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Sculptures Give Glimpse into PTSD-Ridden Minds

By Uriah Kiser
Army Corpsman Sgt. Linsey Siu, talks about her art labeled "Just put on a happy face." [Mary Davidson/ Potomac Local News]
Army Corpsman Sgt. Linsey Siu, talks about her art labeled "Just put on a happy face." [Mary Davidson/ Potomac Local News]

LORTON, Va. — The effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder on this nation’s veterans can be devastating.

More than just loss of sleep, PTSD can cause once emboldened military warriors that served in combat overseas to lose their sense of self worth, to feel helpless and regretful — an illness debilitating enough to place them into hospitals to help treat the condition.

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News

Trade Center Steel Returns to Woodbridge for Preservation

By Uriah Kiser
Public works crews oversee the transfer of steel beams that once were apart of the World Trade Center from a flatbed truck to a flat surface at the Prince William County Government Center. [Uriah Kiser / Potomac Local News]
Public works crews oversee the transfer of steel beams that once were apart of the World Trade Center from a flatbed truck to a flat surface at the Prince William County Government Center. [Uriah Kiser / Potomac Local News]

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Steel beams from the ill-fated World Trade Center made the return trip to the Prince William County Government Center on Monday.

Two years after a special ceremony was held at the government enter in Woodbridge heralding the arrival of the beams, the steel was placed on the Sean T. Connaughton Plaza where they will be preserved with an epoxy sealant for use in a permanent memorial on the nearby grounds.

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Business

Chamber’s Clapper: Highway Would Attract Business

By Uriah Kiser
Prince William Chamber President and CEO Robert Clapper. [Uriah Kiser / Potomac Local News]
Prince William Chamber President and CEO Robert Clapper. [Uriah Kiser / Potomac Local News]

In the past eight months, the Prince William Chamber of Commerce has expanded its membership base to more than 2,000 members.

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Widening Routes 1 & 28, VRE on Transportation Funding List

By Uriah Kiser
Prince William Supervisor Martin Nohe, who also serves as Chairman of the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, identifies priority traffic and transit projects in the region. [Uriah Kiser / Potomac Local News]
Prince William Supervisor Martin Nohe, who also serves as Chairman of the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, identifies priority traffic and transit projects in the region. [Uriah Kiser / Potomac Local News]

MANASSAS, Va. — Taxes are going up in Virginia on July 1 to pay for transportation improvements across the state.

Locally, elected officials on the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, and its chairman Prince William County Supervisor Martin Nohe, narrowed a list of 47 proposed transportation projects down to 33 that, if they were to be built, would cost taxpayers an estimated $500 million.

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Aircraft Sparks False Alarm in Stafford County

By Uriah Kiser
Fire and rescue crews were dispatched to Stafford Regional Airport for a report of a downed airplane that turned out to be a false alarm. [Photo: Potomac Local News]
Fire and rescue crews were dispatched to Stafford Regional Airport for a report of a downed airplane that turned out to be a false alarm. [Photo: Potomac Local News]

STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — Fire and rescue crews in Stafford County spent their evening Friday looking for an aircraft reported to be in distress.

At 10:15 p.m., about 45 minutes after the call went out, search was referred to as a “wild goose” chase.

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Candland Files Massive FOIA over County Logo

By Uriah Kiser
The “prototype” logo for Prince William County created by Rouge Shard design that was never used. [Submitted]

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Several versions of a new logo were considered in the search for what symbol should represent Prince William County.

Now that use of the infamous “blue box” logo has been halted, prior versions of a new logo for the county produced before the blue box design have been made public.

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Severe Weather Could Impact Graduation Plans at Patriot High School

By Uriah Kiser
Patriot High School in Nokesville

NOKESVILLE, Va. — The possibility of severe weather tomorrow is making an unwanted impact on graduation plans at Prince William County’s Patriot High School in Nokesville.

School Principal Michael E. Bishop in a letter told parents and students that Patriot staff is ready to implement a “plan B” for Thursday’s 7:30 p.m. graduation ceremony scheduled at the school’s football stadium. The contingency plan and would see the ceremony moved indoors to a gymnasium, prompting the issuance of tickets that determine who would be allowed to watch the ceremony from the gym and who watches it from inside the school on closed circuit television.

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