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Western PWC Del. Lovejoy to file five anti-data center bills
01/09/25 / Breaking News / Business / Environment / Health & Safety / Local Government / Money & Taxes / State Government /
Western Prince William Delegate Ian Lovejoy (R-22) has issued a news release saying he will submit five unique pieces of legislation aimed at mitigating growing data center impacts, particularly in Prince William County.
Registration opens for Great SouthEast ShakeOut earthquake drill on Oct. 17
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07/30/13 / Environment / Health & Safety /
Virginia residents can practice safe responses to an earthquake, during the second annual Great SouthEast ShakeOut earthquake drill in October. Registration is open now.
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Conway Robinson State Forest on US 29 in Gainesville to close 45 days for tree harvesting
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07/15/13 / Environment / Gainesville / Real Estate /
The Conway Robinson State Forest on US 29 southbound between Pageland Lane and Heritage Hunt in Gainesville will close for approximately 45 days so that a crew working for the Virginia Department of Forestry can perform three kinds of tree harvesting on a 32-acre tract within the state forest.
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Aging mansion in Old Town Manassas seemed doomed until caring neighbor stepped in
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By BENNIE SCARTON JR., Observer staff 07/05/13 / Environment / History / People & Places /
A lot of residents in the City of Manassas are glad to see that the historic 9300 Prescott Ave. House has been saved from being torn down and will be remodeled. Hugh Ickrath, a neighbor two doors down and two other investors had managed to buy the decaying eyesore at the last hour at a short sale before a demolition crew was to arrive.
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Pyramid Center development proposal for Liberia Ave. corner needs more work
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By ROSE MURPHY, Observer staff 07/05/13 / Environment / Local Government /
Plans for the Pyramid Center, a mixed-use development which would include rerouting Prince William Parkway at Buckhall Road, were pulled from the June 18 agenda of Prince William Board of County Supervisors by the applicant who said he has "some unfinished work to do with (county) planners and the neighbors."
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Web tool makes Virginia conservation data easily accessible
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06/25/13 / Environment /
The new Virginia Natural Heritage Data Explorer at https://vanhde.org provides public access to maps and data about protected lands, ecologically significant areas, wetlands and more.
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Congestion relief project for the I-495 Capital Beltway
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06/25/13 / Breaking News / Environment / Health & Safety /
Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) will begin a project that will help ease traffic congestion on the I-495 Capital Beltway in Fairfax County by converting a shoulder into a travel lane during peak travel times from Old Dominion Drive to the George Washington Parkway Interchange – a distance of 1.5 miles.
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Local government leaders, planners and housing experts to hear what’s ahead in housing policies
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06/11/13 / Business / Environment / Health & Safety /
Senator Mark Warner and other federal and state leaders will lead a statewide policy forum, What’s Ahead for Housing: A Symposium on Federal Housing Policy Change, sponsored by Housing Virginia and the Weldon Cooper Center at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
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Route 1 to be closely studied for different ways to make travel easier
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06/10/13 / Breaking News / Environment / Health & Safety /
The Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) has initiated a multimodal transportation alternatives analysis along U.S. Route 1 (“Route 1”) in Northern Virginia.
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Virginia State Police advise motorists how to prepare for upcoming winter storm
Seven tips from Virginia State Police to get ready to safely navigate next snowstorm due Jan. 10-11,
