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Call for art submissions for Black History Month Show at Open Space Arts

By Potomac Local News
A look inside the Open Space art gallery at Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center. [Photo: Prince William Arts Council]

The show will be on display from February 1 – February 26, 2023, at the Open Space Arts Gallery at Stonebridge in Potomac Town Center. The exhibition is meant to showcase artwork surrounding African American Heritage, life, culture, and experiences.

Artists are invited to showcase how they would interpret different creative works in music, poetry, and monologues from different historical figures. All mediums are welcome based on the subject matter and historical figures named in the descriptive information below. All mediums of visual art are welcome. The collection selected for display will be curated by the Arts Recreation Specialist of Prince William County, Herb Williams.

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Mob attacks Old Navy employees at Stafford Marketplace

By Potomac Local News

The public’s assistance is needed once more to catch two individuals who have shoplifted and assaulted store staff twice.

On Wednesday, December 14, at 8:42 p.m. Deputy S.C. Jett responded to the Old Navy at 1250 Stafford Market Place for a report of a larceny. Two females entered the store and stole $1,000 worth of items. As the women were leaving, one pulled out a canister of pepper-sprayed and attacked a teenage staff member.

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No more late fees at Fredericksburg-area libraries; Fines disproportionately affect poor, ‘people of color,’ says director

By Potomac Local News
The Central Rappahannock Regional Library Fredericksburg Branch at 1201 Caroline Street.

Late fees at public libraries in the Fredericksburg region are a thing of the past.

Central Rappahannock Regional Library’s Board of Trustees approved a proposal to permanently eliminate fines on overdue materials on December 12, 2022.

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Rising flu, covid, RSV cases are ‘perfect trifecta,’ says Sentara chief

By Potomac Local News
Neughebauer

The number of flu, covid-coronavirus, and RSV cases is rising in Virginia.

However, the latter two are mild, said Dr. Bogdan I. Neughebauer, of Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk. Neughebauer held a statewide press conference on Friday, December 16, to discuss the situation for the healthcare provider with locations in Prince William and Stafford counties.

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Youngkin Bans TikTok and WeChat, both ‘a channel to the Chinese Communist Party’

By Press Release
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin

Today, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin issued Executive Order #24, banning the use of certain Chinese-owned mobile phone applications and websites on state government technology.

The Executive Order bans TikTok and WeChat, and any other applications developed by ByteDance Limited or Tencent Holdings Limited on state government devices and wireless (WIFI) networks and requires businesses who contract with the state government to also prohibit the use of those applications on state-owned devices or IT infrastructure. The Executive Order applies to all Executive Offices and Executive Branch Agencies.

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Law Library Dedicated to Paul Ebert, commonwealth attorney from 1968 to 2019

By Potomac Local News

A sign on the wall of the Prince William County Law Library, recently relocated from the basement to the third floor of the Prince William County Judicial Center, honors former Commonwealth’s Attorney Paul B. Ebert.

The sign states that the library, open to the public, continues the “legacy of service by ensuring access to justice for all.”

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Supervisors fund 2 sidewalk projects

By Potomac Local News
Occoquan, Va.

Prince William County Government press release

The Prince William Board of County Supervisors recently approved funding agreements with the Virginia Department of Transportation, or VDOT, for a total of $3.25 million to build and administer two sidewalks that will make pedestrians safer in the Town of Occoquan and along Token Forest Drive in the Coles Magisterial District.

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