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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Details on the stabbing and subsequent arrests.

From Prince William police: Homicide Investigation – 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. Upon arriving at the residence, officers observed a man laying on the floor suffering from stab wounds to the upper body and provided immediate first aid until rescue personnel arrived.


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.

He will be remembered by his loving wife Marion, his twins Michael Todaro and Julie Todaro-Lawser and their long suffering spouses, Erin Schwab and Matthew Lawser, his adoring grandchildren Brian, Sophia, Jack and Christopher, his (always humming) loving sister Jetta, his other sister Julie , and best friends Jimmy Forsythe, Vince Sabia, and Paige Pinkett, as well as a host of nieces and nephews who loved and adored him.


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

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

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In addition to the races for the trifecta of the state governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general, residents also voted for their districts’ representatives on the county board of supervisors and the school board.

Potomac Local went to Rocky Run Elementary School in Hartwood and the John Musante Porter Branch of the Central Rappahannock Regional Library in Garrisonville to find out how residents had voted.


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

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