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2 potential school sites would help close Stafford school’s classroom deficit

Published October 18, 2022 at 11:00AM | Updated October 20, 2022 at 2:42PM

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Stafford County leaders may have two new school sites just when they need them most. The school system projects an increase of 6,000 students in the next 10 years, and called for a minimum of six new buildings to meet the projected capacity requirements. The plan recommends building three new elementary schools, one new middle school, two new high schools, and one public day school.

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Tonight: The Quartz District, with area’s first Whole Foods, comes before Board of County Supervisors

By Potomac Local News

Published October 18, 2022 at 10:00AM | Updated October 20, 2022 at 2:42PM

The Quartz District and the Whole Foods grocery store to anchor the mixed-use development — a first for Prince William County — comes before the Board of County Supervisors tonight.

Two developers, SKW VA, Inc. and Southern Knolls, LLC, seek approval to rezone 145 acres at Prince William Parkway and Minnieville Road in Woodbridge. It plans to build 1,000 new homes, commercial retail and office space, a pavilion, and new parks and walking paths.

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Before Vega decried ‘reckless’ spending, she had $96K in student loans, debts cleared in personal bankruptcy | Prince William Times

By Potomac Local News

Published October 18, 2022 at 9:30AM

Supervisor Yesli Vega, the Republican nominee for U.S. Congress in Virginia’s 7th District, has been critical of President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan and decries “reckless” government spending in a recent TV ad. Yet Vega and her husband filed for personal bankruptcy in 2009 and had more than $96,000 in debts discharged in the proceeding, including more than $46,000 in student loans, according to court records.

Vega, 37, and her husband, Rene Vega, were living in Fort Washington, Maryland, when they filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland, which has not been previously disclosed.

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Quantico Marines speak at Gar-Field High School Hispanic Heritage Month celebration

By Potomac Local News

Published October 18, 2022 at 9:00AM | Updated August 13, 2024 at 6:28PM

A proud son of Nicaraguan immigrants,U.S. Marine Lieutenant Col. Jose Montalvan Montalvan was asked to speak at Gar-Field High School on Oct. 4, 2022 in honor of the school Hispanic heritage month celebration. This was the first celebration of its kind at the school and tickets for the event were sold out. “It is essential to explain to Hispanic parents that military service in the United States is not the same as in Central or South American countries,” said Montalvan, a logistics officer. “There are many benefits (housing, healthcare, education) and advancement opportunities (promotion and assignment) available in the Marine Corps.”

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FBI director controversial private jet based at Manassas airport | New York Post

By Potomac Local News

Published October 18, 2022 at 8:30AM

Manassas Regional Airport

Former and current FBI agents are fuming about Director Christopher Wray’s use of the FBI’s private jet, which originally was intended by Congress only to be used for counterterrorism purposes.

A lot of other Americans would like to know why Wray cut short a Senate oversight hearing on Aug. 4 to fly in the FBI jet to his family holiday destination in the Adirondacks, after telling Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) that he had “business” to attend to.

Republican members of Congress sent a formal letter to Wray on Aug. 15 asking whether the flight was in “compliance with the applicable federal regulations and requirements” and whether he is “properly reimbursing federal taxpayers for your personal travel aboard government aircraft.”

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Call to Action: Parks has a great kid-friendly October volunteer opportunity

By Potomac Local News

Published October 18, 2022 at 8:00AM

PWC Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism has a great kid-friendly October volunteer opportunity! October 21 and October 22, 6pm-10pm each day, Brentsville Courthouse Historic Centre is having a “Spirits of Brentsville Haunted History Trail” where visitors learn Brentsville’s history in spooky ways

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BREAKING: Four people shot dead in Dale City; person of interest talking to police

By Potomac Local News

Published October 17, 2022 at 5:34PM | Updated October 18, 2022 at 7:42AM

Four people were shot to death on Mansfield Court in Dale City.

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Police investigate shootings into two homes

By Potomac Local News

Published October 17, 2022 at 3:23PM | Updated October 17, 2022 at 4:55PM

Police are investigating two shootings into homes in the Woodbridge area.

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‘Simply doing the job’—ex-Prince William voter chief seeks donations for legal defense

By Local News

Published October 17, 2022 at 2:41PM

Michele White (wearing green) with members of the Prince William County Electoral Board in 2015.

A former Culpeper County voter registrar is opening up about her recent indictment in Prince William County for alleged misconduct in the 2020 election, and defending herself. Michele White, Prince William’s elections director from 2015 to 2021, said in a phone interview Friday with the Culpeper Star-Exponent that she is not sure what is going on, referencing “ambiguous” charges against her. She called the indictment “very politically motivated.”

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Spanberger drops out of Woodbridge debate after fallout from Dem legislator’s plan to reintroduce a bill that would investigate parents after failing to affirm their child’s LGBTQ gender identity

By Uriah Kiser

Published October 17, 2022 at 2:33PM | Updated October 18, 2022 at 7:15AM

Vega / Spanberger

Abigail Spanberger (D) will be a no-show at the scheduled debate with her opponent, Prince William County Supervisor Yesli Vega (R). Both women are running for the 7th Congressional Seat representing a portion of Prince William, as well as Stafford, Spotsylvania, and Fredericksburg. The two were to appear on stage at Gar-Field Senior High School in Woodbridge on Friday, October 21 at 7 p.m. C-SPAN was set to record the event for later broadcast, while conservative talk show host Larry O’Connor, from WMAL-FM in Washington, D.C. and PBS NewsHour’s Lisa Desjardins were asked to moderate.

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