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Original | Wiggins appointed to Prince William Service Authority, Wheeler chastised

Published February 4, 2020 at 5:01PM | Updated February 5, 2020 at 12:20PM

Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chair At-large Ann Wheeler. [Photo: Uriah Kiser/Potomac Local News]

After much public outcry and debate, Harry Wiggins won a political appointment to the Prince William County Service Authority.

Supervisors voted 6-2 Tuesday to appoint the controversial, former county Democratic Party Chairman as the at-large member of the county’s water and sewer authority. The appointment to the high-profile, independent, non-political commission comes after Wiggins was fined by the Virginia State Board of Elections in 2018 after he founded a political action committee called Republicans for Stanley Bender, and then failing to register it with the state as required by law.

Pr. Wm. Gov’t | Coles District fire and rescue station ribbon cutting

By Local News

Published February 4, 2020 at 4:50PM | Updated February 5, 2020 at 12:17AM

?The Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue recently held the official ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the new Coles District Fire and Rescue Station 6.

Original | ‘Scrabble Scramble’ game night to raise funds for adult literacy

By Uriah Kiser

Published February 4, 2020 at 3:08PM | Updated February 5, 2020 at 7:34AM

Photo: BEACON for Adult Literacy Facebook page

A popular game night will return to Bristow next month in an effort to raise money for adult literacy.

BEACON for Adult Literacy’s “Scrabble Scramble” features 35 tables, each with a team of four players, all who sit down to play two rounds of the word-making game. Teams play for prizes, eat pizza, and can participate in a raffle for items, including a $100 southwest airline gift card, salon gift cards, a gift basket from Chick-fil-A Bristow.

Exclusive | Man who called Prince William Sup ‘NRA whore’ to be appointed to Service Authority

By Uriah Kiser

Published February 3, 2020 at 5:00PM | Updated February 4, 2020 at 11:21PM

Wiggins speaks to the Prince William Board of County Supervisors on Jan. 7, 2020, asking it to urge lawmakers in Richmond to tighten restrictions on the right to bear arms.

The man who called a sitting Prince William County Supervisor a “whore” for the NRA could soon be on the county’s water and sewer authority.

Ann Wheeler, County Board Chair, At-large, seeks to appoint Harry Wiggins as an At-Large member of the Prince William County Service Authority, one of the multiple agencies that provide water service to county residents.

Prince William leaders set to begin working on 2020-2024 strategic plan

By Potomac Local News

Published February 3, 2020 at 1:36PM

Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chair At-large Ann Wheeler. [Photo: Uriah Kiser/Potomac Local News]

Prince William County press release |The Strategic Plan is the guiding document that outlines what the community would like the county to look like in four years. The plan, drawn up by citizen volunteers, aided by county staff, outlines a vision of how the county would support the identified strategic plan goals around human services, public safety, transportation, and other county services.

The Prince William County 2021-2024 Strategic Plan will guide budget decisions over the four years it will be in place, said the county’s Strategic Plan Coordinator, Kaye Wallace. “Every year, when we create our annual budget, we use the Strategic Plan to help determine where funding should be allocated.”

Original | Excused school mental health absences, later start times sought

By Olivia Aveni Briscoe

Published February 3, 2020 at 3:30AM

Benjamin Kim, a student representative on the Prince William County School Board

High school students are losing valuable time during their education because they’re tired, according to Benjamin Kim, a student representative on the Prince William County School Board.

Kim pushed for a later start time for high schoolers at the January 22 county School Board meeting. He cited both California and neighboring Fairfax County which both mandate schools begin classes after 8 a.m., he said.

Manassas boy, 15, charged after family finds him with someone else’s car

By Potomac Local News

Published January 31, 2020 at 4:08PM | Updated February 2, 2020 at 9:40PM

Police in Prince William County say they’ve arrested a 15-year-old and charged him in a commercial burglary.

On Wednesday, January 29, officers were tipped off to a burglary at IDEAL Towing, located at 10619 Dumfries Road. They said the burglary occurred sometime between 5 p.m. January 27 and 6 p.m. January 28.

Couples to be married at old courthouse on Valentine’s Day

By Potomac Local News

Published January 30, 2020 at 3:29PM

Couples will once again be married this year at the old Prince William County Courthouse as part of an annual Valentine’s Day marriage ceremony.

Prince William County Circuit Court Clerk press release | Love is in the air as the Prince William County Clerk’s Office plans for it’s annual Valentine’s Day Wedding and Vow renewal event.

Updated: Fire rips through townhouse in Sudley

By Potomac Local News

Published January 28, 2020 at 10:41PM | Updated January 29, 2020 at 3:08PM

Update | All of the people inside the of the burning house made it out alive with no injuries, according to Prince William fire and rescue spokesman Matt Smolksy.

The damage was extensive, and the fire is blamed on a malfunctioning electrical device, he said.

Exclusive: Prince William County Fair to return Aug. 14-22

By Uriah Kiser

Published January 27, 2020 at 9:55AM

The Prince William County Fair will return for 2020, August 14-22.

The announcement comes as fair officials at the Prince William Veterans Farm Club last year announced the fair in 2019, which was in its 70th year, would be its last.