Uriah Kiser, Author at Potomac Local News

Going from Red Flag Warning on Monday to red hot by the end of the week

Published April 30, 2018 at 8:03AM

After morning frost across the region this morning, the risk of fire will prevail today as temperatures and wind speeds increase.

A Red Flag Warning is in effect today between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. Winds gusting up to 35 mph coupled with low relative humidity will make for favorable fire conditions.

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A middle school principal is transferred after bullying allegations. Now elected officials are unhappy with the school division over the way it told parents about its decision.

By Uriah Kiser

Published April 29, 2018 at 9:34PM

HAYMARKET — Elected leaders in Prince William County are voicing their displeasure with the way an external investigation into a longtime school administrator was handled.

The county’s school division on Friday notified parents via a letter that Ronald Reagan Middle School Principal Alfie Turner would not return to the school following an internal investigation into allegations she bullied teachers there. She was reassigned to the school division’s human resources office, and Roger Dallek, a principal who retired from Gar-Field High School in Woodbridge will serve as an interim principal until a replacement for Turner is hired.

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Today’s schools can’t handle the student growth Ray’s Regarde would bring. School officials are concerned.

By Uriah Kiser

Published April 27, 2018 at 6:29PM

WOODBRIDGE — The proposed Rays Regarde development in Woodbridge would tax an already overenrolled elementary school, according to county documents.

The new housing development that would be located at the end of Horner Road would bring about 160 new students to Woodbridge-area schools when it is built and then more in the following years, according to those same documents. The closest elementary school is the new Kilby Elementary which opened last year, which is already over capacity and cannot handle any new students, documents state.

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Stafford wants to know: How do you like your new schools superintendent?

By Uriah Kiser

Published April 27, 2018 at 5:35PM

North Stafford High School sits on Garrisonville Road in North Stafford (Photo: Mary Davidson/PotomacLocal.com)

STAFFORD — What do you want in a new schools superintendent?

Residents are invited to fill out an online survey from Stafford County Public Schools with questions about the characteristics they want to see in the school division’s next leader. The survey asks if the superintendent should be involved in teacher recruitment, setting the division’s school curriculum, or be focused on the finances of the school district.

Podcast

We tap into the health of the Prince William craft brewery industry

By Uriah Kiser

Published April 27, 2018 at 1:26PM

We’re talking about the health of local craft breweries on today’s Potomac Local Podcast.

The founders of Waters End Brewery in Lake Ridge: Ryan Sharkey, Zack Mote, and Josh Fournelle join us to talk about their brewery business model.

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Turner is the ‘terrible optimist’ that wants Dumfries on the map

By Uriah Kiser

Published April 26, 2018 at 3:20PM | Updated April 26, 2018 at 4:23PM

“Maybe it’s because I’m a terrible optimist,” said Turner.

That’s the long-talked-about development that would be built along Main Street in Dumfries, as the town’s first mixed-use development with retail shops at street level and residences above. It’s the kind of development the town needs to attract more business. The project is coming along, albeit slowly.

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Miles seeks Dumfries Council seat on platform of inclusion

By Uriah Kiser

Published April 26, 2018 at 2:32PM

Miles is no stranger to town politics, as she’s served on the town’s Planning Commission overseeing applications for new development, as well as maintaining the town’s historic district complete with a handful of old homes that surrounds Dumfries Elementary School.

Being elected to the town council is the next logical step in her path toward public service, she said.

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Upgraded water main to provide more reliable service in eastern Prince William County

By Uriah Kiser

Published April 26, 2018 at 11:55AM

WOODBRIDGE — The work to replace a water line from Fairfax to Prince William County went off without a hitch.

Prince William County Executive Christopher Martino said the project wrapped up last Friday and resulted in no loss of water for any customers in the eastern portion of the county, despite fears from officials and declaration of a water emergency made ahead of the scheduled work.

Business

Roofing contractors in our region are backlogged thanks to March wind storm

By Uriah Kiser

Published April 25, 2018 at 5:54PM

Roofing contractors have been busy since a windstorm battered the region March 2.

Crews have been backlogged with roofing jobs and anxious customers, some who need roof repairs while most others need their roofs replaced. Homeowners found everything from missing shingles to limbs and trees on their roofs one the winds died down.

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County ready to pay for Neabsco dredging. But the creek will need routine deepening to stay viable.

By Uriah Kiser

Published April 24, 2018 at 5:41PM | Updated April 25, 2018 at 12:15AM

Hampton's Landing on Neabsco Creek in Woodbridge.

WOODBRIDGE — Prince William County leaders may be ready to part with nearly $1 million to dredge Neabsco Creek.

The U.S. Coast Guard ordered the leisure waterway in Woodbridge closed earlier this month when it found the waters were too shallow for boats to safely enter and exit the creek’s channel.