TIGERS REMAIN UNBEATEN: The Brentsville girls soccer team takes a 16-0 mark into the Class 3 state quarterfinals. Sports, Page 13
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In final stretch, Stewart sticks to his script Perennial candidate pledges to ‘build a wall,’ blames shootings on godless schools
By Jonathan Hunley Times Staff Writer
As most people set out for Memorial Day destinations last weekend, Corey Stewart put on alligator-skin boots and returned to the campaign trail, marking the second inaugural summer holiday in a row he’s spent stumping for higher office. Stewart, 49, is the at-large chair-
man of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors. But since beginning his third term in 2016, Stewart has twice sought higher office. Corey After losing the GOP Stewart primary for governor to Ed Gillespie in June 2017, Stewart is back on the ballot this month,
seeking his party’s nomination for U.S. Senate. This time, Stewart faces Del. Nick Freitas, of Culpeper, and E.W. Jackson, a pastor and 2013 Republican nominee for lieutenant governor from Virginia Beach, in a June 12 primary to square off against incumbent U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, a Democrat, in November. See STEWART, Page 4
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• GOP primary for U.S. Senate: Stewart faces Del. Nick Freitas, Page 6 • Three square off for the Democratic nod in the 1st District, Page 6 • Shak Hill challenges Comstock in the 10th District, Page 9
Dam project closes popular Lake Montclair for the summer By Aileen M. Streng Contributing Writer
PHOTO BY DELIA ENGSTROM
Where’s the beach? Dolphin Beach, the most popular of Lake Montclair’s three beaches, is rendered unrecognizable by the ongoing construction project to reinforce the man-made lake’s spillway. The changes are mandated by new state dam regulations.
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For the first time in more than 40 years, there is no swimming, boating or fishing this summer on Lake Montclair. The popular lake at the center of the Montclair community has been partially drained for a state-mandated construction project to deepen and widen the spillway adjacent to the dam that created the 108-acre, man-made lake. The $1.2 million project, paid for by the Montclair Property Owners Association, is expected to take until August or September to complete. Then, the weather – rainfall—will dictate how quickly the lake refills. Residents hope that will happen by next summer, but no one knows for sure. See LAKE, Page 5
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