Dumfries residents are poised to see direct relief on their municipal tax bills in the coming fiscal year, thanks to a proposed 3% reduction in the town’s tax rate—from 0.1899 to 0.1850—enabled by a major windfall in gaming revenue and steady local economic growth.

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A recent crash in Nokesville has claimed another life on Prince William County’s rural roads, marking the fourth high-speed fatality in the Brentsville District in just two years.

On Saturday, March 14, a 2010 Chevrolet Corvette struck a tree after running off the road at high speed.


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In a heartwarming moment of community pride, the Prince William County Board of County Supervisors paused its regular business on March 17, 2026, to celebrate the excellence of local youth. At 7 p.m., during the evening session of its meeting, the Board issued a proclamation recognizing the Potomac Shores Middle School boys basketball team for an extraordinary achievement: **100 consecutive victories** and five years undefeated since 2021.

Supervisor Andrea O. Bailey, Potomac District Supervisor and Vice Chair, presented the commendation with evident pride. “It gives me great pleasure to commend and recognize a legacy of greatness honoring the Potomac Shores Middle School boys’ basketball team,” she said.


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LaCroix said in remarks: “The first thing I did was take a picture of my name on here, because it is very surreal that I am a part of this.” She added that Woodbridge “is a district that really deserves somebody to prioritize it” and “I’m not thinking that it’s been prioritized in maybe decades and decades.” She requested that people “lend me a little grace” and said her goal is to represent people who “felt that they were marginalized or not heard from” and to address “some pockets that need revision.”

LaCroix, the first Republican to hold the seat in 40 years, succeeds Margaret Franklin. Franklin was elected Woodbridge District Supervisor in 2019. Voters returned her to office in 2023.


In a marathon March 11, 2026, session that stretched past midnight, the Prince William County Planning Commission sided with western county residents on two high-stakes land-use matters, denying a major power substation tied to data-center growth and stripping three long-planned road projects from the Comprehensive Plan’s Mobility Chapter.

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The Prince William County Planning Commission on March 11, 2026, voted 7-1 to recommend approval of rezoning application REZ 2024-00045 for the Mapledale residential project in Dale City’s Neabsco magisterial district.

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Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS) is redirecting approximately $256 million in projected savings from the discontinued 14th high school into targeted facility upgrades, energy-efficiency initiatives, and program equity measures across the division.

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“Although the defendant acquired the bombmaking components in the months leading up to January 5, 2021, he chose to plant them at the headquarters of the nation’s two major political parties in downtown Washington, D.C., on the eve of the January 6 certification of the electoral vote,” Prince William Times reported.


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