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‘Beyond horrified’: Prince William survivor on Spanberger’s board hearing the Ocean View Rapist

By Uriah Kiser
Gov. Abigail Spanberger seated at a desk signing a document, Virginia seal on the chair
Gov. Abigail Spanberger. File photo.

A Prince William County woman is concerned after WJLA reported that a rapist sentenced to life plus 236 years could be paroled today.

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Planning Commission backs 56 stacked condos off Route 1

By PLN News
Architectural rendering of a four-story brick and siding stacked condominium building
Applicant rendering of a six-unit stacked condominium building proposed at 16760 Richmond Highway. The Planning Commission recommended the rezoning Sept. 16. Supervisors have not voted. Credit: Applicant rendering / Wescott GDP, REZ2026-00012.

The Prince William County Planning Commission voted 8-0 on Sept. 16 to recommend rezoning a wooded 4.25-acre parcel on Richmond Highway for 56 stacked condominiums.

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OmniRide launches Insider podcast as it looks past the bus on the road

By PLN News
Alyson Foster and Byren Lloyd sit at a table under an OmniRide Insider sign with an OmniRide bus behind them.

OmniRide has started its own show.

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After city and Dominion hikes, Manassas staff return to explain the utility bill

By PLN News
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MANASSAS, Va. — Manassas officials were back on utility rates Monday, months after the city raised its own charges and a Dominion wholesale pass-through landed on May electric bills.

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Two Osbourn seniors named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists

By PLN News
Two Osbourn High School seniors holding National Merit Semifinalist certificates
Osbourn High School seniors Theodore Charlton and Theodore Wehner after being named 2027 National Merit Scholarship Program semifinalists. Photo: Manassas City Public Schools

Theodore Charlton and Theodore Wehner, seniors at Osbourn High School in Manassas, have been named Semifinalists in the 2027 National Merit Scholarship Program.

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Stafford

Stafford students mark 25 years of the Bandy Art Exhibit

By PLN News
A red carpet runs beside a hallway mural that reads “50th Anniversary Stafford Schools Arts Festival” and “1976 • Celebrating 50 years of excellence in the arts.” Photo: Stafford County Schools

Stafford County Public Schools marked the 25th annual Bandy Art Exhibit this week, hanging student work through the Administrative Complex.

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Stafford names Erris Dunston deputy county administrator

By PLN News
Official portrait of Erris Dunston in a blue blazer, named Stafford County deputy county administrator
Erris Dunston, named Stafford County deputy county administrator. She starts Oct. 5, 2026. Photo: Stafford County.

Stafford County has named Erris Dunston deputy county administrator.

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Fredericksburg

Stafford’s Brown-Page takes the library board chair as Fredericksburg seats Jennifer Clark Evans

By PLN News
Dr. Janet L.S. Brown-Page, Central Rappahannock Regional Library Board of Trustees chair from Stafford County.
Dr. Janet L.S. Brown-Page of Stafford County. Photo courtesy Central Rappahannock Regional Library.

The Central Rappahannock Regional Library Board of Trustees has a new chair and a new Fredericksburg member after its Sept. 14 meeting.

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Supervisors: Faith in Housing is an unfunded mandate without local approval

By PLN News
Crystal Vanuch in a red top next to Chairman Deuntay Diggs speaking at the Stafford supervisors dais
Stafford Supervisor Crystal Vanuch, left, and Board Chairman Deuntay Diggs. Credit: Left, Potomac Local News file; right, Stafford County meeting video via Potomac Local News

Supervisor Crystal Vanuch said Virginia’s new church-housing law leaves Stafford with no way to make a congregation pay for the water lines, sewer, schools, and roads that new homes would use — and called it another unfunded mandate.

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Stafford medspa hits 20 years at Aquia Park

By PLN News
Brick storefront of Rejuvalase Medspa at Aquia Park in Stafford
Rejuvalase Medspa at Aquia Park, 2761 Richmond Highway, Suite 201, Stafford. Photo: Rejuvalase

Rejuvalase Medspa celebrated 20 years in business at Potomac Point Winery.

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