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News Links: Supervisors End By-Right Data Centers 8-0; Keep 90-Day Grace Period

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Prince William supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to shrink the county data-center overlay and end by-right approvals going forward, Route 1 intersection work begins today in Fredericksburg, and a statewide survey found more than half of Virginia families with children reported food insecurity.

According to InsideNoVa, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors on Tuesday voted 8-0 for a zoning text amendment that effectively ends by-right data center development countywide. Future projects outside the rewritten overlay would need a special use permit. The board kept the 90-day grace period first proposed by Brentsville Supervisor Tom Gordy rather than the 120 days recommended by the Planning Commission.

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Police Blotter: Two Death Investigations Near Manassas and Woodbridge; Robbery Warrant Issued

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Prince William County police reported two death investigations with no preliminary signs of foul play, including a 27-year-old man found unconscious Sept. 21 in a vehicle at the Promenade shopping center near Manassas and a 30-year-old woman found unconscious Sept. 20 in a vehicle on Penbury Court in Woodbridge. The same county report said officers obtained a robbery warrant for Derek Matthew Powlowsky, 22, of Woodbridge, after a Sept. 16 meeting in Dumfries arranged over a cell-phone sale. Stafford County deputies said they arrested Michael Drozdowicz, 48, of Fredericksburg, for public intoxication at an inn on Warrenton Road and Christopher Beckner Jr., 29, of Fredericksburg, for disorderly conduct and obstruction after a disturbance at the Stafford County Courthouse. Manassas City police asked the public for help locating Joseph Levi Petracca, 27, last seen in the Manassas area Sept. 21.

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11th Annual Walk to Bust Cancer

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Fort Hunt Park

8999 Fort Hunt Rd

Alexandria, Virginia 22308

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Join Breast Cancer Collective for the 2026 Walk to Bust Cancer on Sunday, October 18, at Fort Hunt Park in Alexandria.
Walk alongside survivors, caregivers, friends, families, and neighbors for an uplifting community event supporting access to breast cancer screening and care across the DMV.
Walk to Bust Cancer brings our community together to turn hope into action and help expand access to timely breast health care. Register to walk, gather your team, and join us at Fort Hunt Park.

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Manassas officials hear First Friday safety ideas after Sept. 4 teen killing

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Tatiana Calderon, of Manassas, speaks at the city council meeting on Sept. 21, 2026.

Manassas City Council spent Monday night on what a November First Friday might look like after the city and Historic Manassas Inc. already paused the October event. There was no vote.

Vice Mayor Mark D. Wolfe presided. While not present Monday, Mayor Michelle Davis-Younger remains in office through Sept. 30.

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PRTC shifts budget votes to November, sets Dec. 4 retreat at GMU Nexus

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The Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission voted Thursday, Sept. 3, to move its next OmniRide budget handoff up a month and to replace its December regular meeting with a Friday retreat at George Mason University.

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VRE will stop at L’Enfant during Amtrak’s October Union Station outage

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A Virginia Railway Express train pulls into the Fredericksburg train station.
A Virginia Railway Express train pulls into the Fredericksburg train station. [Photo: Uriah Kiser/PLN]

Virginia Railway Express will keep running through Amtrak’s October shutdown of Union Station, but the last stop will be L’Enfant Plaza, not the marble hall two stations later.

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Route 1 intersection work starts Wednesday in Fredericksburg and runs through October 2027

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Aerial view of Route 1 in Fredericksburg looking north through the commercial corridor, with a Giant sign and large parking lot on the east side and shops and a McDonald’s on the west side.
Aerial of Route 1 in Fredericksburg looking through the commercial strip between Stafford Avenue and College Avenue / Eagle Village Drive, the stretch where VDOT says intersection work begins Wednesday.

Crews start work Wednesday on a $4.7 million project to change how Route 1 meets Augustine Avenue, Stafford Avenue, and College Avenue / Eagle Village Drive in the City of Fredericksburg.

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News Links: Supervisors Weigh Data Center Overlay and Vint Hill Substation Today

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Prince William supervisors take public comment today on shrinking the county’s data-center overlay and on Dominion’s Vint Hill substation upgrade, Spotsylvania planners recommended a 555-acre Amazon campus, and Prince William schools posted 2027 graduation dates.

According to InsideNoVa, the Prince William County Board of Supervisors holds a public hearing today, Sept. 22, on a zoning text amendment that would shrink the Data Center Opportunity Zone Overlay District and end by-right data center approvals countywide. Future projects would need a special use permit from the board. The overlay dates to May 2016.

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