Prince William

SKY HIGH CRIME: Police Cleared for Drone Launches at Potomac Mills

By Potomac Local News

The Prince William Board of County Supervisors on Sept. 1 approved a memorandum of understanding for a “drone as first responder” pilot at Potomac Mills, allowing police to launch an aircraft from the mall when a call is dispatched instead of driving a drone to the scene.

The vote on item 6-R passed with Occoquan Supervisor Kenny Boddye and Gainesville Supervisor George Stewart abstaining. Coles Supervisor Yesli Vega, Neabsco Supervisor Victor Angry, Potomac Supervisor Andrea Bailey and Woodbridge Supervisor Jeannie LaCroix supported the drone item. A companion agreement, item 6-O, for live sharing of some Potomac Mills security-camera images, passed after the same round of questions.

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Prince William

FLOCK BLOCKED: Dumfries benches plate-reader cameras until residents get a say

By Potomac Local News
Dumfries Town Council dais and chambers
Dumfries Town Council chambers. A public YouTube campaign video titled “Brian Fields 4 Mayor of Dumfries” shows Councilman Brian K. Fields in the chamber; weeks later council put an ethics warning on the record without naming a member.

The Dumfries Town Council voted 4-2 to keep newly installed Flock license-plate readers dark, halt any new data collection and send the program back for public engagement before the cameras can go live.

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Stafford

SUPERMARKET SWEEP: Stafford bags Publix a $2.25M tax cut — by a 5–2 squeaker

By Potomac Local News
Rendering of Publix's 1st Louisville, Kentucky, store from the groundbreaking ceremony.
Rendering of Publix's 1st Louisville, Kentucky, store from the groundbreaking ceremony.

The Stafford County Board of Supervisors voted 5–2 on Tuesday to approve a performance-based incentive of up to $2.25 million over 10 years for a Publix grocery store on tax map parcel 44-62, in front of the new Hartwood High School on Warrenton Road (U.S. 17) in south Stafford.

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Manassas Latino Festival

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Harris Pavilion

9201 Center Street

Manassas, Virginia 20110

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Manassas Latino Festival is the oldest Hispanic/Latino, family-centric festival in the area! Held during National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15), join in the celebrations with live music, dance performances, diverse foods, and fun for the whole family! Come enjoy this premier annual tradition filled with cultural heritage and contributions of the Latin American community.

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Stafford posts $2.1 billion in announced deals in first year of new economic plan

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Stafford County’s economic-development office said Tuesday that fiscal 2026 produced more than $2.1 billion in announced capital investment and 1,671 announced jobs, and posted the first public annual report under a strategic plan adopted last year.

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News Links: Great Falls Killing Tied to Affair Screenshots; PWC Fire Marshal Retires After 49 Years

By Potomac Local News
Photo: Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue

Police documents describe a Great Falls stabbing tied to affair screenshots, Prince William’s longest-serving firefighter retires after 49 years, and statewide election and energy decisions land as Labor Day weekend approaches.

According to Fox 5 DC, Fairfax County police documents say 19-year-old Alexis Antonio Cedillos-Campos killed 42-year-old Carmen Lizet Puch after she sent screenshots of their affair to his girlfriend. Puch was found stabbed near trails in Great Falls on Aug. 17; the two worked together at a restaurant and had been involved in an intimate relationship.

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Police Blotter: Armed Robbery, Indecent Exposure Reported

By Potomac Local News
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Prince William County police are looking for a man who jumped a counter at a Woodbridge CVS, threatened two employees with a box cutter and an aerosol can, and stole a lighter. Officers also released photos of a man they say exposed himself to a 15-year-old girl at a Dumfries Target.

The daily reports also include a Woodbridge brandishing arrest, a garage burglary in Woodbridge, a commercial burglary at a Bristow water facility, and Stafford cases involving a public intoxication arrest and a rental scam.

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Washington Manassas Airport earns FAA commercial certificate; first flights still a year-plus away

By Uriah Kiser
Washington Manassas Airport Director Juan Rivera, right, receives the FAA Part 139 Airport Operating Certificate from FAA Associate Administrator for Airports Daniel J. Edwards as Virginia Department of Aviation Director Greg Campbell looks on Monday in Manassas.

The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday issued Washington Manassas Airport its Part 139 Airport Operating Certificate, the last federal approval the field needed before it can host scheduled passenger airlines.

City and airport officials called it a historic step. It is not the start of commercial service.

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Stafford

Stafford Planning Commission recommends Accokeek Center data campus, 4-3

By Uriah Kiser
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The Stafford County Planning Commission recommended approval of the Accokeek Center data center campus in Falmouth after a packed hearing that began Aug. 26 and ran past midnight into Aug. 27.

On separate 4-3 votes, the commission recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve a rezoning with proffers, and a conditional use permit for the substation.

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News Links: Supervisors Face Data Center Overlay as Dominion Warns the Grid Is Strained

By Uriah Kiser
<p><em>Officials cut the ribbon Aug. 25 at the Woodbridge Transit Center as OmniRide unveiled 16 new vehicles. In the front row holding the ribbon and scissors are Stafford Supervisor Dr. Pamela Young and Prince William Supervisors Chair Deshundra Jefferson, Victor Angry, Andrea Bailey and Yesli Vega. Photo courtesy Neabsco News / Supervisor Victor Angry.</em></p>

Prince William supervisors return this week to a data center overlay vote as Dominion’s contracted load tests the regional grid, nearby voters weigh a school-construction sales tax, and Labor Day travel rules take shape on I-95.

According to InsideNoVa, Coles District Supervisor Yesli Vega said she has not yet taken a position on how long a grace period should last if the Board of County Supervisors ends by-right data center development in the Data Center Opportunity Zone Overlay District. The Planning Commission will rehold its public hearing Sept. 9 after a notice problem, and the board is scheduled to consider the zoning text amendment Sept. 22; Vega called the end of litigation over the PW Digital Gateway “a sigh of relief” after QTS dropped its Virginia Supreme Court appeal and said she still supports keeping land-use decisions with local governments rather than Richmond.

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