Uriah Kiser, Author at Potomac Local News

Volunteer Event to Focus on Local Artists, Coincide with McAuliffe Inauguration

Published December 26, 2013 at 11:37AM | Updated December 26, 2013 at 2:14PM

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Terry McAuliffe has called for a statewide day of service on Jan. 4 ahead of his inauguration as the 72nd Governor of Virginia.

In Dumfries, the Make The Future organization that works with at-risk youth and college students, and also helped to propel Delegate-Elect Michael Futrell (D-Stafford, Woodbridge) to political prominence as the organization he co-founded, has answered the call.

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Dumfries Vice Mayor’s Surprise Gift of Christmas Turkey Brings Tears, Help to Family

By Uriah Kiser

Published December 23, 2013 at 11:26AM

Angela Armstrong with newborn granddaughter Eva.

DUMFRIES, Va. — When Angela Armstrong was standing in a checkout line at a Walmart store in Dumfries she never expected this.

After a long day at her government job in Arlington, following a trip to church, and after shopping with her husband and three cranky children for last-minute Christmas gifts, the Triangle wife, mother of five, and new grandmother, was picked to receive a free holiday turkey.

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Local Author Tackles Cancer, Loss of Parents in New Book

By Uriah Kiser

Published December 20, 2013 at 12:38PM | Updated December 20, 2013 at 7:29PM

Very few young people in their early 20s must go through the pain of losing their mother and father.

But that’s what Mary C. Rosenthal did when she was just 22 years old, a week before her first wedding anniversary — she buried her mother after a long bout with Metastatic lung cancer. A year later, she buried her father. Both smokers and died of cancer.

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School Board Approves Swimming Pool for Prince William’s 12th High School

By Uriah Kiser

Published December 18, 2013 at 9:43PM | Updated December 19, 2013 at 9:26PM

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — School officials on Wednesday night voted to approve Prince William County’s controversial 12th high school.

The $97.9 million high school will be one of the costliest ever built in Virginia, and for the past year it has been the center of a debate on whether or not it should include a $10 million swimming and aquatics facility inside the school. The Prince William County School Board on Wednesday, during their last meeting of the year, voted to approve the school pool along with the new school construction at the future school site on Va. 234 near Hoadly Road..

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Kiser: Facebook Not Always Best Option to See Local News

By Uriah Kiser

Published December 16, 2013 at 9:00AM

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Relying solely on your Facebook feed for local news about things happening where you live? Don’t be so sure it’s the only place to find what you’re looking for.

A new report from Ignite Social Media says continued to adjustments to Facebook’s news feed algorithm have lead to branded pages, like our Facebook page for Potomac Local News, to be seen by fewer users.

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Nanotechnology Graduate Center Would Transform Manassas, Western Prince William

By Uriah Kiser

Published December 12, 2013 at 1:44PM | Updated December 12, 2013 at 6:10PM

Arial map of Innovation Technology Park [Photo: Prince William County Economic Development]

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MANASSAS, Va. — Manassas officials, officials with George Mason University, and Delegate Jackson Miller (R-Manassas) are in talks with BAE Systems to convert a soon-to-be-closed fabrication plant into a Nanotechnology Science Center.

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Discussion on Funding Class Size Reduction Turns Ugly

By Uriah Kiser

Published December 12, 2013 at 10:34AM

The Seal of Prince William County, Va.

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Leaders are searching for a way to fund a proposed $3.5 million plan to reduce class size in Prince William County – a jurisdiction with the largest average class sizes in the Washington area.

Prince William Gainesville Supervisor Peter Candland suggests using funds from the county’s recordation tax – fees charged on the transfer of deeds for property.

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$3.1 Million in Sports Field Improvements Coming to Prince William

By Uriah Kiser

Published December 11, 2013 at 9:47AM | Updated November 5, 2014 at 10:40AM

Photo: Prince William County

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Left over money – some $3.1 million of it – will go to benefit children, their parents, and area sports leagues who called for better playing fields in Prince William County.

A list of field improvements to be paid for with surplus unbudgeted tax money, called carryover funds, was approved by county leaders Tuesday night. Sports league members, children, and their parents sitting the audience at the government center applauded after the new fields were approved.

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Transferring Development Rights Could Help Preserve Open Space in Prince William

By Uriah Kiser

Published December 4, 2013 at 5:41PM

Logmill Road in western Prince William County has been described as a scenic drive with the Bull Run Mountain in the backdrop.

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Residents like their open space, according to a new study by Prince William County.

Officials this past summer launched a survey that is part of a larger ongoing study on how to preserve the rural areas in the county, identify ways to preserve land, and to gauge if methods and regulations already in place are working to preserve enough of it.

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3 Escape Garrisonville Road House Fire

By Uriah Kiser

Published December 3, 2013 at 12:45AM | Updated December 3, 2013 at 8:58AM

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