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DALE CITY, Va. – Congressman Gerry Connolly was the recipient of the 2013 Public Service Award at the Dale City Multicultural Achievement Awards Banquet held recently in Springfield.
Politics
By DANA CARLSON
Capital News Service
RICHMOND, Va. – The Virginia Board of Health voted Friday to require abortion clinics to meet hospital building-code standards – rules that abortion rights activists said would force many of the state’s 20 clinics to close.
By KEITH WALKER
For Potomac Local News
STAFFORD, Va. — Applause isn’t allowed during discussions and meetings in the Stafford County Board of Supervisors chamber, so a room full of teachers held up little signs, with flat wooden handles and waggled them above their heads when they liked something they heard.
By MARK ROBINSON
Capital News Service
RICHMOND, Va. – The General Assembly on Wednesday narrowly approved an amendment by Gov. Bob McDonnell that will prohibit certain health insurance companies in Virginia from providing coverage for women seeking an abortion.
By PAUL MILDE
Stafford Aquia District Supervisor
Last fall, the Board of Supervisors narrowly voted to tear down the current 285,000 square foot Stafford High School and replace it with a new 275,000 square foot Stafford High School. The estimated cost to Stafford’s taxpayers for this proposal: $66 million.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. – Remember the long lines, the crowded hallways, and the quiet frustration that was Election Day in portions of Prince William County?
In Woodbridge, it took some voters as long as four hours to cast their votes, with poll workers at Potomac Middle School accommodating the final voter in line just before 11 p.m. – four hours after polls had officially closed.
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DUMFRIES, Va. – She represents the people of Dumfries in Prince William County, but she’s not the mayor of the town. She doesn’t like him very much, either.
Prince William Potomac District Supervisor Maureen Caddigan sent a strongly-worded letter on Wednesday, obtained by Potomac Local News, to Dumfries Mayor Jerry Foreman.
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By URIAH KISER
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. – In the nation’s seventh wealthiest county Tuesday night, officials from county government and schools went back and forth over how much money to invest into education.
By STEFFANIE ATKINS
Capital News Service
RICHMOND,Va. – Gov. Bob McDonnell on Monday proposed amending legislation to put a moratorium on the use of drone technology in Virginia until 2015.
By URIAH KISER
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Police in Virginia are one step closer to being able to stop you if they see you using your cell phone to text behind the wheel.