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Landslide leaves mess
Potomac News; March 6 2007
Bret Coulson felt the earth move Saturday behind his neighbor's house in Newport Estates in Woodbridge [ Leesylvania Peninsula]. The dirt he was standing on was part of a half-acre landslide that was still in motion. "It was literally sliding under my feet," Coulson said.

Uncertainy Still Looms Over Homeowners
Washington Post, July 13 2003
The [marine clay soils] landslide in southern Fairfax County last month left more than a huge crater and a dangerous situation for those who live at the top of the hill. It also piled a mountain-size bill on the homeowners association that owns the land.

HARBOR STATION CONSTRUCTION BEGINS AFTER PLAN'S APPROVAL
Company officials said crews broke ground less than 24 hours after the Commission made its late-night 6-to-2 vote for approval on Wednesday.
Lillian Kafka, Potomac News; Dec 5 2004

TIDE'S TURNED FOR A WAY OF LIFE IN PRINCE WILLIAM
"When big development comes, people get rolled over," Bauckman says .
Marc Fisher, Washington Post; Dec 7 2004

CONFRONTING SPRAWL AND EDUCATION
Marc Fisher got the sprawl ball rolling with the almost allegorical tale of Prince William County crab shack owner Tim Bauckman's blissful co-existence with progress--until his property became the target of irresistible development forces ...
Bill Vehrs, Bacon's Rebellion; Dec 2004

SOME RESIDENTS STILL CONCERNED OVER KSI'S PLAN
"The public should be able to see not only what we did, but how we did it and they should get to comment on it," said Commissioner Martha Hendley.
Lillian Kafka, Potomac News; Dec 5 2004

PLANNING COMMISSION  COMMITTEE TO REVIEW ITS PROCESS
"All we're doing is rubber-stamping a development process that would fail a test from a person with an IQ of 60," Commission Chairman Rene Fry said in July.
Lillian Kafka, Potomac News; Dec 6 2004

UPSCALE HOTEL PLANNED IN PRINCE WILLIAM; ENVIRONMENTALISTS CONCERNED OVER $50 MILLION PROJECT ON THE POTOMAC
Eric Weiss, Washington Post; Nov 5 2004

CONFERENCE CENTER PLANNED FOR CHERRY HILL
Lillian Kafka, Potomac News; Nov 5 2004

HARBOR STATION PLAN IN LIMBO
Lillian Kafka, Potomac News; Nov 5 2004

GAINESVILLE'S OUTRAGE LEADS TO CHERRY HILL PLAN DENIAL
Tara Slate Donaldson, Gainesville Times; Oct 29 2004

CHERRY HILL RESIDENTS FACE AREA'S FUTURE, Aileen Streng, Potomac News; Oct 24 2004

CHERRY HILL DEVELOPMENT DENIED, by Lillian Kafka, Potomac News, Oct 22 2004

RESIDENTS SAY COUNTY SHOULD RELEASE DOCUMENTS; Lillian Kafka, Potomac News; Oct 20 2004

LIKE DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN; Kim Hosen, Gainesville Times, Oct. 7 2004

KSI GOT SPECIAL TREATMENT; Tim Horn, Gainesville Times, Oct. 1 2004

CITIZENS WANT FULL COMPLIANCE FROM DEVELOPERS; Tim Horn, Gainesville Times, Aug. 5 2004

CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL DELAYED BY COST, LABOR ISSUES [Cherry Hill Peninsula]
Christina Samuels, Washington Post; Sept 26 2004

CATHOLIC SCHOOL PLANNED NEAR DUMFRIES, Tory Parrish, Potomac News; Sept 24 2004

YET ANOTHER STORM [CHERRY HILL]; Editorial, Potomac News, June 10 2004

UNCERTAINY STILL LOOMS OVER HOMEOWNERS; Washington Post, July 13 2003
The landslide in southern Fairfax County last month left more than a huge crater and a dangerous situation for those who live at the top of the hill. It also piled a mountain-size bill on the homeowners association that owns the land.

DEVELOPER APPLIES TO FORM 'COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY [CHERRY HILL]
Potomac News; June 9 2004

IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL IN PRINCE WILLIAM, Kim Hosen, Gainesville Times; October 10, 2003

WITH DEVELOPERS, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S IN STORE , Marc Fisher, Washington Post, May 16 2002

CHERRY HILL DEVELOPER SELLING TO NEW BUILDER [KSI]; Washington Post, December 11, 2002

POWER PLANT'S PIPELINE PLANS PERPLEX [CHERRY HILL] PENINSULA'S PROPRIETOR
Potomac News; March 2 2002

RESIDENTS GROUP SAYS 'NO' TO WAL-MART
Kate Bissell, Potomac News; May 10 2002

UPSCALE VILLAGE DOESN'T WANT WAL-MART
Washington Times; May 12 2002

WAL-MART PROPOSAL DRAWS FIRE
Michael Neibauer; Daily Journal; May 5 2002

PRINCE WILLIAM EASES INTO MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT, by Eleni Chamis, Washington Business Journal; February 16 2001

CBF CHALLENGES EPA TO BLOCK TEN PROJECTS [list includes development of Cherry Hill Peninsula]; Bay Journal; March 1999