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Manassas Park High and Rippon Middle School students take top honors at 39th annual MLK Youth Oratorical Contest

By Katherine Madere
A crowd had gathered for the 39th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Youth Oratorical Contest at Charles J. Colgan Senior High School near Dale City. [Photo: Justin Wilk, Prince William County School Board Potomac District representative.]

Despite the falling snow, the auditorium at Charles J. Colgan was nearly packed on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024.

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Jefferson ‘hopeful’ Prince William ‘will come together’ after data center fight; Vega named pro-tem in rare bi-partisan showing

By Caitlyn Meisner

DeShundra Jefferson, chair at-large of Prince William County’s Board of Supervisors, delivered her first remarks Tuesday, January 9, on the State of the County. She was elected in 2023 and assumed office on January 1.

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T-shirt grocery bags in fashion at Fredericksburg Food Cooperative

By Mike Salmon
Fredericksburg Food Cooperative customer Key Sharpe with one of the bags filled with groceries. [Photo: Mike Salmon]

There’s a war on plastic grocery bags, and the folks at the Fredericksburg Food Cooperative are fighting that battle with the t-shirt grocery bag.

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Anita’s New Mexican Style restaurant opens Manassas-area location

By Amelia Breeden

Anita’s restaurant opened its newest location near Manassas on January 5, 2024.

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Leaving Prince William: Schools aim to scale back 14th high school, other construction in light of declining population, fewer births

By Uriah Kiser

Declining birth rates and the growing number of people fleeing the state for lower living costs have Prince William County Public Schools rethinking how it will build new schools and remodel existing buildings.

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Widewater Grille offers comfort food in a ‘cozy place’

By Kevin Sandell

Diners in Stafford and those traveling through have a new restaurant to find “down home cooking” in a “cozy place … [that] feels like your dining room.”

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Rappahannock River swells, onlookers flood city

By Mike Salmon
Stairway to Flood Waters at the Blue House on Sophia Street. [Photo: Mike Salmon]

A torrential downpour enveloped the City of Fredericksburg on Tuesday, January 9, 2024, flooding streets and soaking yards, affecting residents on several fronts where area schools closed early and roads were blockaded with cones.

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Manassas data centers coming online will link to Dominion power supply following city outages

By Uriah Kiser
[Photo: American Public Power Association/Unsplash]

Anna Davis, the acting director Anna Davis briefed the Manassas City Council on the state of the city’s power grid. 

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Hockey teams hit Haymarket ice to beat cancer

By Tom Bohacek
The hockey teams are the Honey Badgers Lite and Emerick’s Team. [Photo: Tom Bohacek]

The Haymarket Adult Hockey League is hosting its first tournament, Hockey Fights Cancer, with the proceeds going to the American Cancer Society. The “pond” hockey tournament is held at the Haymarket IcePlex, in Haymarket.

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Stafford inks 25-year deal with Amazon, expects nearly $1 billion in new tax revenue

By Uriah Kiser
[Photo by Christian Wiediger on Unsplash]

Stafford County officials said it’s about to start raining data center money.

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