The Prince William County Planning Commission voted 8-0 Sept. 16, 2026 to recommend a special-use permit for Chick-fil-A at Virginia Gateway in Gainesville, after the only speaker on the case tied his support to crosswalks and a safer way in and out of the lot.

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A Prince William County woman is concerned after WJLA reported that a rapist sentenced to life plus 236 years could be paroled today.

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The Prince William County Planning Commission voted 8-0 on Sept. 16 to recommend rezoning a wooded 4.25-acre parcel on Richmond Highway for 56 stacked condominiums.

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Prince William County Fire & Rescue will host its 3rd Annual Expo and Fall Festival on Saturday, Oct. 3, from noon to 5 p.m. at Pfitzner Stadium in Woodbridge.

The free event marks Fire Prevention Week and includes apparatus displays, food trucks, live music, and family activities.


House of Mercy, Prince William County’s largest food pantry, launched a $350,000 “Room for Mercy” campaign Tuesday to lease 4,500 square feet of adjacent space in Manassas after warehouse storage shrank this summer. The Manassas nonprofit says the 30-day drive ends Oct. 31 and would restore thrift-store floor space now used for overflow, protect Christmas with Mercy gifts for more than 1,300 children, and let the pantry become a client-choice market.

House of Mercy Launches Urgent $350,000 Campaign to Solve Storage Crisis and Launch Full-Choice Pantry


America Nepal Helping Society, a Manassas nonprofit founded in 2008, says it raised and delivered $92,964 from 167 donors for flood and landslide relief in Nepal’s Rasuwa–Bhotekoshi region. A Virginia delegation presented the check to Nepal’s government in New York during a meeting with Foreign Minister Shishir Khanal at a program hosted by the Consulate General of Nepal, the group said in a press release forwarded Sunday by Sen. Danica Roem.

America Nepal Helping Society in Virginia Raises $92,964 for Nepal Flood and Landslide Relief


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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