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Published February 4, 2022 at 6:00AM

Prince William County Schools Superintendent Dr. LaTayna McDade. [Photo: Uriah Kiser/PLN]

Schools budget hearing: The Prince William County School Board will hold a Public Meeting on the Superintendent’s Proposed FY 2023 Budget on Monday, February 7, 2022. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m., at the Kelly Leadership Center, located at 14715 Bristow Road, Manassas, Virginia and will be open to the public. Citizens must wear face coverings. [Press release]

Historical marker: Fredericksburg on February 10 will unveil a historical panel commemorating the Walker-Grant High School demonstration that occurred in June 1950. [Press release]

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Locked out and frustrated: Residents want Prince William School Board to allow mask choice

By Uriah Kiser

Published February 3, 2022 at 1:00PM | Updated February 3, 2022 at 10:29PM

Parents protesting mask mandates in Prince William County Public Schools urged the School Board to allow parental mask choice. [Photo: Uriah Kiser/Potomac Local]

Prince William County Public Schools granted the Gainesville mother of three children ages 6, 8, and 10 a religious exemption to its mandator mask policy. However, things changed Monday, January 31, when her school principal said the children would now need to wear masks.

“I’m not exactly sure why it was only my children, because I do know that there were other children in the school with medical exemptions and other religious exemptions that were not pulled out,” Ballard told Potomac Local.

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Robber strolls in, strolls out injuring Home Depot employee

By Potomac Local News

Published February 3, 2022 at 11:00AM | Updated February 3, 2022 at 1:00PM

A man filled his cart with goods from a Home Depot Store in Woodbridge, pushed a store employee to the ground, and strolled out.

At 5:36 p.m. Wednesday, February, officers were called to the home improvement store at 14025 Foulger Square in Woodbridge, near Kohls, to investigate a robbery.

Cyber threats rise, JTC, Inc. EDR will help protect your business’ network

By Potomac Local News

Published February 3, 2022 at 9:30AM | Updated February 3, 2022 at 9:56AM

The world is in a constant state of flux, and technology is no different.

The cloud has changed our lives in immeasurable ways, from the rise of e-commerce to enterprise-based solutions that billions of individuals rely on daily.

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Texas firm ships a different kind of storage facility to Stafford County

By Rick Horner

Published February 3, 2022 at 9:00AM

A new storage facility made of shipping containers will open in North Stafford later this summer.

It’s not your father’s self-storage place.

Texas-based Greenspace will soon make its way to Stafford County while bringing unique ideas to market.

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Community Notes

By Potomac Local News

Published February 3, 2022 at 6:00AM | Updated February 3, 2022 at 11:44AM

Stafford’s pleas for help ignored: According to internal emails, a Stafford County administrator begged for the National Guard’s help but the request was ignored. [WRIC-TV]

Swap your SmarTrip card: Metro is upgrading their faregates systemwide and OmniRide will be upgrading fareboxes on the Express buses in the fall. [Press release]

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FedEx driver injured after colliding with fire engine on parkway

By Potomac Local News

Published February 2, 2022 at 3:36PM

A FedEx delivery van slammed into the rear of a Prince William County fire truck, injuring the delivery driver. [Photo: Prince William fire and rescue]

At 10:01 a.m., a FedEx delivery van collided with a fire truck on Prince William Parkway at Balls Ford Road near Gainesville.

The driver of the van was injured and taken to an area hospital, a fire and rescue spokesman said. The crew on the fire truck had been called to the scene for a report of a car fire.

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Girl, 13, repeatedly sexually assaulted in Dale City home

By Potomac Local News

Published February 2, 2022 at 3:14PM

A 13-year-old girl was repeatedly sexually assaulted in a Dale City home last year, police said.

On December 29, 2021, detectives with the Prince William police Special Victims Bureau began investigating sexual assaults between July 1 and August 31, 2021.

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