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Stewart, Crawford; Nohe, O’Meara to meet for Prince William Primary Debates

Published March 30, 2015 at 10:38AM | Updated April 1, 2015 at 11:44AM

Four candidates for elected office in Prince William County will meet for two separate debates Saturday, April 11.

First at 5:30 p.m., incumbent Prince William County Board of Supervisors Chairman, At-large Corey Stewart will meet his Republican challenger Chris Crawford to debate local issues concerning governance of Prince William County and the task of leading its Board of Supervisors. Both men are candidates in an April 25 party canvass, also known as a “firehouse” primary where Republican voters will decide who will go on to face Democrat challenger Rick Smith in November.

Innovation Park brings high-tech jobs to Prince William

By Stephanie Tipple

Published March 30, 2015 at 7:41AM

The Seal of Prince William County, Va.

Innovation Park, located adjacent to George Mason University’s Prince William Campus, is continuing to grow and bring in high-tech companies and jobs to the area.

Innovation Park, a business and technology park space, first started back in 1998.

Haymarket man wins Marine Corps race

By Potomac Local News

Published March 30, 2015 at 7:37AM

Visitors to the National Museum of the Marine Corps were shook on Tuesday by the 5.8 magnitude earthquake. (KJ Mushung/PotomacLocal.com)

The 40th annual Marine Corps Marathon takes place Oct. 25 in the nation’s capital. But on Saturday morning, runners jogged 11.03 miles for a chance to compete in the forthcoming race. Read more.

Prince William Board takes up new homes, gas station, daycare issues

By Uriah Kiser

Published March 29, 2015 at 6:47PM | Updated March 30, 2015 at 4:43PM

Prince William Supervisors will meet Monday night to for a series of public hearings on new construction projects in the county.

One of them is a rezoning request for Hoadly Falls Phase II. The housing development would sit just off Prince William Parkway at the intersection of Hoadly Road in Woodbridge. The Board must decide Tuesday to rezone about 28 acres of land from agricultural land to semi-residential land so developers may build 15 homes.

NVTA was supposed to fund road projects that relieve the most congestion

By Potomac Local News

Published March 29, 2015 at 7:37AM

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The Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, which is charged with allocating some $351 million in locally raised state taxes for 2015-16, held a meeting March 25, to receive public input into the projects they propose to fund.

The Virginia law governing the selection of eligible projects provides that the Northern Virginia Transportation “… Authority shall give priority to selecting projects that are expected to provide the greatest congestion reduction relative to the cost of the project and shall document this information for each project selected.”

Paul O’Meara challenges Nohe in Prince William Coles District

By Uriah Kiser

Published March 28, 2015 at 11:43AM

Paul O’Meara is running for the office of Prince William County Coles District Supervisor.

O’Meara says spending in the county government is “out of control” and that its leaders have not done enough to curb tax increases that negatively impact middle-class families.

Why were robots placed into the Manassas Park Community Center pool?

By Manassas Local

Published March 28, 2015 at 9:03AM | Updated March 28, 2015 at 9:57AM

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Students came to the Manassas Park Community Center on Friday and placed robots in the swimming.

Man charged with possessing explosive material in Dale City

By Potomac Local News

Published March 27, 2015 at 4:11PM

On Thursday afternoon, the Prince William fire and rescue department were on the scene at the Dale Forest Apartments complex in Woodbridge to investigate a possible HAZMAT situation.

The Prince William County HAZMAT, Prince William fire and rescue department, Virginia State Police Bomb Squad, and Prince William police and Fire Marshal’s office were all on scene after getting the report from maintenance workers at the complex, according to a fire and rescue release.

Marine Museum at Quantico breaks ground on final wing

By Uriah Kiser

Published March 27, 2015 at 1:44PM | Updated March 28, 2015 at 1:20PM

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At the controls of an excavator, James Collins, of Winchester, put a gold-colored bucket shovel in the ground outside the National Museum of the Marine Corps.

Stafford area public access network to open new studio space

By Stephanie Tipple

Published March 27, 2015 at 1:36PM

On Saturday, the Central Virginia Public Access Television (CVTV) network, will be hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house for their new studio space.

The space, which is 5,300 square feet, is located off of Route 3 in Fredericksburg, according to Charles Thomas, the CEO for CVTV.