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April 3, 2019 | Vol. 18, No. 14 | www.PrinceWilliamTimes.com | 50¢ Covering Prince William County and surrounding communities, including Gainesville, Haymarket, Dumfries, Occoquan, Quantico and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.
Making history no matter the outcome Neabsco voters head to the polls April 9 By Jill Palermo
Times Staff Writer
No matter who wins, history will be made April 9, the day Neabsco District voters head to the polls to fill the late John Jenkins’ term on the Prince William Board of Supervisors.
If Democrat Victor Angry garners the most votes, he’ll become the first African American to hold a seat on the eight-member board. If Republican Devinder Singh comes out on top, he’ll be the first South Asian and Sikh American to do the same. For both candidates, and the
county as a whole, April 9 will mark a watershed moment. For the first time, the county’s governing board will start to resemble its multi-hued electorate, which has been minority-majority for nearly 10 years. But in interviews this week, neither Angry, 50, nor Singh, 52, wanted to dwell too much on their roles as See NEABSCO, page 4
Victor Angry
Devinder Singh
This is Prince William County
In 2019, we’re more diverse, getting older, still growing By Jonathan Hunley Contributing Writer
When Curtis O. Porter was growing up in Manassas in the 1960s and ’70s, Prince William County wasn’t exactly diverse. The population was essentially white and African American with few Hispanics or Asians, Porter recalled recently. He was one of only eight African Americans in his 1975 graduating class of more than 300 at Osbourn High School, which is now known as Osbourn Park High School. Now, however, Prince William is a “majority-minority” county -- the only one in Northern Virginia and the largest one in the entire state. So as Porter, chairman of the county’s Human Rights Commission, said, “We have changed a lot.” The county’s racial makeup was only one of several facts the locality’s demographer presented to the commission recently. They show a jurisdiction that is growing and changing. So who and what is Prince William County?
Diverse
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Friends and coworkers, Laurie Waller (left) and Destiny Coles, both of Prince William County, enjoy a warm spring afternoon with their dogs at Stonebridge. INSIDE Calendar.............................................12 Classified............................................16 Business.............................................13 Obituaries...........................................15
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Prince William County’s population is 44.6 percent white, 22.4 percent Hispanic, 20.2 percent African American and 8 percent Asian. In addition, 4.1 percent claim a heritage of two races or more. See PRINCE WILLIAM, page 4
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