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Sheriff Calls for $60 Million Jail Expansion as Number of Inmates Continues to Rise

By Potomac Local News
Prince William County / Manassas Adult Detention Center

MANASSAS, Va. — Growing pains at a jail in Manassas prompted officials Tuesday to urge leaders to fund an expansion of the facility.

The Prince William County / Manassas Adult Detention Center houses nearly 972 inmates – all of them arrested and processed into the jail from police in Prince William County, Manassas, and Manassas Park. The jail sits next to the county’s courthouse on Lee Avenue, and because inmates keep coming, it has already outgrown a $2.1 million Phase I expansion that opened in 2008.

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NOVA Commute Has Nothing on a Post-Sandy New York City Trek

By Potomac Local News
Laura Cirillo

By LAURA CIRILLO

Of all the things I worried about in preparation of Hurricane Sandy, my commute was not something I thought would be changed. Sure, I’ve whined and complained about commuting from the suburbs of Northern Virginia to Downtown Washington, D.C. I thought that was bad. Nope. That was nothing.

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Man Nabs Cash, Debit Card from Woman after ATM Withdrawal

By Potomac Local News

NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — A woman who went to a WaWa store on Va. 610 in North Stafford was robbed.

The woman went inside the store at 105 Garrisonville Road to use the ATM inside the store at 5:28 p.m. Monday. When she completed her transaction, a man came up from behind and took the cash she had just withdrawn as well as her debit card to Navy Federal Bank.

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ALDI Opening New Stafford County Store

By Potomac Local News
ALDI grocery store on Va. 610 in North Stafford. [Photo: Mary Davidson/Potomac Local News]

National grocer ADLI will open an new store in Stafford County, adding it to the chain’s collection of others stores in the region.

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Projected Snow Totals Decrease, Activities Canceled

By Potomac Local News
Road conditions deteriorated fast was snow fell fast on Jan. 26, 2011, on Garrisonville Road (Va. 610) in North Stafford. [File Photo: Mary Davidson/Potomac Local News]

2 p.m. 

The winter storm headed our way is taking shape, and it’s not coming together how many snow lovers had hoped.

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Congressmen Hear Testimony from Prince William Voters who Waited in Long Lines on Election Day

By Potomac Local News
A large crowd filled seats at The Osprey's at Belmont Bay in Woodbridge as Congressmen Gerry Connolly and Elijah Cummings, of Maryland, heard testimony from voters and poll workers about long lines that formed at polling stations during the Nov. 6, 2012 General Election. [Submitted photo]

By URIAH KISER

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Elections officials testified before members of congress Monday at a packed meeting in Woodbridge recalling voting problems at Prince William County’s River Oaks Voting Precinct.

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