Sen. Mark Warner and Rep. Eugene Vindman are advertised together Saturday, Sept. 26, at the Prince William County Government Center in Woodbridge.

A Prince William County Democratic Committee flyer emailed to Potomac Local News on Thursday night lists a rally from noon to 2 p.m. at 1 County Complex Court. The flyer says the committee is the host. It gives the same address for the McCoart Building and the James J. McCoart Administration Building.


The Town of Occoquan’s Fall Arts & Crafts Show takes over the historic district this weekend, Saturday, Sept. 26, and Sunday, Sept. 27, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.

Mayor Earnie Porta, in a Sept. 18 e-newsletter to Potomac Local News, said the show will bring hundreds of vendors and thousands of visitors into town. He called it one of the area’s signature events.


By the 2030–31 school year, every 4-year-old who lives in the county and wants a seat would get full-day pre-K, with a bus ride and no tuition.

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Young Marines national headquarters in Dumfries is inviting the public to a 5-kilometer run at the National Museum of the Marine Corps on Saturday, Oct. 17, as the kickoff to Red Ribbon Week.

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Prince William just made it a lot harder to drop a data center on mapped land without a Board vote.

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Dumfries Town Council voted 7-0 late Tuesday to rezone about 15.33 acres on Old Stagecoach Road for a grocery, a drive-thru pharmacy, and a short strip of inline retail — after first beating back a move to send everyone home before the hearing started.

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The Horror Film Fest at Tackett’s Mill is set for Oct. 16, and one of the shorts on the slate was shot in Virginia Beach.

Kendra Louka of LoukaRound Productions submitted No Grace. She told Potomac Local’s Mike Salmon the film will screen at the Clearbrook Artist Collective program inside the shopping center arts space at 2230 B Tackett’s Mill Drive.


Candis King would have turned a year older this month.

The Colgan High School 10th-grader died Oct. 4, 2025, of complications of sickle cell disease. Prince William County Public Schools confirmed her death the next day. Principal Tim Healey told Colgan families in a letter that counseling would be available that week. Potomac Local reported the death Oct. 5, 2025.


The Prince William County School Board opened 2026-27 by recognizing spring and summer champions in athletics, career and technical education, teaching and science research — and by pointing families to two remaining evening webinars this month.

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If you live in Manassas or Manassas Park, you already help pay for Prince William County’s courthouse, prosecutor and jail.

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