Uriah Kiser, Author at Potomac Local News

Half of its tulip crop destroyed, Burnside Farms looks to summer, fall festivals to help recover losses

Published May 9, 2018 at 10:56AM | Updated May 9, 2018 at 11:47PM

NOKESVILLE — It’s been a tough year for tulips.

Nobody knows that better than Leslie Dawley and her son, Mike, who both run Burnside Farms in Nokesville, one of the world’s few places you can stroll through a vast field of tulips and pick your own.

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Port city no more: Dumfries keeps its colonial story alive with its upcoming Charter Day celebration

By Uriah Kiser

Published May 8, 2018 at 10:00AM | Updated May 10, 2018 at 10:20AM

DUMFRIES — Dumfries will celebrate its founding again after a brief hiatus.

The annual festival took off last year, but the festivities to honor Virginia oldest, continuously chartered are back return Saturday, May 12.

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As schools search for more space, Stafford leaders question plan to close an elementary school

By Uriah Kiser

Published May 8, 2018 at 7:00AM | Updated May 8, 2018 at 9:57PM

STAFFORD — What seemed like a good idea about years ago may not seem like such a good idea anymore.

Stafford County leaders are questioning their plan to close Moncure Elementary School in North Stafford after a replacement school opens nearby next fall.

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Pilot program to bring new school protection officers to Stafford elementary schools

By Uriah Kiser

Published May 7, 2018 at 2:22PM | Updated May 7, 2018 at 5:56PM

(File photo)

STAFFORD — Three Stafford County elementary schools will have armed protection officers beginning the fall.

The Stafford Board of Supervisors voted to fund a low-cost pilot program that will place three new part-time sworn sheriff’s deputies and their full-time supervisor, a deputy sergeant, at the county’s sheriff’s office, will work as part of a $481,000 program during the 2018-19 school year.

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Schools superintendent urged to spend his summer on a listening tour after Reagan Middle School fallout

By Uriah Kiser

Published May 7, 2018 at 12:39PM | Updated May 7, 2018 at 9:02PM

Prince William Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Steven Walts.

GAINESVILLE — After a former Reagan Middle School Principal was transferred following allegations of bullying, the way the school division announced the move has now sparked as much or more controversy as the original bullying allegations.

Alfie Turner, a Prince William County school administrator whose worked at Coles Elementary, Potomac Middle, and most recently Reagan Middle School was reassigned to public schools headquarters in the human rescues office the following staff and parent and teacher allegations that she bullied them.

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By Uriah Kiser

Published May 7, 2018 at 4:00AM | Updated May 16, 2018 at 4:14PM

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We’ve updated and improved the layout of the page to make it easier to find the local news you’ve been looking for. You may need to clear your temporary internet files in your web browser to see the updated layout.

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Pilots, planes, and demonstrations dazzle at Leaseweb Manassas Airshow 2018

By Uriah Kiser

Published May 6, 2018 at 10:43PM | Updated May 7, 2018 at 11:16AM

The Canadian Harvard Acrobatic Team [Photo: Mary Davidson]

MANASSAS — Thousands packed the Manassas Regional Airport on Saturday for the Leaseweb Manassas Air Show 2018.

The show ran from 10 a.m to 4 p.m. and featured bi-planes, formation fliers, and the world’s only privately owned Sea Harrier Jet that stole the show when the plane took a bow for the crowded pack on the tarmac.

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NVTC approves bicycle racks, lockers at Manassas Virginia Railway Express station

By Uriah Kiser

Published May 4, 2018 at 6:07PM | Updated May 5, 2018 at 7:30AM

MANASSAS — Bike racks could be coming to the Manassas Virginia Railway Express station.

Monies from the Interstate 66 E-ZPass Express Lanes’ Commuter Choice program, a total of $55,000, will be used to install bicycle shelters, 10 bike lockers and a repair station at the Manassas train station in Downtown. The Northern Virginia Transportation Commission approved the funds at its meeting Thursday night in Arlington.

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Leaders urged to build new courthouse adjacent to current building as downtown Stafford plans emerge

By Uriah Kiser

Published May 4, 2018 at 1:38PM | Updated May 6, 2018 at 7:14PM

STAFFORD — At first, Stafford officials thought they couldn’t build a new $71 million courthouse on the same side of the street as the existing facility.

Officials knew they didn’t have enough room to build adequate parking spaces for the building and then began to look at 32 acres of county-owned property across Courthouse Road as a potential site for the new building.

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OmniRide gets green light for Uber-like commuter lot shuttle service for Haymarket, Gainesville

By Uriah Kiser

Published May 4, 2018 at 11:25AM | Updated May 4, 2018 at 4:58PM

WOODBRIDGE — Full commuter parking lots in western Prince William County won’t be a problem for would-be transit bus riders for much longer.

A new $1.1 million program that will allow bus riders to hail an Uber-like ride from their homes to commuter lots in Haymarket and Gainesville was funded Thursday night. The plan — let users hail the rides from their phones, just as they would any other ride-sharing service.