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August 8, 2018 | Serving Haymarket, Gainesville and Western Prince William County | Vol. 17, No. 32 | www.PrinceWilliamTimes.com | 50¢
Haymarket Town Council approves part of Crossroads Village Center By Jonathan Hunley Times Staff Writer
The Haymarket Town Council on Monday night approved part of a 21acre mixed-use development, denied another part and deferred discussion
on still another portion. The actions were taken on Crossroads Village Center, a project that aims to add 79 townhouses, three fast-food restaurants and other commercial outlets to the municipality.
Council members approved the townhouses and a bank with drive-thru lanes. They also OK’d a permit for a building that is planned to be either a hotel or an assisted-living facility. The permit would allow
the structure to be 75 feet tall if it was used as a hotel but only 50 feet tall if it was an assisted-living facility, the idea being that the hotel is a more attractive option for the town. See CROSSROADS, Page 2
PHOTO BY DOUG STROUD
A row of softball trophies can be seen in the bedroom of Lydia Ghergis, 10, who died Aug. 1 after a tree crashed into her room.
10-year-old girl killed by fallen tree remembered as ‘beautiful, kind’ Staff reports Lydia Ghergis, the 10-year-old girl killed Wednesday, Aug. 1, when a tree crashed into her Warrenton home, is being remembered as a “beautiful and kind girl who was the embodiment of the phrase, ‘full of
Lydia Ghergis
life,’” according to a GoFundMe page set up for her family. “It is with a heavy and broken heart that we are starting this Go Fund Me page for
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Beth and Casey,” the page organizer wrote, referring to Lydia’s parents, Beth and Casey James. “Her smile and laugh were contagious and she always had a twinkle in her eyes.” The page had raised more than $53,000 from more than 800 donors PWC Libraries.....................................13 Puzzle Page........................................10 Real Estate..........................................16 Sports.................................................11
by the weekend. Lydia played softball and was a student at Gravely Elementary School in Gainesville. Her mother, Beth James, was a bus driver for Prince William County schools. See LYDIA, Page 2
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