STAFFORD — Stafford County leaders on Tuesday slashed by 60% the number of acres on which housing developers could build “cluster” developments.
The Board of Supervisors voted to restrict all new cluster developments to the county’s urban service area, meaning that 80% all new development in the county would occur on a tract of land largely located along Interstate 95, bounded roughly to the west by Kellogg Mill, Mountain View, and Joshua roads to the west, and Brooke Road to the east.
From a press release:
Deputies with the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office arrested a suspect on Friday for leading deputies on a pursuit following an attempted traffic stop on southbound Warrenton Road.
From VDOT:
Work to reconfigure slug lines and create new bus-only travel lanes at the Pentagon Reservation’s South Parking Lot “Pork Chop,” located east of Eads Street and north of I-395, will begin on or about Monday, March 19. Pedestrians and motorists should exercise caution while traveling in the area.
From a press release:
Rape | Malicious Wounding by Caustic Substance | Domestic Related – On March 16, detectives from the Special Victims Bureau began an investigation into multiple domestic incidents which were reported to have occurred at a residence located in the Woodbridge (22193) area of Prince William County between June 2017 and January 2018.
From Manassas fire and rescue:
City of Manassas, VA . . . At 8:08 p.m. on March 19, Fire and Rescue units from the City of Manassas, Manassas Park, and Prince William County responded to a fire at9011 Centreville Road (Manassas Mobile Home Park) for a report of a mobile home fire. First arriving units saw smoke rising from the roof of the home and crews were able to extinguish the fire. The fire came from a bedroom in the home. There were no injuries to the six occupants of the home.
Here’s today’s OPM status.
MANASSAS — A new, three-day multi-media art event, One Love Manassas, will be held in May.
Designed to give artists a platform to perform and share and leverage their art with the greater community, the event is aimed at bringing awareness and inspiring hope for the love of all artistic platforms — along with spreading a few other messages, according to Ken Moorman, co-owner of Jirani Coffeehouse in Historic Manassas.
Following the sudden resignation of Prince William County School Board Chairman Ryan Sawyers on March 7, 20 Prince William County residents tossed their names into the hat to be considered to be the next interim Chairman.
The School Board is slated to choose an interim replacement for Sawyers next month. A General Election will be held in November for a permanent replacement who will complete Sawyer’s term ending in December 2019.
TRIANGLE — It was almost as if a tornado cut a path through Prince William Forest Park.
Park Chief Chris Alford said major damage from a violent windstorm that struck the region on March 2 and 3 could be seen in a straight line from the Oak Ridge tent campground area, south over Mawavi Road in the park, and over cabin camps two and five.
STAFFORD — It’s going to be one of those marathon Board of Supervisors meetings.
Elected leaders on Tuesday are not only going to take up the topic of the proposed FY 2019 $583 million budget, but County Administrator Thomas Foley will ask the Board to set a tax rate. At $0.965 for every $100 of the assessed real estate, he’s proposed a rate that’s about three cents lower than last year’s rate.
