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Call to Action: If it’s spring, it must be cleanup season

By Potomac Local News

By Volunteer Prince William

Greetings, Prince William – Leopold’s Preserve, 16290 Thoroughfare Road, Broad Run needs volunteers with muscles to support a Trash Cleanup April 2, 9am-12pm.  Due to the amount of heavy lifting needed, volunteers must be at least 16 years old. Close-toed, treaded shoes required, wear long sleeves and pants for protection from ticks and bugs.  Meet in Parking Lot East, bring work gloves and bottled water.  You’ll feel great as you help clear out an abandoned dump site and help beautify the preserve!  Please visit https://bit.ly/3KIF2k5 for more information and to register.

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Force used in 4% of arrests in Prince William; Police to use a quarter-million dollars to learn why

By Potomac Local News
Prince William County Police Chief Peter Newsham [Photo: Uriah Kiser]

Prince William County Police Department will use $250,000 to examine the use of force by officers.

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Children hit with gel projectiles in splatter ball social media challenge

By Potomac Local News
A Stafford County Sheriff's' patrol car.

A Tik Toc challenge where teens use “splatter” guns to shoot non-lethal, gel projectiles have come to Stafford County.

Deputies were called to Goose Pond Road in the Garrison Woods neighborhood at 5:38 p.m. Friday, March 18. Police were told several neighborhood children were hit with gel balls fired from Spatter Ball Guns.

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Leadership Prince William accepting applications for 2023 class

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Leadership Prince William is accepting new applications for students for its 2023 program.

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Stafford qualifies for federal funds following crippling Jan. 3 snowstorm

By Rick Horner
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The Federal Government will reimburse Stafford County for costs incurred during a crippling January 3 snowstorm that halted traffic on Interstate 95, knocked out power for tens of thousands, and put children out of school for a week. 

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City to be first region to fly rainbow flags outside municipal buildings in June, Gay Pride Month

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Manassas Park will fly gay pride flags outside city buildings in June, a month dedicated to recognizing the lives of gays, lesbians, and transgender residents.

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Miyares on masks: AG urges parents of children denied education to file complaint

By Uriah Kiser
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares (R) speaks with ACTS CEO Steven Liga at a community food pantry in Dumfries. [Uriah Kiser/PotomacLocal.com]

Gov. Glen Youngkin’s mask choice executive order took effect Monday, January 24, giving parents the option to send their children to school without a facemask. Afterward, many parents who sent their child to school without a mask said their children were segregated from their classmates, sat along in the backs of classrooms, or removed from classrooms altogether, forced to spend the day in administrative offices, and denied a proper education.

The Prince William County School Board voted unanimously to sue Youngkin, joining multiple Northern Virginia school divisions who chose to ignore the executive order from the newly-inaugurated Republican governor.

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