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With new town hall, Dumfries is now a landlord

By Uriah Kiser

DUMFRIES — Dumfries leaders welcomed residents into their new town hall.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at the new building at 17739 Main Street, which is located next to the old town hall building that also contains the Jeff Simpson Community Center. The town owns both buildings and, for the first time, is a landlord renting space to multiple non-profit organizations co-located with it inside the new town hall, to include the Greater Prince William Community Health Center.

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Originals

Demand for proffer law changes may be tough sell for legislators

By Uriah Kiser

WOODBRIDGE — Restoring the old proffer system sits atop the legislative agenda in Prince William County.

In a contentious dinner meeting on Tuesday, The Board of Supervisors met with members of the county’s General Assembly delegation and demanded that they work to repeal drastically change a 2016 law that limits the county’s ability to ask housing developers for conditional zonings (known as proffers), to include the gifting of land for new schools and transportation improvements.

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Prince William’s planned animal shelter is on track, albeit a bit smaller

By Uriah Kiser
Stafford shelter

WOODBRIDGE — Designs for a new animal shelter in Prince William County will be completed next month.

County Public Works Director Thomas Bruun told the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday that if all goes to plan, the project will be put out to bid early next year and construction could begin as early as June. It should take about two years to build the shelter that is anticipated to cost about $14 million.

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Here are the ‘worst’ roads in Stafford. Will voters choose to pay to fix them?

By Uriah Kiser
File Photo: An overturned vehicle on Route 610 on June 12, 2017. One person was taken to a hospital with injuries that did not appear to be life threatening.

STAFFORD — We now know where the worst roads are in Stafford County.

A comprehensive review of local roadways ordered in March by Garrisonville District Supervisor Mark Dudenhefer yielded two spreadsheets listing a total of 94 county roads ranked from worst to best when it comes to traffic volume, safety, and the potential for development along the roadway.

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Updated: New rule for Parks Commissioners: Get paid only if you attend the meetings

By Uriah Kiser

WOODBRIDGE — Prince William County Parks and Recreation Commissioners will now have their compensation tied to attendance.

The county Board of Supervisors voted to withhold commissioners’ $400 monthly compensation if they don’t attend the regularly scheduled monthly meetings. The move comes after some commissioners missed multiple meetings over the past three years and still collected a paycheck.

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Manassas is growing so much it’s spending $28 million on new water projects, including buying more space at a sewage treatment plant

By Uriah Kiser

MANASSAS — Micron Technology is the biggest user of water in Manassas.

And, they’re about to get even bigger. Once the chip maker opens its $3 billion expansion in 10 years — the largest economic development project in Virginia history — the tech giant will increase its water demand by 1.3 million gallons per day.

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Business

In landmark deal, Stafford approves e-commerce warehouse with 30-year tax break

By Uriah Kiser

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