Prince William Times 02/03/2021

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DISTRICT HOOPS WARS: Cedar Run, Cardinal races enter final week. SPORTS, Page 9

February 3, 2021 | Vol. 20, No. 5 | 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.

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New police chief talks reforms, accountability By Daniel Berti

Times Staff Writer

Ahead of his first day on the job this week, new Prince William County Police Chief Peter Newsham said he is open to some police reforms and accountability measures, including a proposed civilian review board and publicly disclosing the police department’s useof-force and traffic-stop data. TIMES STAFF PHOTO/JILL PALERMO

George Mason University’s Mason and Partners Clinic gave out more than 500 COVID-19 vaccines at the Manassas Park Community Center on Jan. 29.

Like a ‘golden ticket’

More than 500 get COVID-19 vaccine at Manassas Park clinic By Jill Palermo

Times Staff Writer

Getting an unexpected COVID-19 vaccination was a little like winning the lottery, or, as George Chichester of Manassas Park put it, like getting “a golden ticket.” “I have a ticket! A golden ticket!” Chichester said as he stood in line outside the Manassas Park Community Center Friday afternoon. The ticket was actually dark blue, but that was beside the point. Its number – 489 – meant Chichester would be one of 551 people to receive a Moderna COVID-19 vaccination made available on a first-come-first-served basis Friday, Jan. 29, to anyone in the state’s 1a and 1b groups. The groups include anyone age 65 or older, as well as those between the ages of 16 and 64 with underlying health conditions. The shots were administered by the George

COVID-19 vaccine at the MAP Clinic

Call: 703-335-8802 Residents of Manassas, Manassas Park and Prince William who are 65 or older can call the hotline on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. to register. Look for walk-in clinics on the Manassas Park Facebook page.

See NEWSHAM Q&A, page 5

Democratic supervisors open to development in rural area By Daniel Berti

Times Staff Writer

Mason and Partners Clinic in Manassas Park. The clinic is part of Mason’s College of Health and Human Services and serves thousands of low income and uninsured patients in Fairfax and Prince William counties. The flagship MAP clinic is located on Tremont Street in Manassas Park. It was one of the first places in the Prince William area to offer free COVID-19 testing at the start of the pandemic and is now one of a handful of “community partners” administering COVID-19 vaccine through the Prince William Health District.

Following a party-line vote to approve a 99home development in the county’s “rural crescent,” several members of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors’ Democratic majority are saying for the first time they are open to more development in the area, including for industrial uses such as data centers and “workforce housing.” At-large board Chair Ann Wheeler (D) said in an interview Friday, Jan. 22, she would be willing to look for new commercial- and industrial-zoned land within the rural area and possibly expand the county’s data center overlay district into the rural area as the board updates the county’s comprehensive plan. “We need more commercial land and industrial land. We’ve got to find it somewhere,” Wheeler said during the board’s Jan. 19 meeting.

See WALK-IN, page 2

See RURAL CRESCENT, page 2

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