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The ceremony is open to the public and will be held in the atrium of the James J. McCoart Administration Building at 1 County Complex Court, Woodbridge, Virginia.

Weir was elected to the Board of County Supervisors in a special election on Feb. 21, 2023. He will take the seat vacated by former Gainesville District Supervisor Peter Candland, who resigned in December 2022.


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Weir beat his Democrat challenger Kerensa Sumers in a landslide 30-point victory today in a Special Election to determine who will complete the term of former Gainesville District Supervisor Peter Candland, who designed in Decembe022 after 10 years on the job.

Weir’s election is widely seen as a referendum on data centers and development, an answer to a Board of County Supervisors that continues to press forward on plaBattlefieldeNationalr more server farms in both residential areas in Bristow, and historical areas like the Manassas Battlefield National Park.


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The average price of a dozen eggs in the U.S. was $4.25 in 2022, up from $1.54 in 2019.

And it’s only expected to rise, making it more difficult for residents to feed their families. Prince William County Coles District Supervisor Yesli Vega says she’s received letters, including one from the father of a family of 10, who goes through 20 eggs a day to feed his family, asking her if something can be done to ease the family’s egg woes.


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An early-morning request from Supervisor Kenny Boddye prompted an unplanned telephone call. It changed the face of a project that aimed to bring 14 data centers to a residential area in Bristow. 

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Bristow residents gathered outside the Prince William County Government Center on Tuesday to implore leaders not to approve a rezoning that could lead to the construction of 14 new data centers near their homes and schools.


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The Woodbridge Magisterial District has a Republican seeking the seat on the Prince William Board of County Supervisors for the first time in eight years.

Republican Jeannie LaCroix announced today that she is running in the 2023 general election for the Prince William County (PWC) Board of Supervisors for the Woodbridge District.


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Two candidates vying for the Gainesville District Supervisors seat will participate in a voter forum on Thursday, February 9, 2023.

Kerensa G. Sumers (D) and Robert B. “Bob” Weir (R) will appear on stage at Battlefield High School, 15000 Graduation Drive near Haymarket, at 7 p.m. The event staff from the Prince William Committee of 100 will open the door to the school at 6:30 p.m. Here’s more information on this event flier.


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The Devlin Road Technology Park — over 4 million square feet of planned data center space — is back on the Prince William Board of County Supervisors’ agenda for Tuesday, February 7, 2023.

Supervisors are being asked to amend the county’s long-range comprehensive land-use plan, moving more than 270 acres from planned mixed residential to M-2, Light Industrial, to allow for the development of up to 4.25 million square feet of data center space.


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Prince William County leaders are discussing replacing a senior citizens center and the Potomac Community Library in Woodbridge.

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