The Dumfries Town Council celebrated hometown excellence this week, honoring a family whose roots run deep in the community and a police officer who’s breaking barriers in local law enforcement.

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A California man died early Saturday morning after his tractor-trailer veered off Prince William Parkway in Manassas.

Police say Jatinder Chauhan, 35, of Turlock, California, was driving a 2022 Mack Anthem truck eastbound on Prince William Parkway near Hansen Farm Road (formerly Balls Ford Road) about 4:45 a.m. on October 12 when the vehicle left the roadway and struck a guardrail. The truck came to a stop a short distance later.


Two candidates vying to represent Gainesville on the Prince William Board of County Supervisors agreed Friday night that the county must stop approving new data centers and refocus on preserving the rural character that defines western Prince William.

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Prince William County supervisors have approved a sweeping new pay and benefits package for the county’s professional firefighters — a decision that could reshape the county’s upcoming budget and significantly hike the amount residents pay in taxes.

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Prince William County leaders cut the ribbon Wednesday morning on the Regional Crisis Receiving Center (CRC) — a long-anticipated mental health facility designed to give residents immediate access to behavioral health care, day or night.

Governor Glenn Youngkin joined local officials, state partners, and community advocates in Woodbridge for the ceremony outside the newly renovated building on Worth Avenue, near Potomac Mills. The governor, who previously toured the site in May 2023, called the opening “one of the most major milestones in the transformation of behavioral health, not just in the Commonwealth, but across the nation.”


Days after stepping down from the Haymarket Town Council, Mary Ramirez says she’s proud of the programs and partnerships she helped build — and confident the town’s future is in good hands.

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The Prince William Board of County Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to modernize the county’s rural land preservation program, aligning it with the county’s 2040 Comprehensive Plan and setting the stage for a broader debate over the future of Prince William’s disappearing open space.

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With Haymarket Day less than two weeks away, town officials are finalizing plans for the biggest weekend of the year — one that will feature record vendor participation, new transportation options, and tax-free dining for residents and visitors.

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Candidates for the Gainesville seat on the Prince William Board of County Supervisors will face off in a public forum on Friday, October 10, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Gainesville High School.

Republican Patrick Harders and Democrat George Stewart will take questions at the event, hosted by the Prince William Committee of 100 and the League of Women Voters of Prince William-Fauquier Area. Bruce Potter, publisher of InsideNoVa, will moderate. The forum comes amid growing voter interest in issues such as the Bi-County Parkway, data center development, and a controversial proposal to eliminate the 10-acre minimum lot size in parts of western Prince William.


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