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Whittacre, Jefferson join PLN spring intern team

By Uriah Kiser
Whittacre / Jefferson

We’ve welcomed our newest group of newsroom interns, and I want to take a moment to introduce you to the young men and women who are working with us here at Potomac Local News.

I’ve worked with multiple interns from our area colleges and secondary schools since 2018. Each of them stepped up and became an essential part of our team while learning how to navigate the digital local news landscape, from posting content to our website and writing original news stories, all while building relationships with business owners and elected officials across all of the communities we serve.

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Second North Stafford Chick-fil-A to have larger kitchen, playground

By Potomac Local News

A new Chick-fil-A restaurant in North Stafford will be one of the chain’s most extensive and updated models.

The restaurant will feature a dining room, a kitchen in the center, and a larger meal preparation area. Outside, drivers can use two of three lanes to pick up food from a window.

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Supervisors defer Kline Farm decision until March; 240 homes, baseball fields

By Potomac Local News

Prince William County officials will take up the case of Kline Farm on Tuesday, January 17, 2023.

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Woodbridge delegate’s bill would block parents from seeing children’s medical records

By Potomac Local News
Delegate Candi Mundon King

A bill filed by lawmakers representing Prince William and Stafford counties aims to restrict parents access to medical records.

Delegate Candi Mundon King’s HB2109 will allow judges to deny parents access to medical records if the judge deems the action “would be reasonably likely to cause substantial harm to the minor or another person or deter the minor from seeking care.”

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Fireworks, time capsule, birthday party planned as Manassas turns 150

By Laura Coates
Downtown Manassas [Photo: Manassas Economic Development]

To celebrate, the city has planned a yearlong string of events and festivities, including a 150th birthday party, a historic walking tour, burying a time capsule, and workshops and speaker events.

Most notably, the birthday celebration will include a firework show on April 1, 2023, at Dean Park. The Boys and Girls Club at Dean Park will be reserved to support the event, and city staff will help with the festivities.

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Stafford sheriff distributes body cameras to improve transparency

By Uriah Kiser

All Stafford County sheriff’s deputies will wear body cameras by the summer.

Sheriff David Decatur took questions about his department’s new body cameras, which will record interactions between law enforcement and residents. The system, developed by Axon and approved by the Stafford Board of County Supervisors just over a year ago, merges other cameras already used in the deputys’ cars and on taser weapons.

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NOVA campus renovations to begin in Manassas, Woodbridge

By Potomac Local News
Northern Virginia Community College Woodbridge Campus

Two Northern Virginia Community College Campuses in Prince William County will be renovated.

At the college’s Woodbridge campus, renovations will begin on the Seefeldt Building, a 144,000-square-foot center that opened in 1972 and has served as the campus’s central building, housing administration, classrooms, counseling services, and theater.

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Kim Short kicks off Supervisor campaign for Potomac District: ‘Time for change is now;’ Vows to improve mental health services, respond to constituents

By Potomac Local News
Short

Kim Short kicked off her campaign for the Potomac District seat on the Prince William Board of County Supervisors.

The Democrat welcomed supporters and those interested in learning more about her to the Montclair Community Library on Saturday, January 14, 2023, where she outlined her platform.

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Kline Farm rezoning on supervisors’ agenda; 240 homes, school, shops planned

By Potomac Local News

Prince William County officials will take up the case of Kline Farm on Tuesday, January 17, 2023.

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Shelter vaccine protocols questioned after passing of family pet

By Laura Coates
Phase I of the new $16.7 million Prince William County Animal Shelter, at 14807 Bristow Road, opened in late November 2021. [Photo: Uriah Kiser/Potomac Local News]

On December 18, the children of the Linden family let out Samus, an 11 year-old, female German Shepherd, and forgot to put on the electric fence collar. The family noticed she had gone missing and assumed she would return home.

That night, a bystander found Samus and shortly she was brought over to the Prince William County Animal Shelter. The shelter staff kept Samus overnight, and in the morning called the family after scanning for a microchip. On the afternoon of December 19, she was picked up and brought home.

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