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School principal cancels data center open house; Press conference was planned

By Potomac Local News

The principal at Bull Run Middle School near Gainesville, the site of an open house for a proposed data center next to Manassas National Park tomorrow, April 18, 2023, canceled the event. We first reported the event on Saturday, April 15, 2023.

Instead, the school will host an open house for parents of rising sixth-grade students. “I am not sure of the mix-up, but it is corrected,” states school principal Matthew Phythian in an email.

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Originals

Smile for the cameras, Prince William drivers; Sups approve traffic enforcement program

By Uriah Kiser
A traffic camera in a school zone.

Prince William County will use cameras to cite drivers speeding through school and construction zones and those who fail to stop at red lights.

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Originals

Speed, red light cameras proposed at 13 schools, 8 intersections

By Uriah Kiser
Photo: VDOT

Speed and red light cameras could be coming to Prince William County in a pilot program to improve drivers’ bad behavior.

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Business

Developer wants to put brakes on Devlin Tech Park, retool Kline Farm project

By Potomac Local News

There are two major developments in two land-use cases in Prince William County today, both involving Stanley Martin Homes.

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Breaking News

Ballot problems at all precincts in Gainesville Special Election

By Potomac Local News
Campaign signs at Reagan Middle School, a polling precinct in Prince William County’s Gainesville District. [Photo: Jacob Moser]

Elections officials in Prince William County are scrambling to fix ballot problems in today’s Special Election.

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News

Special Election in Gainesville District is tomorrow, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023

By Potomac Local News
Kerensa Sumers and Bob Weir met for a candidate forum at Battlefield High School near Haymarket, sponsored by the Prince William Committee of 100 and the League of Women Voters. [Photo: Mike Beaty]

Tomorrow,  Tuesday, February 21, 2023, is Election Day in Prince William County’s Gainesville Magisterial District.

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News

Keep Prince William Beautiful plans fix-it-fair

By Potomac Local News

Keep Prince William Beautiful, and House of Mercy are having a Fix-It-Fair event on April 22, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 8150 Flannery Court near Gainesville.

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Manhattan Pizza now open in Gainesville, applies for ABC permit

By Deshaun Jefferson

Manhattan Pizza’s location in Gainesville applied for a Virginia ABC permit alcohol. The state agency must approve the license.

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Opinion

Opinion: Unions inject cash into Democrat Sumers campaign supporting data centers

By Letters to the Editor
Kerensa Sumers and Bob Weir met for a candidate forum at Battlefield High School near Haymarket, sponsored by the Prince William Committee of 100 and the League of Women Voters. [Photo: Mike Beaty]

Data from the Virginia Public Access Project (Elections: Prince William County Prince William County Supervisor – Gainesville (vpap.org) shows Democrat Kerensa Sumers raised $46,583, while Republican Bob Weir raised $20,005.

Sumers largest donors ($1,000 or more) included:

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News

1 dead, 1 charged in crash near Gainesville

By Potomac Local News

A Prince William County man is dead, and another faces charges after a crash this morning.

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