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EXCLUSIVE: Chief Barnard on Woodbridge double homicide: “We’re working hard”

By Uriah Kiser

DALE CITY — Prince William police chief Barry Barnard is making a plea for anyone with information on the shooting deaths of two men to come forward.

The bodies of Jairo Mayorga, 39, and Milton Lopez, 40, of Woodbridge, were found behind the 7 Market convenience store on Featherstone Road in Woodbridge on the morning of June 22.

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EXCLUSIVE: 2 being treated after rabies exposure in Downtown Manassas

By Uriah Kiser

MANASSAS — Two people are now being treated after exposure to rabies in Manassas.

Dr. Alison Ansher at the Prince William Health District office says they called the office after we reported a group of people who appeared to be in their early 20s was seen handling a bat they picked up from a sidewalk in Downtown Manassas.

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County works to trap, kill beavers in Lake Terrapin

By Uriah Kiser

WOODBRIDGE — The days are numbered for beavers that have made their homes in the Lake Terrapin neighborhood.

Prince William County officials on Monday began inspecting one of its stormwater retention ponds (one of the hundreds it manages) at the residential neighborhood at the intersection of Lake Terrapin Drive and Spriggs Road near Woodbridge.

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OmniRide needs 8 new buses for first-ever Stafford County service

By Uriah Kiser

WOODBRIDGE — OmniRide wants to know what you think about new service along the Interstate 95 and 395 corridor.

One of the proposed services — a new commuter bus that will pick up at the Staffordboro Commuter Lot in North Stafford, would be OmniRide’s first service ever offered in the county.

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Prince William leaders to send list of $41 million in outdoor parks projects to voters

By Uriah Kiser

WOODBRIDGE — Outdoor parks projects won favor with the Prince William Board of County Supervisors.

On Tuesday, the Board of County Supervisors voted 4 to 3 to put forward a list of projects totaling $41 million to voters for approval on the November 5 General Election ballot.

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Prince William to send list of $355 million worth of road projects to voters

By Uriah Kiser

WOODBRIDGE — Leaders worked into the late hours of the night widdling down a list of road bond projects they could send to voters.

In the end, the list contained half of the projects that had been proposed, roadways that were to improve traffic flow and reduce congestion that continues to add 10,000 residents a year and is showing no signs of slowing.

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The future of Prince William’s rural area debated at fiery meeting

By Uriah Kiser

WOODBRIDGE — Instead of being provided answers, residents were asked more questions. And they weren’t having it.

In a fiery meeting at the Prince William County Government Center in Woodbridge on Monday night, residents of the county’s Rural Crescent and those who want to keep developers at bay told officials they were fed up with delays on the future of their properties and neighborhoods.

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