Uriah Kiser, Author at Potomac Local News

Happy Thanksgiving

Published November 25, 2015 at 5:49PM | Updated November 29, 2015 at 11:34PM

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Pull up a chair, pass the butter, and carve me out some turkey. It’s Thanksgiving.

For some, it’s the day when friends and family get together to stuff their faces with some great homestyle cooking. It truly is the one meal that is complete with all the trimmings.

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Police Chief: ‘We appear to have failed to notify ICE’

By Uriah Kiser

Published November 24, 2015 at 10:14PM | Updated December 1, 2015 at 8:31PM

Two investigations centering on how police work with federal immigration and customs officials are ongoing in Prince William County.

One is a public probe ordered Saturday by the Board of County Supervisors to learn if county police are talking to federal immigration and customs officials, or ICE when officers come across anyone has criminal, or civil administrative — also called a deportation order — against them.

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Bogey: Osprey’s Landing Golf Club at Belmont Bay calls it quits

By Uriah Kiser

Published November 24, 2015 at 11:49AM

The Osprey’s Golf Club at Belmont Bay will close Sunday, November 29.

The closure of the golf club brings and end to 18 years of play on a course located on the mixed-used residential and commercial development of Belmont Bay on the bank of the Occoquan River in Woodbridge.

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How a VRE extension to Haymarket and Gainesville could bring the closure of a popular Manassas line station

By Uriah Kiser

Published November 22, 2015 at 11:22PM | Updated November 22, 2015 at 11:40PM

Virginia Railway Express passengers exit a train at the Brooke station in Stafford County. (Mary Davidson/PotomacLocal.com)

The Broad Run Station is the first stop on the Manassas commuter rail line on weekday mornings and the last each weekday afternoon.

And it could become a thing of the past.

Business

7-story tower going up at Manassas Park City Center

By Uriah Kiser

Published November 19, 2015 at 8:44AM

A new 7-story tower is going up at Manassas Park City Center.

The new mixed-use development will contain a mix of apartments and commercial real estate. The tower will be located behind the City Center complex at Manassas Drive and Market Street, across from City Hall. This is the newest development in City Center since the original mixed-use retail and residential project opened in the mid-2000s.

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Raised BPOL thresholds good for small business, bad for county coffers

By Uriah Kiser

Published November 17, 2015 at 9:47AM

Increasing the threshold of the infamous BPOL tax in Prince William County is just the start of the conversation.

The BPOL tax (business and professional licensing tax) is collected on the amount of gross receipts from licensed local businesses that generate at least $250,000 in gross sales. Tax rates vary between 5 cents and 33 cents per every $100. The tax collects $26.5 million in annual revenue for the county.

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Is reverse VRE train service to Manassas in the future? Maybe by 2040 or sooner

By Uriah Kiser

Published November 15, 2015 at 7:00AM | Updated November 15, 2015 at 8:21AM

The Virginia Railway Express has grown since its inception in the early 1990s.

Today it carries more than 18,000 passenger trips. Trains on the system’s Fredericksburg and Manassas lines are packed with commuters each weekday, headed from the Virginia exurbs to employment centers in Alexandria, and in Washington, D.C.

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How VDOT will use a jet snow melter to fight Old Man Winter

By Uriah Kiser

Published November 13, 2015 at 9:12AM

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Coming to a commuter lot near you this winter (if it snows): A jet-powered snow melter.

The Virginia Department of Transportation gave us an annual look at how they plan to do battle with Old Man Winter this year. It’s the agency’s job to keep more than 17,000 lane miles in Prince William, Fairfax, and Loudoun counties clear of snow and ice. About half of those roads are major highways and heavily-traveled arterials while the other half is neighborhood streets.

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VRE wants to begin service to Haymarket, Gainesville by 2022

By Uriah Kiser

Published November 12, 2015 at 7:34AM

Residents Tuesday night packed the lecture hall at Gainesville Middle School to hear about plans to extend Virginia Railway Express to their neighborhood.

The state’s only commuter railroad is conducting a 2-year, $4 million planning and engineering a study to examine the impacts and costs of extending VRE’s Manassas line west, and building a new station at Innovation Park at George Mason University in Manassas, in Gainesville, and in Haymarket.

Prince William

Prince William traffic unit helps keep drivers safe on roads

By Uriah Kiser

Published November 9, 2015 at 1:55PM

Traffic is one the most common complaints from those who live around here. That means officers in the Prince William County Police Department Traffic Unit have job security.

The 21 police officers that make up the traffic enforcement unit are easy to spot on their blue motorcycles.