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Local Author Tackles Cancer, Loss of Parents in New Book

By Uriah Kiser

Very few young people in their early 20s must go through the pain of losing their mother and father.

But that’s what Mary C. Rosenthal did when she was just 22 years old, a week before her first wedding anniversary — she buried her mother after a long bout with Metastatic lung cancer. A year later, she buried her father. Both smokers and died of cancer.

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School Board Approves Swimming Pool for Prince William’s 12th High School

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School officials on Wednesday night voted to approve Prince William County’s controversial 12th high school.

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Kiser: Facebook Not Always Best Option to See Local News

By Uriah Kiser
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Relying solely on your Facebook feed for local news about things happening where you live? Don’t be so sure it’s the only place to find what you’re looking for.

A new report from Ignite Social Media says continued to adjustments to Facebook’s news feed algorithm have lead to branded pages, like our Facebook page for Potomac Local News, to be seen by fewer users.

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Nanotechnology Graduate Center Would Transform Manassas, Western Prince William

By Uriah Kiser
Arial map of Innovation Technology Park [Photo: Prince William County Economic Development]

Manassas officials, officials with George Mason University and Delegate Jackson Miller (R-Manassas) are in talks with BAE Systems to convert a soon-to-be-closed fabrication plant into a Nanotechnology Science Center.

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Discussion on Funding Class Size Reduction Turns Ugly

By Uriah Kiser
The Seal of Prince William County, Va.

Leaders are searching for a way to fund a proposed $3.5 million plan to reduce class size in Prince William County – a jurisdiction with the largest average class sizes in the Washington area.

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$3.1 Million in Sports Field Improvements Coming to Prince William

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Left over money – some $3.1 million of it – will go to benefit children, their parents, and area sports leagues who called for better playing fields in Prince William County.

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Transferring Development Rights Could Help Preserve Open Space in Prince William

By Uriah Kiser
Logmill Road in western Prince William County has been described as a scenic drive with the Bull Run Mountain in the backdrop.

Residents like their open space, according to a new study by Prince William County.

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3 Escape Garrisonville Road House Fire

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A sea of emergency vehicles descended on a house on Garrisonville Road on Monday night.

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Raising Cell Phone Towers at Schools Could Earn Cash for Stafford County

By Uriah Kiser
Cell phone towers could be soon be erected next to stadium lighting several Stafford County Public Schools if a new agreement is approved. [Image: Stafford County]

Stafford officials wants to make some extra cash by leasing land for cell phone towers at schools, parks, and other locations in the county.

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New Taxes on Food, Fun, Considered to Pay for Class-Size Reduction in Prince William

By Uriah Kiser
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When it comes to raising money to reduce class sizes in Prince William County, will property taxes go up, or will new taxes be levied on food, fun, and vices?

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