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Officials to Request $5 Million for Stadium Parking Garage

By Potomac Local News

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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Business

143 Homes Planned for Featherstone Road

By Potomac Local News
A tractor trailer passes a home on busy Featherstone Road, the site a proposed development that would bring a mix of 143 new multi-family and town homes. (Uriah Kiser/PotomacLocal.com)

It’s no secret developers in Woodbridge have shifted their focus west of U.S. 1, which for years has been known for strip shopping centers and auto dealers.

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Prince William

2,400 Area Children Need Christmas Gifts

By Potomac Local News

DALE CITY, Va. — There is an increased need in our area this season to provide a bit of Christmas cheer for some needy children in Prince William County.

The area’s Un-Trim A Tree holiday gift giving program has seen a 24-percent increase in the number of children who need gifts this year. The program has over 5,000 children “adopted” or identified as needing gifts this year. For about 2,400 of the youngsters, Un-Trim A Tree organizer Mary Foley doesn’t know where the gifts will come from.

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Originals

Refurbished Computers Benefit Families, Highlight Students

By Potomac Local News
Jasmeet Singh, a Forest Park High School student, demonstrates the capabilities and setup of a new computer given to the Tellez family. The new machine will allow students in the family to complete school assignments at home. (Photo: Kristina Schnack Kotlus)

By KRISTINA SCHNACK KOTLUS
Schools and Education Reporter

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Elementary and high school students in Prince William County took a step toward “bridging the gap” in technology access through an innovative program that began locally.

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Press Release

Writers Holding Book Signing in Woodbridge

By Potomac Local News

NEWS FROM YOU

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — On Saturday, December 1, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., the Prince William County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. is hosting their Third Annual Rolling Out the Red Carpet Book Signing Event at the Prince William Association of Realtors (PWAR) Building, located at 4545 Daisy Reid Avenue, Woodbridge, VA 22192.

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Originals

New Transit Buses Arrive

By Potomac Local News
Dozens of OmniRide busses are lined up ready to go out on the afternoon runs at PRTC in Woodbridge.

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Bus commuters in Prince William County will now have new seats on 13 new buses.

Providers of OmniRide and OmniLink, the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission said the new buses have been delivered to their headquarters in Woodbridge. They will not be used to increase service, but to replace older buses that are rapidly aging.

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Prince William

VRE’s Prancer Express Leaving Later

By Potomac Local News

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Do you hold a ticket for the Prancer Express? It’s leaving the station later than some might think.

Virginia Railway Express has corrected the departure time for the holiday express train – one of several Santa Trains the agency will run on Saturday Dec. 8. The train will leave the Woodbridge station at 10:30 a.m., not 9:30 a.m. as was originally posted online.

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Prince William

Deadline Set for New Woodbridge School Rep

By Potomac Local News
(Photo: Prince William County Public Schools)

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — The window to apply to be considered as the next Woodbridge representative on the Prince William County School Board is closing.

Interested applicants have until 4:30 p.m. Dec. 14 to file the correct paperwork to be considered for appointment to the eight-member Board that governs the county’s public school system. Completed applications must be emailed or delivered to the Prince William County Public Schools Headquarters at Independent Hill.

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Potomac Nationals Make Holland Head Broadcaster

By Potomac Local News
Holland

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A Maryland man with years of experience in Minor League Baseball will take microphone inside the broadcast booth at Potomac Nationals games this spring.

The Woodbridge ball club announced Bryan Holland will serve as play-by-play announcer and  media relations director for the team in the upcoming 2013 season. The promotion comes after Holland worked in the team’s sales department.

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