Uriah Kiser, Author at Potomac Local News

Lock your car: Stafford reports increase in thefts from autos

Published April 1, 2020 at 4:58PM

Stafford authorities say there’s been an uptick in car break-ins in recent days.

The SCSO would like to remind residents to lock your doors and your vehicles. We have seen a recent uptick in reports regarding larcenies from vehicles. Read more here: https://t.co/DXS56a0n5P #CrimePrevention pic.twitter.com/fVVZHVhRoy

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Stafford NAACP collects cash for those laid off due to coronavirus

By Uriah Kiser

Published April 1, 2020 at 4:11PM

There’s a collection underway to raise cash for those who have been laid off during the coronavirus spread.

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Tangs posts video on how to make facemasks

By Uriah Kiser

Published April 1, 2020 at 2:07PM | Updated March 30, 2023 at 11:12PM

Tang’s Alterations in Manassas continues to make facemasks for first responders on the frontlines fighting the coronavirus outbreak.

Owners Xiao-Yin and Kenny Loveless told Potomac Local News they’ve made about 500 masks since they began making them March 25. Many of them have been donated to area emergency crews, and to the Novant/UVA Prince William Medical Center across the street from their storefront in Canterbury Village Shopping Center in Manassas.

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Prince William outlines coronavirus doomsday plan, names secondary hospital sites

By Uriah Kiser

Published April 1, 2020 at 1:14PM

Prince William County Executive Christopher Martino

In preparing for the worst affects the coronavirus could have on the region, Prince William County Executive Director Christopher Martino on Tuesday outlined a three-phase plan to deal with the expected surge patients.

First, the hospitals will take in an increasing number of patients afflicted with the disease until they are full.

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New bridge abutments in place as Route 1 widening project continues in Woodbridge

By Uriah Kiser

Published April 1, 2020 at 9:47AM

Photo: VDOT

The effort to widen Route 1 in Woodbridge continues despite the global coronavirus pandemic.

The Virginia Department of Transportation reports that concrete abutments are in place or a new bridge that will carry Route 1 traffic over the Maurmsco Creek.

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Items at gas station smashed; man, 19 charged

By Uriah Kiser

Published March 31, 2020 at 9:44PM

Sheriff’s deputies were called to a Sunoco gas station Someone after someone began smashing the merchandise.

Authorities were called at 1:46 p.m. Monday, March 30, 2020, to 488 Garrisonville Road in North Stafford. The owner of the gas station told them that after the man ransacked the place, he sped away in an older model white sedan, according to Stafford sheriff’s spokeswoman Amanda Vicinanzo.

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University of Mary Washington employee tests positive for coronavirus

By Uriah Kiser

Published March 31, 2020 at 4:55PM | Updated April 1, 2020 at 2:54AM

University of Mary Washington [Photo: Univesity of Mary Washington Facebook page]

An employee at the University of Mary Washington has tested positive for coronavirus.

The person worked in Lee Hall and has not been present on campus since March 17.

‘Spring Flushing’ to begin in Woodbridge area

By Uriah Kiser

Published March 31, 2020 at 10:55AM

Woodbridge residents could soon see changes to the color and smell of their water as crews work to flush the system.

The Prince William County Service Authority will be conducting its annual spring flushing of the water distribution system from late March through mid-June. This is a routine maintenance process and is not related to the Coronavirus pandemic.

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Community question: As coronavirus spreads, what do you miss?

By Uriah Kiser

Published March 30, 2020 at 5:56PM

Uriah Kiser, Potomac Local News Publisher

Today, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam issued a stay-at-home order, telling state residents to only travel if it’s necessary — to places like grocery stores, or to seek medical attention. Violating the order, he said, could be punishable by up to a year in jail and/or a $2,500 fine.

Yesterday, President Donald Trump announced his social distancing orders — which also require U.S. citizens to stay at home, work from home, and travel only when necessary, would be extended through April. Adhering to these rules could reduce the expected number of coronavirus deaths in the U.S., which was forecasted to be as many as 200,000, according to Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Smoothie King of Woodbridge offers free immune builder in all drinks

By Uriah Kiser

Published March 30, 2020 at 4:04PM | Updated April 1, 2020 at 2:24PM

It’s Virginia Restaurant Takeout Week, and restaurants in the state are reeling due to lack of business following the outbreak of the coronavirus.

Gov. Ralph Northam has limited the number of people who can be inside a restaurant at one time to 10 people, so customers this week are encouraged to call ahead to their favorite restaurant and order out.