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Local tourism has a new cadence: Steins, Vines, and Moonshine

By Katherine Gotthardt

And if the name of this new experiential tourism trail doesn’t catch your eye, maybe the sound will. Say it aloud. It rhymes. It has rhythm. Who doesn’t love a bacchanalian motif?

Music and poetry aside, the “Steins, Vines and Moonshine Trail” promises to be lots of fun. The trail includes nearly twenty craft breweries, wineries and distilleries. Beverage producers and tasting rooms are located throughout the Prince William area, including Haymarket, Woodbridge, Nokesville, Lake Ridge, Gainesville and Manassas.

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Coen to seek election to Stafford Board of Supervisors as an independent

By Potomac Local News
Thomas Coen is sworn in to the Stafford County Board of Supervisors by Clerk of the Court Kathy Sterne, as Board of Supervisors Chairman Meg Bohmke looks on.

STAFFORD — Tom Coen was appointed to the Stafford County Board of Supervisors in February to replace George Washington District Supervisor turned state delegate Bob Thomas.

Coen was appointed to the board by six Republicans. Today, he announced he wants to keep the job but he’s going to run as an independent in the fall. 

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Residents plead Stafford leaders to raise their taxes to fund teacher pay, schools

By Uriah Kiser

STAFFORD — Residents on Tuesday night pleaded with Stafford County leaders to raise their taxes.

They say the county’s current tax rate of 99 cents per every $100 of the assessed residential property would provide needed money to repair and rebuild crumbling schools, and improve the county’s transportation network.

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Both Dumfries mayoral candidates agree: There’s no future without Route 1 fix 

By Uriah Kiser
U.S. 1 north in Dumfries. [Photo: Uriah Kiser / Potomac Local News]

DUMFRIES — Both candidates for running for mayor in Dumfries say the biggest issue facing the town is the need to improve Route 1, realign it, and widen it to six lanes. 

That they say will eradicate a chronic traffic bottleneck through the town and spur economic development.

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Shooting victim at Haymarket hospital gives cops few details

By Potomac Local News

From a press release: 

Shooting Investigation – On March 31 at 5:08AM, officers responded to the Heathcote Medical Center located at 15196 Heathcote Blvd in Haymarket (20169) to investigate a shooting after a man was brought to the facility suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the lower body. A group of individuals dropped the victim off at the hospital before fleeing.

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