WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Major cuts to Prince William County’s budget have been proposed by the Chairman of its Board of Supervisors.
Corey A. Stewart, At-large, is working to build consensus for a new flat tax structure for the county’s fiscal year 2014 budget. He’s proposed slashing $9 million in spending to reduce tax bill growth in the latter years of the county’s five-year plan.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — The fifth and final film adaptation of the Twilight book series was released in midnight showings Thursday. As our Kristina Kotlus shows us, fans lined up at AMC Theaters at Potomac Mills mall to see the Breaking Dawn Part II.
The parking lot was full well before midnight, and fans lined up inside for the movie.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Write by the Rails, a networking group of writers based in Prince William County, Manassas and Manassas Park, has been officially chartered as the Prince William Chapter of the Virginia Writers Club.
The announcement was made at VWC’s annual meeting Nov. 3 in Richmond. Local members June Kilpatrick and Linda Johnston of Gainesville and Terry Reardon of Woodbridge were in attendance.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Delegate Richard Anderson said this one is for the children.
The Prince William County Republican Delegate will host an information session for his upcoming “Future Delegate Program” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Prince William County Government Center’s McCoart Building.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Officials failed to forecast the record turnout at polls on Tuesday.
Woodbridge’s River Oaks voting precinct has more than 4,000 active registered voters assigned to it and saw a 64 percent voter turnout rate Tuesday. Voters here waited in long lines, and in line before the polls closed at 7 p.m. waited for up to four hours to cast their votes.
Some government offices in the Potomac Communities will close Monday in observance of Veterans Day.
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DUMFRIES, Va. — Businessman and U.S. Marine Derrick Wood has been elected to the Dumfries Town Council.
Wood was a write-in candidate competing against two others, including incumbent Dumfries Town Council member Louis Parino whose name was not on the ballot.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Two newly elected members of two governing Boards will be sworn in next week.
Democrat Lillie Jessie celebrated her win Tuesday as the new Occoquan District Representative on the Prince William County School Board. She’ll assume her role on Tuesday, Nov. 20.
DUMFRIES, Va. — A McDonalds on Dumfries Road will soon have a new look.
The fast food restaurant is the latest in the chain to receive renovations, which come after a second McDonalds restaurant recently opened in the small town.
The Council would sincerely like to Thank the citizens in the Town of Dumfries who exercised their right to vote on November 6, 2012.
The lines were long and the weather was cold, but the Town’s citizens were friendly, social, cheerful, looked out for one another, and there was a small-town feel.
