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

By Potomac Local News

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

By PLN News
Kanti Srikanth speaking at a wooden podium to Manassas City Council with residents seated behind him and a COG slide on the screen
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

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

By PLN News
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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Fredericksburg

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

By PLN News
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

By PLN News
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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Prince William

Shared-services rewrite aims for new agreements by summer 2027

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The Judicial Center for Prince William County, Manassas, and Manassas Park.

If you live in Manassas or Manassas Park, you already help pay for Prince William County’s courthouse, prosecutor and jail.

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Features

Parents press school boards on a cut bus stop, Kindles and volunteer coaches

By PLN News
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A school bus. Photo: Potomac Local file

Two parents and one student used citizen comment at the Prince William County School Board on Sept. 2. A Manassas parent-coach used his three minutes on Sept. 8.

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Stafford

No schedule shake-up in ’27–28: Board punts after 90-minute pile-on

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A Stafford County Public Schools bus. The School Board on Sept. 8 deferred any high school schedule change for 2027–28 after nearly 90 minutes of public comment focused on electives.

After nearly 90 minutes of public comment on a proposed shift from an eight-course to a seven-course high school schedule, Chair Dr. Elizabeth Warner said at the Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, business meeting that the Stafford County School Board has deferred any schedule change.

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Stafford

Stafford Planning Commission sends 2026–2046 comp plan to supervisors 6-1

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Color land-use map of Stafford County Virginia showing yellow and orange Targeted Development Areas along Interstate 95, Quantico Marine Corps Base to the north, and the Rappahannock and Potomac rivers
Stafford County’s comprehensive plan land-use map, showing Targeted Development Areas along the I-95 and Route 1 corridor. The Planning Commission recommended the 2026–2046 update to the Board of Supervisors on Sept. 9. Stafford County map. Photo: Stafford County

A Cool Springs dining-and-retail district, a second look at the closed Cannon Ridge golf course, and a fight over dashed lines on a road map all rode the same 6–1 vote Wednesday night.

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OmniRide seeks public hearing on ending Route 51 Dumfries local for microtransit

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OmniRide won Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission authorization Thursday to start a public hearing and input process on eliminating Route 51 in Dumfries and redesigning Route 94 in Lake Ridge — not a final vote to cut or change service.

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