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Still Growing
Price, location drive more to Prince William
By Jonathan Hunley Times Staff Writer
Prince William’s population is growing and will continue to do so, the county’s demographer said last week. The U.S. Census Bureau recently released its annual population estimates, which saw Prince William grow 1.4 percent from 456,560 people on July 1, 2016, to 463,023 on July 1, 2017. County demographer Brian Engelmann said the county could see a population of 465,000 to 470,000 by 2020.
Prince William recently surpassed Virginia Beach and is now the second-most-populous locality in Virginia, behind Fairfax County, at 1.1 million people, according to the Census Bureau. Virginia Beach, now in third place among the state’s localities, boasts 450,435 residents. Manassas and Manassas Park are growing, too, the former having 41,051 residents, according to the Census Bureau, and the latter with 16,591. But no locality in Virginia – or
America – with at least 10,000 residents grew as fast as nearby Falls Church. It increased by 5.2 percent between 2016 and 2017, adding 715 people to go from 13,868 to 14,583. In Prince William, the county gained just more than 120,000 people between the years 2000 and 2010, with most of the growth along the Interstate 66 corridor, as young families moved here, Engelmann said. Between 2010 and 2020, county projections call for an addition of
about 60,000 to 70,000 people. And that growth, so far, is proving to be more widespread, Engelmann said. “Growth has taken place in all parts of the county,” he said, including on the eastern side and in Yorkshire in the western end. Why is that? Engelmann cites factors that have been true for decades: It’s more affordable to live in Prince William than to live closer to Washington. Residents can pay See GROWING, Page 4
Satterwhite to run for chairman By Jill Palermo
Times Staff Writer
The Great (Easter) Banquet
A moment of fellowship during the Easter Sunday services held by Potomac Valley Church at Freedom High School. More photos on page 2. PHOTO BY DELIA ENGSTROM
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After serving seven years as the Gainesville representative on the Prince William County School Board, Alyson Satterwhite says she’s ready to move to Alyson the chairman’s seat. Satterwhite But she’s waiting until the November special election to run for the post. The school board has a public hearing scheduled at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 4, to hear from the 20 candidates who applied to fill in for former Chairman Ryan Sawyers until
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Volunteers with Potomac Valley Church serve up smiles and side dishes w during “The Great Banquet” on Easter Sunday.
Potomac Valley Church offered nonperishable food and clothing donations for any members of the community with a need. A young “Great Banquet” participant in her Easter finest. The event included an egg hunt and games for kids.
The Great (Easter) Banquet PHOTOS BY DELIA ENGSTROM
The Potomac Valley Church brought their Easter celebration into the community Sunday, inviting neighbors to a “great banquet” that included more than 500 pounds of freshly barbecued meat and all fixings as well as donations of clothing and nonperishable foods. Church member Will Archer said the event aimed to bring the community together for an event like the one in Jesus described in his “great banquet” parable. The event was held in the Freedom High School parking lot in Woodbridge. Potomac Valley Church Evangelist Will Archer explains the reasoning behind “The Great Banquet” and his desire to serve the community.
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Prince William’s newest school opened this week The first students moved into Prince William County’s new Independence Nontraditional School on Monday. Prince William County’s first nontraditional school for kindergarten through 12th grade students will expand and house the existing PACE EAST, New Directions and New Dominion Alternative Education Centers into one building. The new school, at the corner of Joplin and Aden Roads, has been under construction for more than a year. PACE East students are the first to move into the new building. Because of the move, PACE East will have a new phone number, 571-374-6600. The main office fax number is 571-350-9641. Prince William County opened its newest school this week when students from PACE East moved into the Independence Nontraditional School, located in the Independent Hill area. The students will be joined by those currently enrolled at New Directions and New Dominion Alternative Education Centers. PHOTO BY ROGER SNYDER
Woodbridge man sentenced for conspiracy to bring heroin, cocaine to U.S. A Woodbridge man was one of two men sentenced last week for his role in a conspiracy to import heroin and cocaine into the United States from El Salvador. Jose Alejandro Orellana Montalvo, 26, of Woodbridge, and Rosemberg Martin Majano, 40, of Lithia Springs, Georgia, were participants in a conspiracy to smuggle more than $400,000 worth of heroin and cocaine into the United States from El Salvador, according to a U.S. Attorney’s Office news release. Majano carried the drugs in his checked luggage on a flight from El Salvador into Washington Dulles International Airport, prosecutors said. When Majano arrived at the airport, officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection discovered the heroin and cocaine concealed within food packaging in his luggage. Majano admitted that he was being paid to deliver the packages to someone in the airport, according to the news release. Special agents with the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, conducted surveillance and identified Orellana Montalvo as the person who planned to pick up the narcot-
ics from Majano, prosecutors said. Orellana Montalvo was arrested after he tried to pick up Majano outside of a restaurant in Herndon. Majano was sentenced to 10 years and one month in prison, and Orellana Montalvo was sentenced to 12 years and seven months in prison.
Dumfries woman arrested in domestic stabbing A 55-year-old Dumfries woman was arrested early Thursday after a domestic altercation and stabbing in the 3100 block of Chesapeake Drive Jackie Roderick in Dumfries. Police were called to an apartment there at 6:15 a.m. March 29 after the victim, a 55-year-old man, reported suffering a stab wound to his hand. The victim, whose name was not released, was treated an area hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, according to a Prince William County police press release. The man told police he woke to find the woman, an acquaintance, on top of him and holding a knife against his neck. The man said the woman stabbed him in the hand when he reached for his phone to
call police. The accused was arrested at the scene without incident, the press release said. Jackie Deann Roderick, 55, of 3104 Chesapeake Drive, in Dumfries, has been charged with malicious wounding and is being held without bond in connection with the incident.
Seattle man arrested for suspicious packages sent to area military bases Federal law-enforcement officials have arrested a Seattle man in connection with suspicious packages sent recently to several Washington-area U.S. government mail-processing facilities, and they are warning residents to remain cautious about any unexpected or unfamiliar parcels that might arrive on their doorsteps. In a press release, the FBI’s Washington field office reported March 27 that the packages were received by mail-processing facilities at Fort Belvoir; Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling and Fort Lesley J. McNair, both in Washington, D.C.; the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren; and the Central Intelligence Agency at Langley. Each package was collected and will be analyzed at the FBI Labora-
tory at Quantico. An initial investigation determined the packages contained “potential destructive devices” and appeared to be sent by the same individual from the Seattle area, according to the press release. Thanh Cong Phan, 43, was taken into custody March 26 by FBI Seattle and the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office at his residence in Everett, Washington, the press release said. Phan made his initial appearance in the Western District of Washington March 27. The FBI statement said it’s possible that more packages were mailed to additional mail-processing facilities in the Washington area and continues to advise people “to remain vigilant” and not touch, move or handle any suspicious or unknown packages. “The FBI takes all suspicious packages seriously and has been coordinating with our local, state and federal partners on established protocols of how to handle suspicious packages,” the statement said. Any suspicious packages should be reported to the Prince William County police department or the FBI at tips.fbi.gov. The joint investigation with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service continues.
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