Uriah Kiser, Author at Potomac Local News

Despite city’s money woes, Manassas Park candidates say schools a bright spot

Published November 2, 2018 at 11:53AM | Updated December 3, 2018 at 8:33PM

MANASSAS PARK — It’s no secret Manassas Park is drowning in debt.

As candidates for the city council put it Thursday night at a voter forum at the city’s middle school, the “credit card has come due.” The more than 40-year-old city went into debt 10 years ago paying for the construction of municipal buildings it couldn’t afford.

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Here’s your first look at OmniRide’s new paint scheme

By Uriah Kiser

Published October 20, 2018 at 7:46AM | Updated December 12, 2018 at 10:09AM

WOODBRIDGE — Ten brand new buses are parked in Woodbridge waiting for their new colors.

The new commuter coaches built by Motor Coach Industries today are a bright white, but soon they will don the new colors of a rebranded OmniRide.

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Dumfries Cafe to be dozed to make way for wider, improved Route 1

By Uriah Kiser

Published October 18, 2018 at 9:07PM | Updated December 3, 2018 at 8:45PM

DUMFRIES — Residents got their first look at a wider Route 1 in Dumfries.

The Virginia Department of Transportation held a public hearing on a $130 million project to widen and realign Route 1 between Brady’s Hill Drive and Route 234 through Virginia’s oldest, continuously chartered town.

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Manassas education chief rallying cry: We’re going to ‘conquer’ Prince William schools

By Uriah Kiser

Published October 18, 2018 at 4:50PM

MANASSAS — On Thursday, in front of a group of business leaders and government officials, Manassas Public Schools’ new superintendent put a neighboring jurisdiction on notice.

“We’re going to compete with every school in Prince William County,” said city schools superintendent Kevin D. Newman.

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How a Circuit Court judge’s ruling factored into Prince William Supervisors’ delay of Ray’s Regarde

By Uriah Kiser

Published October 16, 2018 at 5:48PM | Updated October 17, 2018 at 2:53PM

WOODBRIDGE — A public hearing on a proposal to add 325 new homes in Woodbridge is delayed thanks to a judge’s decision on an unrelated case.

The Prince William County Board of Supervisors sent a proposal for a new “Ray’s Regarde” subdivision to be located at the end of Horner Road adjacent to Prince William Parkway back to the Planning Commission.

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OmniRide wants to shift its western center from Manassas Mall to downtown

By Uriah Kiser

Published October 9, 2018 at 3:33PM | Updated October 9, 2018 at 9:42PM

MANASSAS — The center of western Prince William County could soon become Downtown Manassas, as far as OmniRide is concerned.

The local bus service that recently changed its name from PRTC is eyeing more changes in the Manassas area and proposes relocating the central transfer point in the western portion of the county from Manassas Mall to the corner West Courthouse Road and Mosby Street, near the county’s courthouse.

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Haymarket shoe drive aims to raise cash for students

By Uriah Kiser

Published October 2, 2018 at 8:27PM | Updated October 3, 2018 at 5:56AM

Tonya Carter and Prince William County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority President Lorraine Jackson

HAYMARKET — A Prince William County service groups have their feet on the ground and is taking donations of used shoes.

The Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority partnered with Funds2Orgs to raise funds for students in Prince William, Manassas, and Manassas Park.

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Virginia sees Express Lanes as future autonomous cars test track

By Uriah Kiser

Published October 1, 2018 at 7:27PM

Photo: Virginia Department of Transportation

WOODBRIDGE — Federal and state officials are preparing for a future full of autonomous vehicles.

In the skies, “we’ve got drones delivering food during football games in San Fransisco, and drones delivering much-needed blood to others,” said Anthony Biddell, of the U.S Department of Transportation Department.

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Officials put brakes on plan to study redevelopment of 20 acres behind Manassas Museum

By Uriah Kiser

Published September 30, 2018 at 6:00PM | Updated October 1, 2018 at 7:29PM

MANASSAS — Leaders put the brakes on a proposed redevelopment study for 20 acres of land south of Downtown Manassas.

Councilman Mark Aveni on Thursday told the city’s land use committee that redeveloping the land behind the Manassas Museum, between Buckner Road to Prince William Street, into a mixed historical district with urban single-family homes “could be the most significant development in Manassas since the railroad came through.”

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Prince William School Board Chairman forum is Oct. 27 at NOVA Manassas

By Uriah Kiser

Published September 25, 2018 at 10:36PM | Updated September 30, 2018 at 12:08PM

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — The candidates running to become the next Prince William County School Board Chairman At-large will attend a forum Thursday.

Interim School Board Chairman Dr. Babur Lateef, sitting Gainesville District School Board member Alyson Satterwhite are billed to attend.