georgetown South’s parking woes?

By Uriah Kiser
Georgetown South residents attend a town hall meeting about the neighborhood's ongoing parking issues.

Parking spaces inside the Georgetown South neighborhood in Manassas are at a premium.

The city has distributed nearly 2,800 parking permits to neighborhood residents that have requested them. The problem: There are just 1,750 parking spaces in the neighborhood, located near the city’s downtown.

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Prince William

Special Olympics torch run to pass through area tomorrow

By Uriah Kiser

Runners for Special Olympics Virginia will carry the touch through Woodbridge on Thursday, June 10 on its way to the games in Richmond.

About 9 a.m., runners will gather at a fire station at 15219 Holleyside Drive in Montclair, and from there run to the Gar-Field Eastern District police station at 15948 Donald Curtis Drive, via Cardinal Drive.

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Politics

Milde wins GOP nomination in bid to take back Aquia seat

By Uriah Kiser

It’s a homecoming, of sorts, for Republican Paul Milde. He won his primary bid to be the GOP nominee for the Aquia District seat on the Stafford County Board of Supervisors.

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Cox wins GOP nomination in HD51 in Prince William County

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Wins for incumbents Guzman, King in Prince William House of Delegates races

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It was a night for incumbents in two Democratic House of Delegates Primary Election races in Prince William County and Stafford County.

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Voters send Lee Carter packing, nominate political newcomer Lopes-Maldonado

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Democrats showed Lee Carter the door during today’s Primary Election, deciding not to send Virginia’s first self-described democratic socialist back to Richmond.

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