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Woodbridge carnival sparks call for crackdown on large events

Published August 11, 2020 at 11:00AM

A carnival located at Jefferson Plaza on Route 1 in Woodbridge.

Powers Great American Midways erected its carnival in Jefferson Plaza, next to Todos Supermarket in Marumsco Plaza on Route 1 in Woodbridge. It’s a mix of rides, like the Ferris Wheel, swings, and that spinning spaceship that makes you feel sick once the ride comes to a complete stop.

Prince William County issued the permit for the carnival — one of at least two that has sprung up in the county this summer.

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Prince William supervisors now sit divided due to coronavirus

By Uriah Kiser

Published August 6, 2020 at 11:06PM

The Prince William Board of County Supervisors returned to the dias this week.

Sitting between dividers made of safety glass, it’s the first time all seven eight sitting supervisors have been seated together in front of an audience since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in March.

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Stafford wins grant, to launch app with deals for local tourists

By Uriah Kiser

Published August 6, 2020 at 10:42AM | Updated August 6, 2020 at 11:58AM

Amy's Cafe in Falmouth

Stafford County will launch an a phone app that will provide discounts at wineries, breweries, and restaurants, and other tourist destinations in the county.

The new app will be funded with a $10,000 grant the county received from the Virginia Tourism Corporation’s WanderLove Recovery Grant Program. The funds were made available to multiple jurisdictions, to organizations responsible for marketing areas to potential visitors to increase tourism in a region.

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Stafford diversity board could seek info on discrimination complaints

By Uriah Kiser

Published August 4, 2020 at 4:37PM | Updated August 5, 2020 at 12:49AM

Prince William County Human Rights Commission Chairman Curtis Porter, and the county's director of human rights, Raul Torres, speak to Stafford County supervisors via a teleconference.

The Stafford County Government is one step closer to creating a new advisory board that would focus on discrimination and human rights violations.

A charter for the new group states the advisory board would provide recommendations to the Stafford Board of Supervisors about how to better deliver government services to the county minority community, as well as suggest community events that would work to “celebrate diversity, and inclusion, and equity county-wide.”

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Prince William Supervisor: Route 28 bypass would force poor from homes

By Uriah Kiser

Published August 3, 2020 at 6:06PM | Updated May 12, 2022 at 8:34AM

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The effort to build a bypass around Manassas City hit a road block today after it failed to gain the support of the elected supervisor of the district where the would would be built.

Prince William County Coles District Supervisor Yesli Vega announced her opposition the project that would extend the four lanes of Godwin Drive from its terminus near the Novant/UVA Health Prince William Medical Center in Manassas through a residential neighborhood, connecting it with Route 28 in Fairfax County.

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Emergency crews prepare for Tropical Storm Isaias

By Uriah Kiser

Published August 3, 2020 at 10:22AM

Tropical Storm Isaias rainfall potential. [National Hurricane Center]

The region is bracing for heavy rain and there’s one thing emergency crews want to remember — turn around, don’t drown.

Forecasters are calling for between four and six inches of rain to fall tonight and throughout Tuesday with the approaching Tropical Storm Isaias.

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Tropical storm conditions expected Tuesday, watch issued

By Uriah Kiser

Published August 2, 2020 at 8:36PM

Due to Tropical Storm Isaias’ threat to our area, a Tropical Storm Watch has been issued for counties along the I-95 corridor and east. Flash Flooding will likely be our biggest impact Mon eve – Tue eve. Tidal/coastal flooding (Tue and Tue eve) is also a concern. Stay informed. pic.twitter.com/ClQOF1a9Oi

— NWS Baltimore-Washington (@NWS_BaltWash) August 2, 2020

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Prince William leaders attend team-building workshop after months of friction

By Uriah Kiser

Published July 31, 2020 at 2:07PM

Clockwise: Supervisors Margaret Franklin, Ann Wheeler, Victor Angry, and Jeanine Lawson sit together for a teamwork exercise.

Very little public business was discussed during a day-long work session on Thursday, July 30, attended by members of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors.

Elected leaders had hinted during a July 21 meeting the would once again take up the matter of an asphalt plant that could be built near the Blackburn residential neighborhood on Balls Ford Road near Manassas during the work session held at Chinn Park Regional Library in Lake Ridge. A decision by the board on whether or not to issue a special use permit to allow an asphalt plant is more than 10-months overdue.

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85 new town homes approved for Downtown Manassas

By Uriah Kiser

Published July 31, 2020 at 1:02PM

On Monday, July 27, Manassas City Council approved BHP Enterprises LLC’s application for a subdivision to create 85 townhome lots and 20 single-family detached lots, known as Jefferson Square.

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Drive-by scares to be offered at Workhouse Arts this Halloween

By Uriah Kiser

Published July 31, 2020 at 9:38AM | Updated July 31, 2020 at 3:02PM

The Workhouse Arts Center is thrilled to announce “Nightmare Prison,” Northern Virginia’s first-ever Haunted Drive-Thru, is coming to Lorton for this year’s Halloween season.

A haunted attraction is, itself, a long-standing tradition offered by the Workhouse, which serves not only as entertainment but also as an extension of the Workhouse Performing Arts program, allowing local youth to practice their set production and theatrical skills.