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Stafford leaders press VDOT on road safety and maintenance issues

By Susie Webb

Nearly 2,500 work orders have been put into the Virginia Department of Transportation area headquarters in Stafford County since the start of the year. Of those work orders, only about 50% have been addressed and closed. 

Resident complaints have funneled their way to the Board of Supervisors with groups like Changing Stafford Roads, a student-run organization formed after 17-year-old Helen Wang died attempting a blind turn on Kellogg Mill Road at Abel Lake, making noise about poor road conditions in Stafford. 

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Manassas schools giving free meals to children this summer

By Potomac Local News

MANASSAS — (Press Release) Manassas City Public Schools is participating in the Summer Food Service Program.

Meals will be provided to all children without charge and are the same for all children regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. Meals are available Monday –Friday at each site.

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Poll: Were Republicans right to adjourn the gun control special session?

By Potomac Local News

It’ll be after the November 5 General Election before state lawmakers take up any new gun control measures.

Senate Republicans on Tuesday voted to adjourn a special session called by Gov. Ralph Northam (D) to address gun laws, following the mass shooting in Virginia Beach that killed 12 and wounded four others.

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Groundbreaking held for Tru by Hilton Hotel in Manassas

By Potomac Local News

MANASSAS — (Press Release) Governor Ralph Northam today announced that Holladay Properties will invest $13.95 million in the City of Manassas to establish a Tru by Hilton hotel, creating 35 new jobs and spurring approximately $2.8 million in annual direct economic impact from traveler spending.

“The Tru Hotel is a welcome addition to our Commonwealth’s ever-growing tourism economy,” said Governor Northam. “Tourism development is critical to positioning Virginia as a premier travel destination and projects like this will help Manassas continue to attract visitors and businesses, bringing new jobs and generating significant economic impact for the region.”

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$250,000 given for planned Stafford museum; public fundraiser planned

By Susie Webb
Stafford County Commissioner of the Revenue Scott Mayausky. [Photo: Uriah Kiser]

STAFFORD — Fourteen years ago the Board of Supervisors set aside two percent of the Transient Occupancy Tax to help finance a Stafford County Museum and Cultural Center. While the tax was diverted to the General Fund in 2010, nearly one million dollars remain for the museum to use. 

Now the Museum Foundation, which separated from the county government and became a 501C-(3) in 2010, has requested and received $250,000 of it’s reserved funds after Board approval. 

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