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School children across Prince William struggling with reading, new data show

By Uriah Kiser
Jeanine Lawson and Peter Candland were two of three members of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors to shuffle out of a School Board training session on Implicit bias, a section of a larger training on Critical Race Theory.

Prince William County’s youngest and most vulnerable students are struggling to read.

New Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening data for the Prince William County School Division obtained exclusively by PLN show an alarming increase of students from kindergarten through third grade who need reading help. The test, required by the Virginia Department of Education to be given to children in the aforementioned grade levels, is used to identify gaps that could hinder the development of a child’s reading skills.

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Gov’t employees, seniors to be first in Prince William for coronavirus vaccine

By Uriah Kiser
UVA Prince William Medical Center in Manassas.

Coronavirus vaccines will begin being distributed in Prince William County this month.

County employees most risk of contracting the disease, which includes fire and rescue personnel, paid and volunteer healthcare workers, and senior citizens in assisted living facilities, will be first to receive the vaccines, said Prince William Health District Director Dr. Alison Ansher.

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2 firms aim to redevelop northern section of Woodbridge, across from VRE station

By Uriah Kiser

The Prince William Board of County Supervisors is pleased to announce North Woodbridge TC, LLC (NWTC) will pursue the development of a brand-new, mixed-use development project located at the prominent intersection of U.S. Route 1 and Route 123 in North Woodbridge, directly across from the North Woodbridge VRE Station.

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Democrats choose King to face Mitchell in January 5 Special Election

By Uriah Kiser

Candi King, of Prince William County, will try to do something her husband twice failed to do — win the 2nd District House seat and go to Richmond to represent Prince William and Stafford counties.

King won a firehouse primary today, besting four other Democrats to win her party’s nomination to run in a January 5 Special Election to replace the outgoing Jennifer Carroll Foy (D), who last week resigned the seat to focus on her 2021 campaign for Virginia Governor.

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Exclusive: 31st House seat is still the prize for Republican D.J. Jordan

By Uriah Kiser
Jordan

D.J. Jordan will once again run for a seat in the Virginia House of Delegates.

The Prince William County resident, Republican, and co-author of one of the most-read posts of 2020 here on PLN addressing the defunding of police departments will run for the 31st House District, which includes portions of Prince William and Fauquier counties. The seat is currently held by Delegate Elizabeth Guzman (D), who said she would not seek reelection to the seat to focus on a run for Lt. Governor, a statewide office.

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Tax payment center reopens after county employee contracts coronavirus

By Uriah Kiser
The McCoart Building at the Prince William County Government Center in Woodbridge.

Residents may once again come to the Prince William County Government Center to pay their taxes.

An employee contracted the coronavirus on Wednesday, and the tax payments office on the first floor of the government center, known as the McCoart Building, was closed to the public. The remainder of the government center remained open for business.

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Land next to Prince William Forest Park could be new center of development

By Uriah Kiser
A rendering of a residential neighborhood envisioned at Independent Hill. [Prince William County Government]

An area next to Prince William Forest Park could be the county’s next big development hot spot.

The Prince William County Planning Commission on Wednesday night to consider siding with county government planners to endorse the Independent Hill Small Area Plan, which aims to allow a mix of homes, retail, and office space to be built on 544 acres of land between the county landfill on Route 234, and then north up to Colgan Senior High School.

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