Tuesday is Primary Day across Virginia, where voters will head to the polls to choose candidates for Senate and House of Representatives.
Polls open at 6 a.m. Tuesday, June 23, and close at 7 p.m.
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Prince William
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In his plan to combat racism released on June 5, Prince William County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Steven L. Walts said it is time to rename Stonewall Jackson Senior High and Middle schools.
The schools, both located near Manassas — the site of the first battle of the Civil War in 1861 — are named for Jackson, a native Virginian who fought for the Confederacy, and is widely regarded by historians as one of the greatest military generals serve any nation.
A child who either lives in Prince William County, Manassas, or Manassas Park has contracted Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) associated with the coronavirus.
Virginia health officials won’t tell us where the child lives, or the child’s age.
Lake Ridge residents may have the opportunity to take a dip in a public pool this summer.
The Lake Ridge Parks and Recreation Association last night held an online public meeting asking residents whether or not it should open the pools for the remainder of the summer season.
Potomac Local News has received multiple emails following a newsletter that we sent out yesterday morning.
Sharon Terrill, of Occoquan, writes:
After years of inaction, Prince William County is moving ahead with its plan to construct a new $16.7 million, 28,000 square-foot animal shelter.
A county spokesman tells us:
The following was submitted to Potomac Local News as a letter to the editor:
Dear editor,
Police in Prince William County arrested a driver who was wanted in connection with a fatal crash that occurred on an off-ramp in Gainesville.
Police tell us:
The 287(g) program in Prince William County will end on June 30.
The county’s Jail Board failed to make a motion to reauthorize the program, which, in cooperation with federal Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officials, identifies the legal presence of inmates at the county’s Adult Detention Center in Manassas.
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Potomac Local News received this letter to the editor from William “Bill” Card, the Prince William County Republican Party Chairman in response to our reporting on last night’s Board of County Supervisors meeting.
Congratulations, your baby is all grown up now and it came to the McCoart Building on Tuesday to terrorize us all. To be sure, any of those people who had any interest in legitimate political discourse voted for you in November. As a famous leftist once said – your “chickens have come home to roost!”