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Board Seeks Input from Community for Strategic Plan

By Press Release
The Seal of Prince William County, Va.

The Prince William Board of County Supervisors wants input from county residents to help develop the county’s 2021-2024 Strategic Plan. Residents will have the opportunity to participate in several ways, including via an online survey and virtual community conversations.

“Community engagement is a vital component of the strategic planning process, and the input provided will be key in selecting goals and priorities that will guide the county’s vision for the future,” said Kaye Wallace, the county’s strategic plan coordinator.

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Prince William, Manassas school boards to meet next week, discuss fall reopenings

By Gianna Jirak

The wait is nearly over for those seeking an answer regarding the reopening of schools in Prince William County and Manassas.

On July 7 and 8, both school boards will hold separate meetings to hear community input on the reopening of their school divisions, review survey data collected from their staff and school communities, and discuss the matter, according to press releases from both school divisions. Manassas is set to vote on their reopening plans on July 14, and Prince William is set to do the same on July 15.

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OmniRide increases service levels, staff at commuter lots

By Rick Horner

OmniRide has resumed operations of all routes and has increased service levels on OmniRide Express buses which began in mid-June.

Weekday Express service to destinations in Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. are running on a Friday schedule, which is one step down from full-service. The increase in service levels was based on the improving COVID-19 conditions, and the Governor’s order to begin reopening the state.

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Prince William edits vulgarity out of uploaded video recording

By Susie Webb
A man who identified himself as a resident of Prince William County's Potomac District told the Board of County Supervisors on June 16 "you guys F-ing suck."

In a highly unusual move, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors has edited all vulgarity out of the public comment portion of its June 16 video recording. 

Black Lives Matter supporters filled the citizen comments period demanding racial equality, the defunding of police, and the end of the 287(g) program, abolished the next day. All this comes after a month of nationwide protests that were sparked by the death of Minneapolis resident George Floyd. 

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Doris Woodring, of Lake Ridge, celebrates 110th birthday with family

By Press Release
Woodring

Doris Woodring, a long-time resident of 25 years in Westminster at Lake Ridge in Lake Ridge celebrated her supercentenarian, 110th birthday on Tuesday, June 9, outdoors in a small courtyard at WLR.

Family members, including Her three daughters and two granddaughters, traveled from Maryland, Deleware, Pennsylvania, and Texas to this celebration for a beloved matriarch, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and godmother — known to many as GiGi, mom, and the “Energizer Bunny.”

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Police to begin collecting information on race, gender during traffic stops

By Press Release

Beginning July 1, 2020, Virginia House Bill 1250, commonly known as the Community Policing Act, will become law. It requires local law enforcement agencies to collect and report certain data pertaining to drivers to the Virginia State Police during a motor vehicle (traffic) stop.

In Prince William County, some of this data was previously collected on stops that resulted in an arrest or the issuance of a Virginia Uniformed Summons (VUS).

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Prince William accepts 2nd round of coronavirus-recovery grant applications

By Uriah Kiser
Occoquan

Small business owners in Prince William County will have a second chance at a grant to help them recover from the coronavirus pandemic.

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Lake Ridge to decide whether or not to open pools June 24

By Uriah Kiser
Canterbury Woods Community Center

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.

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Lake Ridge Chorale to hold virtual fundraiser after spring concerts canceled

By Uriah Kiser
File photo

From Lake Ridge Chorale:

Please join us on Friday, June 19, at 7:00 p.m. for our first ever online “UN-CONCERT” fundraiser, supporting three local nonprofits — all of which do good and important work here in the Prince William County community. Since two of our spring concerts were cancelled due to COVID-19, we have been unable to collect donations for these worthy charitable organizations in the same manner as in past years.

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