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Food hotline needs Spanish-speaking volunteers

By Uriah Kiser
Photo: Habitat for Humanity Prince William County

The Community Feeding Taskforce Food Hotline has an urgent need for Spanish-speaking volunteers who can assist staff on weekday afternoons with answering calls to the hotline during the pandemic.

Duties include answering calls from those in need of food, redirecting callers to a food pantry closest to where they live and arranging home deliveries for shut-ins.  Training is provided; however, volunteers will work from home and must have their own computer and Internet access.

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Motorists obey speed limit on Cardinal Drive in Woodbridge, study finds

By Uriah Kiser
Neabsco District Supervisor Victor Angry [Prince William County Government]

Speeding is not a problem on Cardinal Drive in Woodbridge, where a woman was struck and later died after walking her dog on May 1.

The victim, Deborah Lynn Talbot, 50, died two days later at an area hospital. A suspect, 19-year-old Cierra Dickerson, is charged with racing, a form of reckless driving, is scheduled to have a jury trial on February 8, 2021.

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As legal costs mount, plaintiff says Prince William leaders aim to silence dissenters

By Uriah Kiser
Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chair At-large Ann Wheeler. [Photo: Uriah Kiser/Potomac Local News]

The cost to defend the five Democrats on the Prince William Board of County Supervisors now sits at $96,000.

Taxpayers have racked up those charges as the county hired multiple attorneys to defend the sitting supervisors after they were named in a lawsuit alleging they violated Virginia’s sunshine law by attending a public meeting on May 31 without notifying the public.

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Prince William extends tax deadline, while Stafford is due on Dec. 5

By Uriah Kiser

Prince William County Supervisors voted to extend the deadline for residents to pay their property taxes.

During a meeting on Nov. 17, 2020, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors passed a resolution extending the payment deadline for real estate taxes for the second-half of 2020 for 60 days, changing the deadline from Dec. 5, 2020, to Feb. 3, 2021. The extension applies to both commercial and residential real property.

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D.C. man wanted after driver told police he approached his car with gun

By Uriah Kiser

Prince William police are searching for a suspect in a road rage incident that occurred just outside Manassas.

Brandishing | Road Rage Related – On November 18 at 8:20AM, officers responded to investigate a brandishing that was reported to have occurred near the intersection of Prince William Pkwy. and Liberia Ave. in Manassas (20111) earlier that morning. The victim, a 27-year-old man, reported to police that while traveling on Dumfries Rd. he observed two vehicles driving erratically. The victim proceeded past the two vehicles before reencountering them at the above intersection where two occupants of one of the vehicles, a GMC Yukon, approached the victim’s vehicle while brandishing a firearm.

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Central Library reopens after interior remodeling

By Uriah Kiser
A ribbon cutting was held for the reopening of Central Library in Manassas on November 17, 2020. [Manassas City Government]

Central Library in Manassas is once again open to the public after closing earlier this year for renovations.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held to mark the reopening earlier this week. Prince William County Public Libraries posted a press release about the event.

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Marine Corps museum to close to visitors, again

By Uriah Kiser
Photo: The National Museum of the Marine Corps Facebook page

Visitors who want to visit the exhibit halls of the National Museum of the Marine Corps will be turned away starting Monday, November 23.

The museum announced it will temporarily close its building to the public due to the rising number of cases of coronavirus in Virginia. The museum details its plans in a press release.

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