The developer of a long-debated planned residential neighborhood centered on 340 acres of land has reduced the number of homes it wants to build.

The Preserve at Long Branch, formerly the Mid County Park and Estate Homes, would now have single-family homes on 102 quarter-acre sized lots, sized between one and four acres, down from the original 118. The project site in the center of Prince William County and residents would use both Classic Springs Way, off Bristow Road, and Classic Springs Drive, off Route 234 to access to the site.


Central Rappahannock Regional Library will reopen branches to the public soon, starting with computer access and printing in the next few weeks.

Customers will soon be able to enter the buildings to browse the collection and check out materials.


The Prince William Board of County Supervisors recently accepted a $352,000 grant to fund aid for mentally ill female inmates.

This grant was from the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services and will be dedicated to aiding mentally ill women in the Prince William-Manassas Regional Adult Detention Center.


Prince William leaders are considering using $2 million in federal coronavirus aid awarded to the county to help residents pay for daycare.

The money comes from the CARES Act and had been earmarked by the local government to be granted to small businesses in an effort to help them recover from the coronavirus pandemic. However, county employees and some residents have said they need help paying for childcare now that public schools are back in session.


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