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Kiser: Potomac Local Continues Upward Trend

By Uriah Kiser
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If there is one thing I’ve learned in recent days it’s that our Potomac Local News is slightly above average.

A proud member of LION Publishers (It stands for Local, Independent, Online, News), I attended our 1st annual conference last weekend in Chicago. The organization formed after the Block-By-Block conferences ended its three-year pioneering mission to help local indie news publishers find financial sustainability.

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Haymarket Vice Mayor Censured, Fined

By Uriah Kiser

HAYMARKET, Va. — Jay Tobias, Haymarket’s vice mayor, was censured and is now forced to pay a $250 fine for alleged misconduct stemming from public intoxication charges filed on the day of the town’s largest public celebration.

Town officials Monday voted 4-3 to force Tobias to pay the fine on our before Oct. 21. Officials also censured Planning Commission and former Town Council member Robert Wier after Mayor David Leake pressed charges on him, claiming he was standing on a public street in mid conversation when Wier walked up to him and began cursing at him.

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After Criticism from Dumfries, Prince William Won’t Manage U.S. 1 Widening

By Uriah Kiser
U.S. 1 north in Dumfries. [Photo: Uriah Kiser / Potomac Local News]

DUMFRIES, Va. — If U.S. 1 is going to be widened in Dumfries, Prince William County officials will not have anything to do with it.

County Executive Melissa Peacor sent an email stating her county’s government has no interest in managing the $1.6 million project for initial survey work and right of way cost to expand a 2-mile section of the heavily traveled north-south commuter route from Brady’s Hill Road to Wayside Drive, near a Walmart store.

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Roberta Dews Found Dead Inside Stafford Home, Man Wanted for Questioning

By Uriah Kiser
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STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — Roberta Dews was last seen alive on Saturday, police said, but was found dead on Sunday inside her home.

Police said the 53-year-old woman was found by a family member who immediately called 911. That family member had come to her at 21 Kellogg Mill Road to check on her well being, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.

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Improved U.S. 29 Makes Life Easier for Police

By Uriah Kiser
Drivers headed south on U.S. 29 in Gainesville now use an elevated bridge to cross train tracks. The new separated interchange is expected to stop frequent train vs. car collisions in the area. [Photo: Uriah Kiser / Potomac Local News]
Drivers headed south on U.S. 29 in Gainesville now use an elevated bridge to cross train tracks. The new separated interchange is expected to stop frequent train vs. car collisions in the area. [Photo: Uriah Kiser / Potomac Local News]

GAINESVILLE, Va. — Commuters, shoppers, school buses, and freight trains used to converge at U.S. 29 in Gainesville.

For years the mix of travelers, and a growing population in western Prince William County, made the intersection problematic for not only drivers, but also for Prince William’s finest.

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VDOT Chooses Metal Signs Over Electronic Versions for Weekend Construction Project

By Uriah Kiser
VDOT spent $3,339 to create three metal signs for a one-time construction project, rather than renting electronic signs at a higher cost. [Photo: Uriah Kiser / Potomac Local News]

NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — Most metallic road signs tell you where to go, where you can’t go, or where there’s a greasy fast food restaurant at the next exit.

Most of the static signs don’t have printed dates, except for three new signs created for road work taking place this weekend on Va. 610 (Garrisonville Road) at Stafford Marketplace in North Stafford.

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ACTS Taking Over, Expanding Hilda Barg Homeless Prevention Center in Woodbridge

By Uriah Kiser
Volunteers of America Chesapeake Hilda Barg Homeless Prevention Center in Woodbridge.

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — The Hilda Barg Homeless Prevention Center will welcome a new operator and expand its services to aide the area’s homeless population.

Action in the Community Through Service (ACTS) was selected by Prince William County to run the homeless public shelter on U.S. 1 in Woodbridge. The keys to the building are expected to quietly be passed from current operator Volunteers of America on Monday, Sept. 30.

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Va. 234 & U.S. 29 to Remain Open until Battlefield Bypass Built, Supervisors Rule

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

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va .– Two major thoroughfares inside Manassas National Battlefield Park, Va. 234 and U.S. 29, will not close until a bypass road around the hallowed ground is built.

That was a resolution first passed by Prince William County officials in the middle portion of the past decade and reaffirmed Tuesday afternoon by the sitting Board of County Supervisors in 6-2 vote.

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