Uriah Kiser, Author at Potomac Local News

Caddigan’s reelection message: Bring economic development to Route 1 in Triangle

Published February 16, 2015 at 2:34PM | Updated February 17, 2015 at 11:09AM

The $65 million effort to widen Route 1 in Triangle to six lanes was completed in 2012, and it took with it many of the roadside businesses that once lined the busy thoroughfare – fast food joints, used car dealerships, and a Greyhound Bus station. Bringing new economic development to the area to coincide with the National Museum of the Marine Corps will be her full-time focus.

After the businesses were gone, it brought disapproval from some of her toughest critics.

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Prince William Flag flies half-staff until Tuesday

By Uriah Kiser

Published February 14, 2015 at 10:56AM

Retired Prince William County Deputy Finance Director Bill Hoffman passed away at his home in Catlett on Thursday.
Hoffman spent 33 years serving the residents of Prince William County.

The county’s flag that bears the Prince William County seal flew at half-staff outside the county’s McCoart Government Center on Prince William Parkway on Friday. It will remain at half-staff until Hoffman’s funeral service until Tuesday night.

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Dog gets stuck on roof, Manassas police called to rescue

By Uriah Kiser

Published February 11, 2015 at 9:24PM

A police officer and a animal control officer went to help a dog off a roof.

The Manassas City 911 dispatch reported they received a call about a dog on a roof. Two officers from the city’s police department were sent to the area of Cockrell Road and Corporate Circle about 5:30 p.m. There they helped the owners of the large dog off a roof.

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Lawson Supervisors’ office stays put at Innovation Park @ Prince William

By Uriah Kiser

Published February 8, 2015 at 8:02PM

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Jeanine Lawson ordered her new business cards that she’ll hand to constituents showing that she is the Brentsville District Supervisor.

The printed office address on those cards is Innovation Park @ Prince William – the development that has become to embody Prince William County’s economic expansion efforts. It’s home to biotech firms, and George Mason University’s Prince William Campus, and now to Lawson and her staff.

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New tenants, façade mark rebirth for Manassas Mall

By Uriah Kiser

Published February 6, 2015 at 8:57AM

Manassas Mall General Manager J. Micheal Gately speaks with a crowd from the Prince William Chamber of Commerce about changes coming to the shopping center.

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Move over 95 Express, toll lanes wanted on I-66

By Uriah Kiser

Published January 29, 2015 at 11:16PM

There’s a new plan for Interstate 66 that looks a lot like what just happened on I-95.

Virginia transportation officials want to build more of those famous “managed lanes,” or toll lanes between U.S. 15 in Haymarket in Prince William to the Capital Beltway in Fairfax County, just outside Tysons Corner. Two new lanes would be added to each side of the highway and, like the 95 E-ZPass Express Lanes, drivers will pay a toll 24 hours a day to use them. The new lanes would be free to drivers with three or more occupants in their vehicles.

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1.3 million pages later, Michele McQuigg seeks 2nd term as Prince William Clerk of the Circuit Court

By Uriah Kiser

Published January 26, 2015 at 9:29PM | Updated January 27, 2015 at 11:02AM

Michele McQuigg calls herself an activist turned politician.

In addition to spending more than 20 years in public life serving the residents of Prince William County, she’s also belonged to just about any civic or community organization that had an open membership policy.

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Stafford leaders order no tax increase despite lower revenues

By Uriah Kiser

Published January 21, 2015 at 10:46AM

Stafford County Courthouse in Stafford, Virginia.

Stafford leaders were issued a clear edict Tuesday night: there will be no increase in property taxes next year.

The directive comes as County Administrator Anthony Romanello is piecing together the county’s fiscal year 2016 budget that takes effect July 1. The county’s budget picture is mixed – some tax revenues are up this year while others, like money from real estate taxes and personal property taxes, development fees, and state funding decreased.

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Region to readying to welcome 12,000 athletes for Fairfax World Police & Fire Games

By Uriah Kiser

Published January 20, 2015 at 2:14PM

Prince William County is getting in on the action during the Fairfax 2015 World Police and Fire Games.

Dubbed the Olympics of public safety personnel, the games will take place June 26 to July 5. More than 12,000 firefighters and police officers currently serving or retired, from all over the globe, are expected to descend apron the area. They’re expected to bring with them some 30,000 spectators, according to Fairfax 2015.

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Cyber academy gives wounded warriors hope, careers

By Uriah Kiser

Published January 17, 2015 at 9:28AM | Updated January 17, 2015 at 9:06PM

Student Christopher Robinson, director Jim Wiggins, and student Miroslav Kazimir all work together at the Wounded Warrior Cyber Academy at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. [Potomac Local]

He watched the World Trade Center towers fall when he was 22 years old from his home country of Slovakia.

Miroslav Kazimir then vowed he would move to the U.S. and join the military in response to the terror attack.