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Toys “R” Us holiday shop slated for Spotsylvania Towne Centre

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Colorful plush animals stacked on shelves under an “I’m a Toys R Us kid!” wall sign
A Toys “R” Us holiday shop operated by Go! Retail Group. The Spotsylvania Towne Centre shop is planned for a 7,400-square-foot bay in the Costco Concourse, with a tentative October opening. Photo courtesy Go! Retail Group.

Toys “R” Us is planning a seasonal holiday shop at Spotsylvania Towne Centre, the mall owner said Wednesday.

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Prince William

Free pre-K, a bus and no tuition — boards meet tonight

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Prince William County School Board members seated at the dais
The Prince William County School Board.

By the 2030–31 school year, every 4-year-old who lives in the county and wants a seat would get full-day pre-K, with a bus ride and no tuition.

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Young Marines set Oct. 17 Quantico 5K to open Red Ribbon Week

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Young Marines competing in the Drug Demand Reduction Dash gather at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia, in 2025. Photo courtesy Young Marines.

Young Marines national headquarters in Dumfries is inviting the public to a 5-kilometer run at the National Museum of the Marine Corps on Saturday, Oct. 17, as the kickoff to Red Ribbon Week.

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Prince William

Bye-right: Prince William slams the easy data-center door — 90 days to get in line

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Side-by-side maps of Prince William County’s old data-center overlay and the remaining overlay
Prince William data-center overlay before and after. Staff maps as of June 30, 2026.

Prince William just made it a lot harder to drop a data center on mapped land without a Board vote.

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They tried to go home — then rezoned the junkyard for a grocery

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Dumfries Town Hall
Dumfries Town Hall at 17739 Main Street in Dumfries. Photo: Potomac Local file

Dumfries Town Council voted 7-0 late Tuesday to rezone about 15.33 acres on Old Stagecoach Road for a grocery, a drive-thru pharmacy, and a short strip of inline retail — after first beating back a move to send everyone home before the hearing started.

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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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Manassas

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

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Exterior of Manassas City Hall on Center Street
Manassas City Hall

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