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After a Marathon Hearing, Stafford Passes Sweeping Data Center Reforms

By Uriah Kiser

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Manassas

Books and Bucks: School Board Balances Trust and Pay Talks

By Uriah Kiser
Members of the Manassas City School Board meet at City Hall on Sept. 25, 2025, where they voted to send the division’s grading policy back to the Policy Committee for revisions.

The Manassas City School Board’s next work session may look a little more like a book club than a government meeting — but the conversation could lead to real money matters.

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Manassas

Manassas reels after another power failure — officials blame Dominion, squirrels, and storms

By Uriah Kiser

Nearly 3,800 Manassas residents and businesses lost power Sunday night, Oct. 19, 2025 — the third major outage in just over a week — prompting city leaders Monday to defend the electric system’s reliability while pledging clearer communication with customers.

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Stafford

Buc-ee’s Defends Stafford Plans as Residents Question Need for Another Gas Station

By Uriah Kiser

Hundreds of residents filled a community meeting room at Colonial Forge High School on Monday night to press representatives of Buc-ee’s, the Texas-based travel center chain, about its plans to build one of its massive stores at the northwest corner of Courthouse Road and Interstate 95 (Exit 140).

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Politics

FLOAT-GATE: Republican Committee Says PWCS Broke Its Own Rules

By Uriah Kiser
A truck supporting Delegate Briana Sewell drives in the Woodbridge Senior High School Homecoming Parade on Friday, October 17, 2025. Sewell, a Democrat representing the Woodbridge area, participated in the event.

A Prince William County Republican leader is accusing the school system of applying its political participation rules unevenly after a state lawmaker rode in this year’s Woodbridge Senior High School homecoming parade.

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Schools

‘Clown Show’ at School Board Meeting as Parents Battle Over Gender Rules

By Uriah Kiser
Shamgar Connors, a Stafford County parent, delivers remarks in costume during the Oct. 14, 2025, Stafford County School Board meeting. Connors has used satire at previous meetings to criticize the school division’s gender identity policies.

The October 14 Stafford County School Board meeting turned contentious as several residents used the public comment period to debate gender identity, religion, and what some described as “truth in education,” culminating with one parent calling the controversy “a manufactured crisis.”

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Stafford

After threat of 453 apartments, Stafford to vote on Garrison deal

By Uriah Kiser

A long-delayed plan to bring shops, homes, and a movie theater to Garrisonville Road faces a key vote Tuesday night, as the Stafford Board of Supervisors decides whether to approve a revised housing mix — or risk seeing 453 apartments built instead.

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Prince William

Prince William OKs 32 New Townhomes in September; Dumfries, Haymarket Lead

By Uriah Kiser
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Prince William County approved 32 new townhouse permits in September, continuing a steady trend of residential growth led by Dumfries and Haymarket.

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Fredericksburg

Fredericksburg Plots Costly Downtown Street Shake-Up

By Uriah Kiser
A view of Downtown Fredericksburg from above Hurkamp Park [Photo: Fredericksburg City]

Fredericksburg’s long-discussed proposal to convert several downtown one-way streets into two-way traffic will take another step forward next week when the city’s Planning Commission reviews the final version of the Downtown Traffic Engineering Study.

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Breaking News

School Board Censures Vice Chair Tracy Blake After October 1 Confrontation with Tredinnick

By Uriah Kiser
[Photo: Blake campaign website]

School Board Censures Vice Chair Tracy Blake After October 1 Confrontation with Tredinnick

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