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Prince William to invest in new vote tracking, closed-captioning system

By Uriah Kiser
The Seal of Prince William County, Va.

Who voted for what? In what meeting was this topic discussed?

These questions and more will be answered in a new service Prince William County will implement designed to shed more light on the actions of members of the Board of County Supervisors.

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$40 million public safety center breaks ground in Manassas

By Uriah Kiser
Manassas City officials break ground on a new $40 million police and fire and rescue public safety center. [Uriah Kiser/PLN]

The ground has been broken for a new $40 million public safety center in Manassas.

Elected officials joined chiefs from the city’s police and fire departments to lead a ceremony marking the start of construction for the a new facility on Grant Avenue, just outside of the city’s historic district.

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Suspect in Woodbridge sex assault arrested in Manassas

By Uriah Kiser

Police on Saturday, September 19 arrested a suspect sought in connection to a sexual assault that was reported to have occurred at a residence in Woodbridge.

On September 17 at 12:36 p.m., officers learned the victim, a 17-year-old female, told police that earlier that morning she awoke to an acquaintance standing over her. The accused refused to leave the residence and began inappropriately touching the victim, police said.

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Germanna enrollment rate soars during coronavirus pandemic

By Uriah Kiser
Germanna Community College Barbara J. Fried Center in Stafford County.

Germanna Community College’s enrollment is climbing despite the pandemic.

Enrollment is up 4.24% for the fall compared to the same date in 2019, the college reports.Germanna began bucking the national trend with a 25% surge in summer enrollment.

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Thousands in our region have already cast their absentee ballots

By Uriah Kiser
Democrats staked multiple signs outside the Prince William County Office of Elections in Manassas as absentee in-person voting got underway during the November 3, 2020 General Election. [Uriah Kiser/PLN]

Early voting is underway across the state, and in our region, thousands have already went to the polls to cast their ballots.

In Prince William County, nearly 3,300 people cast their ballots over Friday and Saturday, September 18 and 19, respectively. The county’s office of elections has polling places set up at

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Stafford leaders discuss leaving regional library system

By Uriah Kiser
Central Rappahannock Regional Library Porter Branch sits at 2001 Parkway Boulevard in North Stafford.

Public libraries in the Fredericksburg region are set to reopen to the public, in an limited capacity, on November 11.

But county leaders in Stafford are asking why the Central Rappahannock Regional Library system hasn’t already done so, similar to libraries in neighboring counties. There’s also a discussion about whether or not Stafford would be better off operating its own library system.

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