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Leesylvania remembers “Light Horse” Harry Lee on the 200th anniversary of his death

Published March 28, 2018 at 1:15PM | Updated June 30, 2022 at 11:44AM

WOODBRIDGE — The Friends of Leesylvania State Park remembered Henry “Light Horse” Harry Lee III on the 200th anniversary of his death on Sunday.

A wreath was laid Sunday at the park’s bicentennial monument commemorating the Revolutionary soldier who was born and raised in what today is the park.

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Unhappy LOCCA members to address missing trees at Antietam Elementary

By Uriah Kiser

Published March 28, 2018 at 12:38PM

WOODBRIDGE — The loss of trees at Antietam Elementary School will be discussed Thursday night.

The Lake Ridge-Occoquan Civic Association (LOCCA) take up the matter at is 7:30 p.m. meeting inside the development services building at the Prince William County Government Center.

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School superintendent resigns: ‘Anybody who thinks this is not hard for me, you are wrong’

By Uriah Kiser

Published March 27, 2018 at 10:14PM

STAFFORD — School officials will soon begin their search for a new superintendent of schools.

It will be the county’s fourth superintendent in eight years.

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What will save the Rural Crescent? Small villages? PDR/TDR?

By Uriah Kiser

Published March 27, 2018 at 5:07PM

A sign warning drivers of a horse crossing is posted along busy Va. 234 inside Manassas National Battlefield Park. [Uriah Kiser / Potomac Local News]

WOODBRIDGE — Prince William County Board of Supervisors Chairman At-large Corey Stewart says its time make a decision about the future of the county’s rural area.

“We’re talking about the future of our county here,” he said. “If we do nothing, we’re going to see the rural area carved up into 10-acre lots, all with homes on them.”

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Sentara is one step closer to bringing PET/CT cancer screening to Woodbridge

By Uriah Kiser

Published March 26, 2018 at 6:44PM

WOODBRIDGE — Sentara officials won approval from the Health Systems Board of Northern Virginia for a PET/CT scanner at its Northern Virginia Medical center in Woodbridge.

The proposal now heads from the Northern Virginia Regional Commission to Richmond for a hearing in front of the state’s health commissioner on May 22.

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Manassas moves ahead with its nearly $24 million public safety center. A sign of things to come at Holmes Heights?

By Uriah Kiser

Published March 25, 2018 at 2:19PM

MANASSAS — City officials are set to release $2.2 million bond monies to fund the design of the new public safety center on Grant Avenue.

Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, PC, (HOK) was chosen as the architects of the new building. The firm recently completed buildings in Fairfax County like the county’s public safety headquarters; the Fairfax County McConnell Public Safety Transportation & Operations Center.

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Stafford leaders approve new working group to study county roads

By Uriah Kiser

Published March 23, 2018 at 3:57PM

STAFFORD — Stafford leaders want to take another comprehensive look at county roadways with the formation of a new working group.

The task force will examine congested areas and unsafe corridors in the county that are in need of improvement and will be made up of members of the Board of County Supervisors who will also appoint members to the group.

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By Uriah Kiser

Published March 23, 2018 at 10:42AM | Updated March 23, 2018 at 11:01AM

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