Car dealership seeks supervisors’ blessing to build near Rural Crescent

A new upscale car dealership is planned for U.S. 29 in Gainesville, the result of research by Don Beyer indicating Prince William County is ready for some pricier cars. Well-known Northern Virginia car dealer Don Beyer Automotive is planning to add another Volvo and Subaru showroom just west of the highway’s intersection with Carver Road….

A welcoming voice

DUMFRIES — Dial a telephone number and have the call answered by — not an answering machine, not a paging service, not an automated, multi-menued program but — an actual human voice. Ah, the good old days have returned to the town of Dumfries. A person, not an automated system, began answering the phone at…

Tweaking to begin on county growth document

County lawmakers and planners will come together again Tuesday to hash out ideas for updating the county’s 1998 comprehensive plan. The Prince William Board of County Supervisors and the county Planning Commission will consider 47 proposals generated during their last joint meeting in December, ranging from abolishing sector plans to establishing guidelines for developers to…