Uriah Kiser, Author at Potomac Local News

Published April 22, 2019 at 2:00AM

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Features

Exclusive: Woman gives birth on floor of Dumfries fire station

By Uriah Kiser

Published April 21, 2019 at 9:45PM

DUMFRIES — Stafford County’s newest resident was born on the floor of a fire station in Dumfries.

Kasey Lynnett Smith, 28, went into labor on Thursday, April 18. She was in a car with her mother, who was driving her to Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center in Woodbridge to deliver the child. Senatra, she said, is “where my doctors are.”

News

Candidates: You should now have your 2019 Project: Election survey

By Uriah Kiser

Published April 21, 2019 at 4:08PM | Updated April 21, 2019 at 4:28PM

Dear candidates and campaign managers,

It’s an annual tradition — Potomac Local’s Project: Election questionnaire. And it’s now in your email box.

News

New sponsor: Embrey Mill Berry and Wine Festival

By Uriah Kiser

Published April 20, 2019 at 10:10AM

Embrey Mill hasn’t just become one of the biggest neighborhoods in Stafford County, it’s also got a cool wine thing happening.

This year, Potomac Local welcomes the Embrey Mill Berry and Wine Festival as a sponsor to the site. The second-annual event offers wine tastings from county favorites like Potomac Point, and Hartwood wineries, as well as A. Smith Bowman Distillery in Fredericksburg.

Originals

Tie vote kills Prince William data center tax hike proposal

By Uriah Kiser

Published April 17, 2019 at 7:22PM

WOODBRIDGE — An effort to hike taxes on data centers in Prince William County failed at a special meeting Wednesday night.

A 4-4 tie vote killed a proposal touted by Prince William County Board of Supervisors Chairman Corey Stewart At-large that would have increased taxes on the current seven data centers in the county, as well as future data centers to be built, from $1.25 to doubling it over five years to $2.50 per $100 of assessed value.

Originals

Prince William data center tax hike would benefit schools, Fredericksburg region

By Uriah Kiser

Published April 17, 2019 at 12:03AM

WOODBRIDGE — Prince William County leaders are aiming to hike taxes on data centers, hoping the new funds will help the county shed its bedroom community reputation and become a destination to live, work, and play.

Board of County Supervisors Chairman At-large Corey Stewart, a Republican who recently ran a failed U.S. Senate campaign against Democrat Tim Kaine, proposes raising the current tax rate on data centers from $1.25 to $2, netting an additional $9.6 million annually.

Business

Drive-through Starbucks at The Garrison wins Planning Commission approval

By Uriah Kiser

Published April 15, 2019 at 11:25PM | Updated April 16, 2019 at 12:32AM

NORTH STAFFORD — A drive-through lane was the central concern of a new Starbucks planned for The Garrison, a long-awaited development in North Stafford which promises a new movie theater, shops, and housing.

The Stafford County Planning Commission recommended approval of a conditional use permit which would allow the future Starbucks to operate a drive-through, in addition to serving customers who get out of their cars and walk inside to order food and drinks.

Features

Malachi, our student reporter interviews Dumfries Mayor Derrick Wood

By Uriah Kiser

Published April 14, 2019 at 10:14AM

Malachi, our 12-year-old student reporter, met with Dumfries Mayor Derrick Wood at town hall.

He got a lesson in small-town politics and heard from a long-time public servant whose been working to make Virginia’s oldest, continuously-chartered town more than a dot on a map.

Politics

Commonwealth Attorney candidate Amy Ashworth gets Surovell endorsement

By Uriah Kiser

Published April 11, 2019 at 10:18AM | Updated April 11, 2019 at 4:17PM

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MANASSAS — Amy Ashworth picked up the endorsement of Virginia State Senator Scott Surrovell.

The Democrat is running for the job of Prince William County Commonwealth Attorney, the top prosecutor for cases in the county and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.

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