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We've been reporting on the process of developing Stafford County's newest park -- Musselman Park -- since January.

Today, we have an update following a second in a series of public meetings designed to get feedback from residents on what should be built at the 40-acre park at 791 Truslow Road, two miles from Stafford High School.

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Speed and red light cameras could be coming to Prince William County in a pilot program to improve drivers' bad behavior.

The county would authorize speed cameras outside 13 public schools at three yet-to-be-determined construction zones and red light cameras at eight intersections. Prince William County Transportation Department Director Rick Canizales suggested turning on cameras in August 2023 for a one-year pilot program that would track the cameras' effectiveness.

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A public hearing is scheduled Monday, February 27 in Woodbridge after Virginia officials voiced concern there may not be enough electricity to go around and power Northern Virginia's data centers under extreme conditions.

The state's Department of Environmental Quality will consider allowing data centers in Prince William, Fairfax, and Loudoun County (the world's epicenter for data centers) to use generators to feed the power-hungry server farms.

The meeting will take place in DEQ's Northern Virginia office, 13901 Crown Court, in Woodbridge (near BJs Wholesale Club) at 11 a.m.

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Old Moncure Elementary School, at 75 Moncure Lane in North Stafford.

The Stafford County Board of Supervisors retreated into clossed session, turning off the TV cameras to discuss a developer's proposal to build townhomes on county-owned land during their afternoon meeting on Tuesday, February 21,

The unnamed developer wants to build homes on 10 acres, on which the the old Anne E. Moncure Elementary School sat, next to bustling Route 610 in North Stafford. The county assessed the property at about $14 million.

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Kerensa Sumers and Bob Weir met for a candidate forum at Battlefield High School near Haymarket, sponsored by the Prince William Committee of 100 and the League of Women Voters. [Photo: Mike Beaty]
Bob Weir, the Republican who vows to push back against suburban sprawl and the proliferation of server farms across Prince William County, was elected to the Board of County Supervisors.

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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