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Amazon HQ2’s location will be decided by the end of 2018; Prince William County Fairgrounds up for sale

Northern Virginia's daily dose of local and national news for Friday, Sept. 14.

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In an interview with the co-founder of The Carlyle Group LP, David Rubenstein, Amazon.com Inc.‘s founder and CEO, Jeff Bezos, said that a decision on HQ2 will be announced by Dec. 31, 2018.
(WTOP)

Monday, the Prince William Veterans Farm Club told Manassas’ Weber Rector Commerical Real Estate Services to put the 85-acre Prince William County Fairgrounds on the market. The organization intends to hold one final fair in 2019.
(INSIDENOVA)

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Thirty-five living and 14 dead trees initially marked to be cut down at Upton Hill Regional Park (more than 115 were going to be cut down for the park’s planned $3 million renovation) will now remain.
(ARL Now)

Northern Virginia should expect heavy rain and some flooding from Hurricane Florence Sunday into Monday.
(INSIDENOVA)

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$50,000 worth of grapes (2 tons) were stolen overnight from Firefly Hill Vineyards in Elliston, Virginia, on Monday.
(Facebook)

The South Lakes High School Food Pantry run by the school’s Parent Teacher Association will begin offering cooking classes.
(Reston Now)

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In Woodbridge on Tuesday night, a man kicked through the glass door of a Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission bus, then sprayed an unknown substance at the driver and ran off.
(The Washington Post)

A 29-year-old City of Falls Church police officer was arrested by the FBI on Wednesday and charged with 10 counts of internet crimes involving children.
(The Washington Post)

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