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Bailey directs staff to study a local marijuana tax

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Potomac District Supervisor Andrea O. Bailey [Photo: Prince William County Government]

Potomac District Supervisor Andrea O. Bailey directed County Executive Christopher Shorter and staff to study whether Prince William County can establish a local marijuana tax, after Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed 2026 legislation creating a legal adult-use marketplace in Virginia.

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Boddye tees up water resolutions on reuse and groundwater study

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Occoquan District Supervisor Kenny A. Boddye circulated two draft water resolutions at the Sept. 1 Board of County Supervisors meeting and asked colleagues to discuss them. The Board did not vote.

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PWCS posts 92.7% first-week bus on-time rate to open 2026-27 year

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A school bus. Photo: Potomac Local file

Prince William County Schools opened the 2026-27 year with a 92.7% first-week bus on-time arrival rate, Superintendent Dr. LaTanya D. McDade told the School Board on Wednesday — one of the first times in five or six years the division has hit that mark for the opening week, she said.

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63,000 cars a day, no way across — FAMPO eyes a Spotsylvania Mall Court cut-through

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The Fredericksburg Area Metropolitan Planning Organization is running a small microsimulation study to test whether punching a half-road through near Mall Court — the short commercial stub on the south side of Route 3 that lines up with Carl D. Silver Parkway — can improve access around Central Park and Spotsylvania Towne Centre without fouling I-95 off-ramps or nearby Route 3 intersections.

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How Prince William police say license-plate readers work

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Chair-at-Large Deshundra Jefferson said Prince William County will schedule a work session on license plate readers, red-light cameras, and who can access the footage.

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They’re debating without him: UMW slates Ollivant, Ahrar and Lopez — no Vindman

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Democrat Eugene Vindman, left, and Republican Doug Ollivant. Photo: Campaign files

The University of Mary Washington will host a public debate for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District on Tuesday, Sept. 15, at 7 p.m. in Dodd Auditorium.

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Stafford high schools deliver 122 hours per credit, not 140; board reviews 2027–28 calendar and schedule options Tuesday

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Stafford County high schools deliver about 121.8 seat hours per course, 18.2 hours short of Virginia’s 140-hour standard for graduation credit — roughly 13 class meetings, or five weeks on the current A/B schedule.

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Stafford board advances repeal of unique transportation impact fees, pauses new collections

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Stafford County Administrator Bill Ashton presents the proposed FY2027 budget to the Stafford County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 17, 2026, at the Government Center.

The Stafford County Board of Supervisors voted 4–3 on Sept. 1 to advertise a public hearing on repealing the county’s transportation impact fee ordinance and then passed an emergency measure 4–2 to stop new collections until that hearing.

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Board rezones 23-acre Nokesville site for contractor storage

By Uriah Kiser

Elder Ramos told supervisors he can wait three weeks for a concrete truck when a patio pour gets canceled. On Tuesday night, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors gave his family a legal place to store the material.

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FLOCK BLOCKED: Dumfries benches plate-reader cameras until residents get a say

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Dumfries Town Council chambers. A public YouTube campaign video titled “Brian Fields 4 Mayor of Dumfries” shows Councilman Brian K. Fields in the chamber; weeks later council put an ethics warning on the record without naming a member.

The Dumfries Town Council voted 4-2 to keep newly installed Flock license-plate readers dark, halt any new data collection and send the program back for public engagement before the cameras can go live.

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