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Support grows for re-opening schools in fall while teacher talking points memo circulates

By Uriah Kiser

Rallies to reopen schools will be held in two Northern Virginia counties today.

First at 4:30 p.m., the “Open Spotsy Schools Protest” will be held outside the Spotsylvania County Public Schools Administration Building at 8020 River Stone Drive. The protest is being organized by 13-year-old student Hayley Searles, who tipped off Potomac Local News about the protest.

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$130 million Dumfries Route 1 realignment, widening fully funded

By Uriah Kiser
An aerial view of Route 1 in Dumfries, looking south. [Photo: Potomac Local News]

The effort to realign Route 1 in Dumfries has been more than 20 years in the making and, as of today, the project is fully funded.

The town was awarded $78 million by the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority to complete they two-mile widening project that will see the northbound portion of Route 1 (Frayley Boulevard), between Brady’s Hill Road and Route 234 widened to six lanes.

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Hidden comments following “token black person” apology reappear

By Uriah Kiser
Bottino

The comments on a Facebook page maintained by a Prince William County elected official are now visible to the public.

Prince William County Soil and Water Director Tiziana Bottino posted an apology to her “Tiziana for Prince William County Soil and Water Director” Facebook page following a story published by Potomac Local News that detailed the comments Bottino made on this news organization’s Facebook page, on a story about the election of Tim Parrish as the new Prince William County Republican Committee Chairman.

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Stafford EDA: Build more homes, business will follow

By Uriah Kiser

Stafford County’s Economic Development Authority is urging the Board of Supervisors to send a message to merchants: “We’re open for business.”

EDA members at a joint meeting with the Board of Supervisors at Stafford Hospital on July 7 urged supervisors to consider rezone more land, leading to the development of more homes.

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Dumfries budget report: 944% increase in FOIA, miscellaneous revenues in 2020

By Uriah Kiser
Dumfries Town Manager Keith Rogers and Mayor Derrick Wood.

Apparently, public information doesn’t come cheap in Dumfries.

The town collected $24,000 in revenues from Freedom of Information Act requests, and other miscellaneous fees in the Fiscal Year 2020, which ended June 30. The line item amount represents a 944% increase over what the town had anticipated for the year, which was $2,500, according to a preliminary budget report provided to the town council.

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OmniRide considers adding local bus routes in heavily-populated eastern Prince William

By Uriah Kiser

Transportation officials in Prince William are looking at altering and adding new service to some of the county’s busiest local bus routes.

At its public meeting on Thursday, July 9, OmniRide will ask PRTC commissioners for permission to study, and to take public comments on a plan to increase the number of local bus routes it has in the Woodbridge, Lake Ridge, and Dumfries areas from four to seven. The transit agency, which already services the Route 1, Dale Boulevard, and Old Bridge Road corridors with regular local bus service, seeks to add more bus stops in more places.

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