Politics

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — In an annual budget process that began earlier in the cycle than normal, political leaders are far from running out of steam.

Prince William County Gainesville District Supervisor Peter Candland on Tuesday called a review by county staff of his flat tax budget plan for fiscal year 2014 – a plan designed to curtail spending and to hold property taxes at their current rates – a presentation that was riddled with mathematical errors and false assumptions.


Originals

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Prince William has once again been recognized as one of the best 100 communities in the nation for young people.

America’s Promise Alliance named the growing county of 410,000 people one of the best for the third year in a row. The distinction was given to communities in 42 states, and many more were reviewed.


Originals

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — E.J. Levenberry is going to San Antonio to play football for the U.S. Army.

The proud and humble senior linebacker at C.D. Hylton High School in Woodbridge was accepted to the Army’s All-American Bowl at a ceremony Thursday afternoon. The bowl is dubbed a premiere sporting event where 90 of the nations top high school football athletes have been invited to compete against each other Jan. 5 in front of a national TV audience on NBC.


Prince William

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Lights help to make the holiday season bright, and that’s what you can expect this December at the Irene V. Hylton Planetarium at C.D. Hylton High School.

The educational center in Woodbridge will hold two separate shows – one is a laser light show, and another a look at the famous bright Star of Bethlehem – will be held over the course of the next three Fridays starting tomorrow night.


Politics

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Ideas on how to fund the needs of Prince William County are on the table, though some of them differ.

The Board of County Supervisors on Tuesday reviewed each proposals from supervisors Corey Stewart, At-Large, Peter Candland, R-Gainesville, Frank Principi, D-Woodbridge, and John Jenkins, D-Neabsco.


Originals

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — While a new Potomac Nationals stadium may not be official – leaders in Prince William County are moving ahead with plans to build a parking garage for the planned structure.

A request for $5 million from Virginia’s Transportation Partnership Opportunity Fund is expected to be approved today by the Prince William County Board of Supervisors. With this money, construction of a 1,250-space parking garage could begin, and those spaces would serve shoppers at Potomac Town Center at Stonebridge – home to Wegmans grocery store — Potomac Nationals game time fans, and commuters who would park during the day and leave before games begin, officials said.


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