BULLDOGS UNLEASHED: The Hylton boys soccer team is in the midst of a major revival. Page 7
May 8, 2019 | Vol. 18, No. 17 | 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.
School board picks mid-county site for 14th high school Eminent domain process OK’d for 105 acres near PW Parkway By Jill Palermo
Times Staff Writer
The Prince William School Board has launched eminent domain proceedings to acquire its chosen site for the county’s 14th high school,
which is hoped to open in 2024. During its meeting Wednesday, May 1, the school board emerged from closed session and voted unanimously to begin “quick-take condemnation” procedures to acquire 105 acres of land for the new school
near the intersection of Prince William Parkway and Hoadly Road. The land is part of a 661-acre property owned by Catherine Delaney Raugust of Alexandria, according to Prince William County land records. Attempts to reach
Raugust for comment have not yet been successful. The full parcel of land belonging to Raugust is valued at $10.4 million for tax purposes. The school division wants only part of it for the new high school, which is expected to cost $148.8 million. See 14th HIGH SCHOOL, page 3
GOP primary for county chair ends in upset Longtime Supervisor Marty Nohe loses to conservative John Gray By Jill Palermo
Times Staff Writer
PHOTOS BY JILL PALERMO
Changing faces in the Coles District: Yesli Vega, a military mom and former Prince William County Sheriff’s deputy,
handily won the May 4 GOP primary to replace Supervisor Marty Nohe, far right, in the Coles District. Nohe, meanwhile, lost his bid for the Republican nod to run for chairman of the Prince William Board of Supervisors to Lake Ridge accountant John Gray, effectively sidelining Nohe’s political career for now. In November, Vega will face either L.T. Pridgen or Raheel Sheikh, two Democrats who will compete in the June 11 primary for their party’s nod for the Coles District supervisor’s seat. INSIDE Calendar.............................................10 Classified............................................12 Lifestyle................................................9
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John Gray won an upset victory in the May 4 Republican primary for chairman of the Prince William Board of Supervisors against longtime Supervisor Marty JOHN GRAY Nohe, signaling a shift to the right among the GOP base in an increasingly Democratic-leaning county. Gray, a 67-year-old Lake Ridge accountant, is a strident supporter of President Donald Trump. He greeted voters at the James J. McCoart building Saturday wearing a red “Make America Great Again” cap and taped campaign videos in his home office with an official porSee PRIMARY, page 4
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