Author: Uriah Kiser

WOODBRIDGE — Under new rules adopted Tuesday, Prince William County may use public funds to incentivize economic development projects.

Property developers could now find themselves eligible for county funds to buy property to advance a project like a new office building. The funds could be used to buy property on which “modest homes” sit, as suggested by Potomac District Supervisor Maureen Caddigan. Once purchased, those homes would be cleared for larger commercial projects.

WOODBRIDGE — What do you want to see more of in Prince William County parks?

That was the question posed to a room of more than 100 people who turned out for a public meeting held by the county’s parks and recreation department on January 25 at the county government center.

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — A bill in the Virginia House of Delegates, co-sponsored by multiple Prince William County legislators, that would allow a woman to receive an abortion up until the time of delivery died this week.

Delegate Kathy Tran (42-D, Lorton, West Springfield) sponsored HB 2491 which would have changed a requirement for women to obtain approval from three doctors to receive an abortion in the third and final trimester of pregnancy to one. Tran’s bill died Monday in a House Courts Subcommittee where she told a panel of lawmakers that a child could an aborted at the time a mother was dilating on the delivery table.

WOODBRIDGE — In 1983, things in the Washington, D.C region were about equal.

Just 36 years ago, the economies of Maryland, Northern Virginia, and Washington were all growing at the same pace. Overall, it was a company town with the Federal Government leading growth.

WOODBRIDGE — Leaders voted Tuesday to take the dredging of Neabsco Creek deeper.

The Prince William County Board of Supervisors authorized the dredging of public boat fairways that lead to the ramps used to put-in boats into the creek at the confluence of the Potomac River in Woodbridge. The additional cost brings the total for the project approved last fall to just under $1 million.