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Haymarket Vice Mayor Censured, Fined

By Uriah Kiser

HAYMARKET, Va. — Jay Tobias, Haymarket’s vice mayor, was censured and is now forced to pay a $250 fine for alleged misconduct stemming from public intoxication charges filed on the day of the town’s largest public celebration.

Town officials Monday voted 4-3 to force Tobias to pay the fine on our before Oct. 21. Officials also censured Planning Commission and former Town Council member Robert Wier after Mayor David Leake pressed charges on him, claiming he was standing on a public street in mid conversation when Wier walked up to him and began cursing at him.

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Will Trucker Rally be a Concerted Effort or Overblown Capital Chaos?

By Potomac Local News
The Capital Beltway at Tysons Corner, Va. looking north toward Maryland. [Photo: VDOT]

They say they’re going to clog Washington area traffic for three days starting today. They say they have demands for leaders in Washington, including a mandate that states the president must leave office.

We know many of them have 18 wheels on their trucks. But will they use them to tie up your morning commute?

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NewsLinks: Tax Deadline Extended; Water Taxis Could Work; Man Starts Police Dept.

By Potomac Local News

InsideNova.com — Prince William extends property tax deadline

Those who haven’t yet paid their personal property taxes – also known as car taxes – are in luck. Thanks to the partial government shutdown, and some sympathetic Prince William County officials, the deadline to pay has been extended to Nov. 21.

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After Criticism from Dumfries, Prince William Won’t Manage U.S. 1 Widening

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

DUMFRIES, Va. — If U.S. 1 is going to be widened in Dumfries, Prince William County officials will not have anything to do with it.

County Executive Melissa Peacor sent an email stating her county’s government has no interest in managing the $1.6 million project for initial survey work and right of way cost to expand a 2-mile section of the heavily traveled north-south commuter route from Brady’s Hill Road to Wayside Drive, near a Walmart store.

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New Homes in Old Town Manassas Expected to Bring New Revenue, Students to City

By Potomac Local News
Olde Town Square is a series of homes n Downtown Manassas, along Zebedee and Center streets. [Photo: Uriah Kiser / Potomac Local News]

MANASSAS, Va. — Over the course of the next year, three new developments will be built in Manassas Van Metre at Old Town, Hastings Marketplace and Gatherings at Wellington. The new housing will bring 46 single-family homes, 139 townhomes and three multi-family buildings with 81 active adult units.

“We want to add to the culture of Manassas,” said Mayor Harry J. Parrish II when asked about the additional housing. “It will add jobs and boost the economy and allow new residents easy access to amenities like the [Virginia Railway Express.”

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