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PRTC shifts budget votes to November, sets Dec. 4 retreat at GMU Nexus

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The Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission voted Thursday, Sept. 3, to move its next OmniRide budget handoff up a month and to replace its December regular meeting with a Friday retreat at George Mason University.

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VRE will stop at L’Enfant during Amtrak’s October Union Station outage

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A Virginia Railway Express train pulls into the Fredericksburg train station.
A Virginia Railway Express train pulls into the Fredericksburg train station. [Photo: Uriah Kiser/PLN]

Virginia Railway Express will keep running through Amtrak’s October shutdown of Union Station, but the last stop will be L’Enfant Plaza, not the marble hall two stations later.

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Route 1 intersection work starts Wednesday in Fredericksburg and runs through October 2027

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Aerial view of Route 1 in Fredericksburg looking north through the commercial corridor, with a Giant sign and large parking lot on the east side and shops and a McDonald’s on the west side.
Aerial of Route 1 in Fredericksburg looking through the commercial strip between Stafford Avenue and College Avenue / Eagle Village Drive, the stretch where VDOT says intersection work begins Wednesday.

Crews start work Wednesday on a $4.7 million project to change how Route 1 meets Augustine Avenue, Stafford Avenue, and College Avenue / Eagle Village Drive in the City of Fredericksburg.

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Sara Brescia says Manassas board dropped the probe with no apology

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Uriah Kiser, left, talks with Manassas City School Board member Sara Brescia about the settlement that ended her lawsuit against the board. Potomac Local News Podcast graphic.

Manassas City School Board member Sara Brescia sued the board she sits on.

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POT SHOPS INCOMING: Manassas starts mapping where weed can be sold

By Potomac Local News
Exterior of Manassas City Hall on Center Street
Manassas City Hall

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THEY’RE COMING: Park appraisers to knock on every door

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Residents and business owners should expect a knock at their doors.

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Manassas

COG briefing highlights Manassas grants, TPB role, and regional safety networks

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Kanti Srikanth, deputy executive director of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, briefs Manassas City Council on Sept. 14, 2026.

A Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments official told Manassas City Council on Sept. 14 that federal-aid transportation money, public-safety networks, and recent city grants all run through the regional body Manassas helps fund.

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Stafford splits 5–2 on Stafford One industrial site, extends Potomac Creek clock

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Stafford One Industrial site outlined in red at Interstate 95, Centreport Parkway and Richmond Highway. Stafford County Planning Commission memorandum, June 24, 2026, in the Sept. 15 Board packet.Aerial view of Stafford One Industrial site outlined in red at Interstate 95, Centreport Parkway and Richmond Highway.
Stafford One Industrial site outlined in red at Interstate 95, Centreport Parkway and Richmond Highway. Stafford County Planning Commission memorandum, June 24, 2026, in the Sept. 15 Board packet.

The Stafford County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday rezoned about 38.6 acres at Stafford One Industrial to heavy industrial on a 5–2 vote, unanimously approved a small Telegraph Road office rezoning, extended the Potomac Creek Campus application clock to Dec. 4, and cleared temporary construction access for a Hartwood Elementary School replacement.

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City ED seeks EDA feedback on $100k strategic plan update

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Josh Summits, director of Economic Development and Tourism. Photo: City of Fredericksburg / file
Josh Summits, director of Economic Development and Tourism. Photo: City of Fredericksburg / file

Fredericksburg’s economic development director asked the city Economic Development Authority on Sept. 14 for a fast read on a new department strategic plan, funded at about $100,000 this year, that would replace the 10-point plan City Council adopted in 2023.

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Prince William

PWCS honors state champs and CTE, science winners as two family webinars remain

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Prince William County School Board meeting at the Kelly Leadership Center
Prince William County School Board

The Prince William County School Board opened 2026-27 by recognizing spring and summer champions in athletics, career and technical education, teaching and science research — and by pointing families to two remaining evening webinars this month.

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