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Fireplace ashes to blame for house fire that displaced 2

Published November 3, 2021 at 3:54PM

Photo: Prince William Fire and Rescue Department

On Monday at 8:59 p.m., firefighters were called to the 13000 block of Frost Drive in Nokesville for a single-family home with a fire in the garage.

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Manassas elects Republican to City Council, Democrats to all other seats

By Uriah Kiser

Published November 3, 2021 at 3:41PM | Updated June 28, 2022 at 11:24AM

Forkell Green

Going against the political grain, Lynn Forkell Green won a seat on the Manassas City Council with more than 70 percent of the vote.

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Police beat: Man, 40, stabbed to death in Gainesville

By Potomac Local News

Published November 3, 2021 at 2:51PM

Sandlain, Brown

On November 3 at 1:01AM, officers responded to a residence located in the 15100 block of Santander Dr. in Gainesville (20155) to investigate a stabbing.

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Community Post: Remembering Joe Todaro

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Published November 3, 2021 at 1:33PM

It is with heavy hearts that we announce that Joseph Paul Todaro II “shuffled off this mortal coil” on October 18th, 2021, after an epic battle with cancer.

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GOP flips Governor, House of Delegates while Dems hold seats in Prince William County

By Uriah Kiser

Published November 3, 2021 at 1:31PM | Updated June 28, 2022 at 11:24AM

Delegate Tara Durant (R-Fredericksburg, Stafford)

In what turned out to be one of the most expensive local races in the state, Republicans pulled out an upset by flipping the House of Delegates’ 28th District seat in Fredericksburg and Stafford County.

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Voters send new faces to Stafford Board of Supervisors, School Board

By Uriah Kiser

Published November 3, 2021 at 11:46AM | Updated June 28, 2022 at 11:24AM

Monica Gary won the Aquia District seat on the Stafford Board of Supervisors.

In January, several new faces will sit on the Stafford County Board of Supervisors and School Board.

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Republican candidates aim to bring balance to Manassas City politics, stop tax increases

By Uriah Kiser

Published November 2, 2021 at 4:51PM | Updated June 28, 2022 at 11:25AM

Three Republican hopefuls in Manassas say they are the most qualified to serve the people.

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In Stafford, voters cast ballots down party lines

By Rick Horner

Published November 2, 2021 at 3:59PM | Updated June 28, 2022 at 11:25AM

A voter takes a sample ballot at the Hartwood election precinct in Stafford County. [Photo: Rick Horner]

Residents of the Hartwood and Garrisonville districts of Stafford County came out in the rain to make their choices at the ballot.

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Candidates, voters pour into Stafford County polling place despite rainy weather

By Uriah Kiser

Published November 2, 2021 at 2:03PM | Updated June 28, 2022 at 11:25AM

Poll workers outside Brooke Point High School on Election Day, November 2, 2021.

Candidates for state and local races spent their lunch hour at a polling place at Brooke Point High School.

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Voter Guide for November 2, 2021; Statewide and local races

By Uriah Kiser

Published November 1, 2021 at 12:30PM

Good morning, today’s Wake Up is replaced by our annual voter guide.

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