WOODBRIDGE — Next week, Prince William County leaders will need to make a choice: Dredge the Neabsco Creek as planned, or accept more tax funds and dig deeper.
The county could win a $250,000 grant from the state that could be added to the $750,000 in monies Prince William County allocated for dredging at the entrance to the creek, where it meets the Potomac River at Hampton’s Landing Marina near Woodbridge.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — Hazardous construction from the “Transform I-66” project has citizens frustrated, but the Virginia Department of Transportation is working to fix unsafe conditions, according to a quarterly mobility report presented to the Prince William County Board of Supervisors meeting on January 8.
Windshields broken by debris, poorly painted lines and other road issues on I-66 are plaguing drivers, Jeanine Lawson of Brentsville District said during the meeting.
STAFFORD — Rock Hill Supervisor Wendy Maurer will not be seeking re-election for her seat come November.
Maurer, currently serving her first term on the Board of Supervisors announced her decision during the Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 8 meeting.
STAFFORD — Stafford leaders nearly a year ago caused an uproar in the building trades when they tossed out all applications from developers that wanted to build “cluster” subdivisions in the county.
That move not only sparked lawsuits but also trigged an order from the Board of Supervisors to the county Planning Commission to redraw the map that shows where such clusters (where homes are built tightly together in an effort to preserve open space) would be permitted in the county. It was also tasked making new rules for clusters.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — As the 2019 Virginia General Assembly session kicks off, residents can expect to see legislation concerning the fate of the toxic coal ash that currently sits in unlined pits outside four of its stations across the state.
Residents and government officials heard from Dominion Virginia Power at a town hall meeting on December 11. Dominion presented information on different closure possibilities for the coal ash ponds as well as results from groundwater tests.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — Paul O’Meara is running as a Republican for Coles District Supervisor.
He previously ran in 2015 for the same office and lost in the primary to Marty Nohe, who today is not seeking election to the Coles seat but rather the Prince William County Board of Supervisors Chairman, At-large seat.
WOODBRIDGE — Changes came this week to multiple voting precincts in Prince William County.
In the west, the Piney Branch voting precinct was renamed the Chris Ying Precinct, named after the fallen Prince William County Police Officer killed New Year’s Eve 2012 while responding to a vehicle crash. An elementary school also named after Yung, located at 12612 Fog Light Way near Gainesville, will serve as the polling place.
MANASSAS — Football fields are a common amenity at Prince William County middle and high schools.
But in a time when the county’s population continues to grow, and when there are fewer and fewer acres on which to build the new schools that are needed to keep up, what if they weren’t?
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — Areas in Prince William County — including the area near Manassas, Dale City, Woodbridge, and Dumfries — are implicated as having a lower life expectancy in the metropolitan Washington region, according to a new report produced for the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG).
The report, “Uneven Opportunity: How conditions for wellness vary across the metropolitan Washington region,” was conducted by the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Center on Society and Health.
LAKE RIDGE — For about 15 minutes prior to the start of the school day, it’s a frenzy outside Lake Ridge Elementary School.
Mornings at any school can be hectic, but here at Lake Ridge on Hedges Run Drive, children and parents are dropping off children at a side entrance to the school, resulting in children and their parents darting out in front of oncoming vehicles, drivers slamming on brakes and stopping in the middle of the street, car horns blowing, and drivers making illegal u-turns.
