Uriah Kiser, Author at Potomac Local News

Trade Center Steel Returns to Woodbridge for Preservation

Published June 24, 2013 at 11:11AM | Updated June 24, 2013 at 12:00PM

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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Dumfries Overlooked by Bi-County Parkway Planners

By Uriah Kiser

Published June 21, 2013 at 10:55AM

Dumfries Mayor Calls for Transportation Summit

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Chamber’s Clapper: Highway Would Attract Business

By Uriah Kiser

Published June 20, 2013 at 9:33AM | Updated June 22, 2013 at 8:59PM

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

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

Nearly 30% of the members who have joined this year are organizations headquartered outside Prince William County, and that has helped the Prince William Chamber surpass the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce as the largest local chamber in Virginia, said President and CEO Robert Clapper.

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Widening Routes 1 & 28, VRE on Transportation Funding List

By Uriah Kiser

Published June 18, 2013 at 12:52PM | Updated June 19, 2013 at 1:04PM

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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Potomac Local Launches Pets Page

By Uriah Kiser

Published June 18, 2013 at 10:18AM

As a child, I grew up living with dogs and cats in my house. In fact, there were so many German Shepherd dogs in many home I sometimes wondered if I was living in their house.

As pet owners, animals have found a special place in our hearts. We play with them, care for them, shop for them, and in turn, they help comfort and bring us joy.

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Summer Wines Popular at Manassas Festival

By Uriah Kiser

Published June 17, 2013 at 11:40AM | Updated June 18, 2013 at 8:40PM

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MANASSAS, Va. — The lawn at the Manassas Museum filled quickly Sunday with people eager to taste samples from 20 different wineries, and to hear live jazz from musical groups like Kitty and the Fat Cats and Marcus Johnson.

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Aircraft Sparks False Alarm in Stafford County

By Uriah Kiser

Published June 14, 2013 at 10:46PM | Updated June 15, 2013 at 7:54AM

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

Published June 14, 2013 at 10:58AM | Updated June 14, 2013 at 4:20PM

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

Published June 12, 2013 at 5:08PM

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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Manassas Park Leaves Prince William Library System

By Uriah Kiser

Published June 11, 2013 at 2:35PM | Updated June 12, 2013 at 12:12PM

MANASSAS, Va. — Manassas Park is leaving the Prince William County Library System.

The city is expected to save $500,000 annually with the move. It’s a public library system Manassas Park has paid into since the early 1970s, said Prince William Library System Director Dick Murphy.