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The grandstand — home to the rodeo and demolition derby, the animal barns, home arts, and commercial buildings, and the midway — known for its carnival rides — will go empty for the first time in 70 years.

Organizers of the Prince William County Fair told Potomac Local News today that there, in fact, will be no fair this year. This news comes after organizers were planning to hold a fair during the third week in August — as it has since 1949 — at the fairgrounds just outside Manassas.


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Residents in Prince William County are being given a second opportunity to speak about a proposed name change for Stonewall Jackson Senior High, and Stonewall Middle schools.

The second meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 25, and the details on this meeting are contained further down in this post.


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A group of Betta Sigma Phi sorority sisters in Woodbridge has started their own investment club.

When this group talks about Starbucks, they aren’t discussing the newest latte or their favorite muffin, they talk about their stock in the coffee giant. Their share of stock in Starbucks has risen from $29.28 a share when they first got it in September of 2007, to the current value of about $75 a share.