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Police rack up $220,000 in overtime costs during riots, protests

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

The Federal Government picked up the tab for emergency medical supplies needed during the coronavirus pandemic in Prince William County.

The Board of County Supervisors accepted $344,000 in federal grant funds to help offset the county’s costs to respond to the coronavirus pandemic and to provide emergency medical care to residents.

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News

Full Primary Election results: GOP picks Gade, Rashid tops Williams

By Uriah Kiser

Daniel M. Gade will be the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate to face incumbent Mark Warner (D) in the November 3 General Election.

Gade handily beat his Republican Primary Election opponents Allisa A. Baldwin, and Thomas Speciale II with 67% of the vote. Locally Gade won Prince William and Stafford counties with 58% and 64% of the vote, respectively.

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Business

Property sale to reignite Innovation Park town center project

By Uriah Kiser
Prince William Science Accelerator located in Innovation Park, Prince William County welcomes its fifth tenant - Celetrix LLC.

Talks of developing a new town center at the George Mason University Science and Technology Campus are getting underway again.

The Prince William Board of County Supervisors on July 14 will hold a public hearing on the sale of 24 acres of county-owned land that sits across from the Hylton Performing Arts Center, at 11100 University Boulevard just outside Manassas.

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Business

Prince William accepts 2nd round of coronavirus-recovery grant applications

By Uriah Kiser
Occoquan

Small business owners in Prince William County will have a second chance at a grant to help them recover from the coronavirus pandemic.

The Board of County Supervisors authorized the second round of grants for small businesses, this time with different eligibility requirements. Last month, the county allocated $5 million from its federal CARES Act grant signed by President Donald Trump to use as small business relief.

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Exclusive: Prince William County won’t have a fair this year, after all

By Uriah Kiser
[Photo: Mary Davidson / Potomac Local News]

The grandstand — home to the rodeo and demolition derby, the animal barns, home arts, and commercial buildings, and the midway — known for its carnival rides — will go empty for the first time in 70 years.

Organizers of the Prince William County Fair told Potomac Local News today that there, in fact, will be no fair this year. This news comes after organizers were planning to hold a fair during the third week in August — as it has since 1949 — at the fairgrounds just outside Manassas.

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Prince William adds 2nd public hearing for Stonewall Jackson schools renaming

By Uriah Kiser

Residents in Prince William County are being given a second opportunity to speak about a proposed name change for Stonewall Jackson Senior High, and Stonewall Middle schools.

The second meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 25, and the details on this meeting are contained further down in this post.

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