Originals

An area next to Prince William Forest Park could be the county’s next big development hot spot.

The Prince William County Planning Commission on Wednesday night to consider siding with county government planners to endorse the Independent Hill Small Area Plan, which aims to allow a mix of homes, retail, and office space to be built on 544 acres of land between the county landfill on Route 234, and then north up to Colgan Senior High School.


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The Stafford County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution to install bipolarization filters on the air conditioning units on all of the county’s government buildings.

The new filters match what has already been installed inside the county’s public schools, and come in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.


Originals

Occoquan officials aim to put a cap on the amount of time you can park your car in one spot.

The Town Council is looking into a new timed parking program that would allow police to use an electronic handheld scanner to mark your tires’ position and then use the information to see whether the car had been moved in the past three hours.