The Stafford County Planning Commission will a series of public hearings Wednesday.

There are two proposals to bring new businesses with drive-through windows. Two are in Town Center at Aquia — a pharmacy with a drive-through window and a grocery store with a drive-through window. The second is a food store that would be built next to a new Sheetz gas station under construction at the intersection of Garrisonville and Furnace roads.


Habitat for Humanity is opening a new Habitat Restore in Woodbridge.

According to President of Habitat for Humanity Prince William County Traci DeGroat, the new store will be opened at Noblewood Plaza in Woodbridge, in a portion of the former Food Lion building.


Chances are these are names you know well. But what you may not know is that companies like these own large data centers across the U.S., including Northern Virginia.

Data centers, used for storage, backups and communications, use a lot of power for both powering their equipment and for keeping their facilities cool.


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