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‘Aras on Main’ replaces Dumfries First Town Center project

By Laura Coates
Dumfries Town Hall

Real Estate developers The Audeo Partners are moving forward with a new town center in Dumfries.

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Councilwoman Lynn Forkell Greene gives tearful goodbye, vows to keep fighting for Manassas residents, hold the city council accountable for ‘out of control spending’

By Uriah Kiser
Forkell Greene and Davis Younger [Photo: Manassas City Government]

Councilwoman Lynn Forkell Greene ended a 14-month term on the Manassas City Council on Monday, December 12.

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Sups to vote on 2040 Comprehensive Plan on Tuesday; Doc will guide development for next 20 years

By Potomac Local News

It’s shaping up to be a long night for the Prince William Board of County Supervisors on Tuesday, December 13, as it looks to approve its 2040 Comprehensive Land Use Plan.

The document’s five chapters will guide the development of housing, roads, transit, water, sewer, and electricity for the next 20 years.

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Gainesville District Supervisor Peter Candland to resign

By Potomac Local News
Candland

Gainesville District Supervisor Peter Candland announced an abrupt end to his third term on the Prince William Board of County Supervisors.

Candland will resign on Friday, December 16, 2022 (not 2023), after spending nearly 10 years and three terms in office representing western Prince William County. The senior member of the Board of County Supervisors, his decision comes after supervisors approved the controversial Prince William Digital Gateway development, which cleared the way for data centers to be built on more than 800 acres next to Manassas National Battlefield Park.

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Candland’s resignation explained: Upcoming Special Election; Changes to leadership; A challenging year for his family; A GOP in trouble scrambles to find candidates for 2023

By Uriah Kiser
Candland

Candland’s final meeting will be Tuesday, December 13, when supervisors are set to vote on the 2040 Comprehensive [land-use] Plan, a document that guides the development of roads, housing, utilities, and just about everything else in the growing 348-square mile jurisdiction.

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$10 million pedestrian bridge to be built at Route 15/Graduation Drive

By Potomac Local News
Photo: VDOT

A pedestrian bridge will be built over Route 15 near Haymarket, the site of several pedestrian crashes and fatalities in recent years.

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Micro-transit in Manassas Park, Reston bus begins Monday, December 12

By Potomac Local News

Residents will get the chance to weigh in on a plan to add a Sunday bus service in eastern Prince William County.

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Miss Stafford County competing in statewide pageant in January

By Potomac Local News
Curro

Today, we’re catching up with Miss Stafford County Taylor Curro.

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2 elementary schools needed in Stafford, part of $343 million in new projects

By Uriah Kiser

The Stafford County School Board continued its push this week to build two new elementary schools at one time and to delay rebuilding a third.

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Response to rising crime in Prince William County: New $500,000 government office, 20-member commission

By Potomac Local News

Crime is up in Prince William County, and the local government aims to throw more than a half-million dollars at the problem.

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