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Prince William

Ruth Anderson will vote for the park and road bonds

By Uriah Kiser
Anderson

The sitting Occoquan District representative on the Prince William Board of County Supervisors says if the bonds pass and if she is reelected to the Board on November 5, the Board wouldn’t borrow all of the $396 million voters would approve.

Voters in Prince William County will see two bond referenda questions on the Nov. 5 ballot.

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News

With free parking widely available, ‘outer-ring’ commuters in Prince William continue to drive

By Uriah Kiser

The latest State of the Commute report shows what many already know: the further from Washington, D.C. you live, the more frustrated you are with the commute.

When it comes to all of those buses, slugging, commuter rail, and Metro choices that allow commuters the option to get out of their car, many surveyed from our area still choose to drive alone.

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Features

Scream museum offers selfie ops in 30 haunted scenes

By Uriah Kiser

The American Scream Halloween Selfie Museum offers something different for haunt-goers.

“We wanted a lot of variety and we wanted each set to be its own photo op as well,” owner Jon Libbesmeier told Potomac Local. “Thus we created a series of sets that any Halloween/horror person will love and they get to take their time and get photos.”

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Originals

OmniRide looks to New York City for ferry advice 

By Uriah Kiser

Transit officials in Prince Willam County are turning to the professionals, issuing a request for information on how other jurisdictions operate passenger ferry service.

“Based on trips to Seattle to and New York City I’ve made in the past month, if you’ve seen one ferry system, you’ve seen one ferry system. They’re all very different,” Woodbridge District Supervisor Frank Principi told the OmniRide Commission at its meeting Thursday in Woodbridge.

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Business

Only Prince William Republicans appear at Chamber business debate

By Uriah Kiser

Seven Republicans vying for seats in the Virginia General Assembly sat inside the old courthouse at the Bristow Courthouse Historic Centre and took questions from me on Monday, September 30.

The Prince William Chamber of Commerce asked me to serve as a moderator for their debate to focus on state and local business issues.

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