Uriah Kiser, Author at Potomac Local News

Lateef wins Prince William School Board Chair. Opponent claims ‘dirty tricks’ at the polls.

Published November 7, 2018 at 2:55PM | Updated December 3, 2018 at 9:04AM

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — Babur Lateef will hold on to his seat as Prince William County School Board Chair, At-large.

He won election to the seat Tuesday after being appointed to the position earlier this year following the resignation of former Chairman Ryan Sawyers.

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Second time around: Coates-Ellis joins two others headed to city council

By Uriah Kiser

Published November 7, 2018 at 2:30PM | Updated December 3, 2018 at 8:30PM

MANASSAS — The second time was the charm for Theresa Coates-Ellis.

The Republican who lost her 2016 bid for Manassas City Council turned it around Tuesday night, winning a seat she had, essentially, sought for more than four years.

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Corey Stewart on Senate loss: ‘I’m campaigned out’

By Uriah Kiser

Published November 7, 2018 at 1:28PM | Updated December 3, 2018 at 9:04AM

WOODBRIDGE — Prince William County wasn’t kind to Corey Stewart.

The electorate there overwhelming Tuesday chose the Democrat Tim Kaine over the Republican in the race for U.S. Senate.

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An independent Tom Coen wins first election to Stafford Board of Supervisors

By Uriah Kiser

Published November 6, 2018 at 9:48PM | Updated December 3, 2018 at 9:05AM

STAFFORD — Tom Coen sat in the Paradise Diner on Route 17 celebrating his first election to the Stafford County Board of Supervisors.

First appointed to the Board in January, on Tuesday, voters gave the independent a seat on the county’s top governing board for the next four years.

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Prince William Republicans say misleading signs amount to voter suppression

By Uriah Kiser

Published November 6, 2018 at 4:43PM | Updated December 3, 2018 at 9:05AM

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — Stanley Bender, who has his name on the ballot to be the next Prince William County School Board Chairman, At-large, has been largely absent from the campaign trail.

He’s raised zero dollars and failed to show up to debates between his fellow candidates Alyson Satterwhite, who is endorsed by Republicans, and Babur Lateef, endorsed by Democrats.

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Kaine’s last stop on Sunday: Rally Democrats at Prince William County Fairgrounds

By Uriah Kiser

Published November 3, 2018 at 9:59AM | Updated December 3, 2018 at 8:32PM

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MANASSAS — Democrats will rally in Prince William County during the final hours of the 2018 mid-term elections campaign.

Senator Tim Kaine will be joined by fellow Democrats Vangie Williams and Jennifer Wexton, who is running for Congress in the 1st and 10th Districts, respectively.

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It’s easy to expand your reach with a Boosted Email Post

By Uriah Kiser

Published November 2, 2018 at 1:46PM | Updated November 30, 2018 at 3:29PM

Potomac Local News President Publisher Uriah Kiser

I believe email newsletters are the future of our local media business.

At Potomac Local, we’ve had a morning email newsletter since 2011. Two years ago, we renamed it “Breakfast Links” and its popularity skyrocketed.

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

By Uriah Kiser

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.