HAYMARKET -- With the Haymarket Town Council’s 5-1 decision to rezone 9.94 acres from business commercial to “Residential Moderate Density” land use designation, schools in the Gainesville District will become increasingly more crowded.
“We don’t run the schools,” said Haymarket Vice Mayor Susan Edwards just before voting in support of a rezoning request that would allow 79 new townhomes to be built in Haymarket.
According to Alyson A. Satterwhite, Gainesville District School Board member, Battlefield High School was at 143.3% enrollment in the 2017-2018 school year, and Ronald Reagan Middle School was at 112.2%. There has already been an increase in student population for the 2018-2019 school year that will add to this overcrowding.
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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY -- The 13th high school to be built in Prince William County in an effort to ease overcrowding is predicted to be a success -- sort of.
The new high school, to be built on Progress Court near Jiffy Lube Live, is scheduled to open in 2021. Accommodating more than 2,500 students and a price tag of $133.4 million, it is expected to ease the crowded conditions at Battlefield, Patriot and Stonewall high schools.
Unfortunately, as the county population grows, each of these schools is predicted to be over maximum again in two to three years.
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HAYMARKET -- It was a night for fun, family, and friends.
It was a night for Bad Art at the Gainesville-Haymarket Branch of the Prince William Library.
Participants gathered in the community room at the library to create their worst art in mixed media, collage, painting or drawing. All were competing for the coveted prize of Worst in Show.
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With the Haymarket Town Council’s 5-1 decision to rezone 9.94 acres from business commercial to “Residential Moderate Density” land use designation, schools in the Gainesville District will become increasingly more crowded.
?“We don’t run the schools,” said Haymarket Vice Mayor Susan Edwards just before voting in support of a rezoning request that would allow 79 new townhomes to be built in The Crossroads Village Center Haymarket.?
According to Prince William County Gainesville District School Board member Alyson A. Satterwhite, Battlefield High School was over student capacity at 143.3 percent enrollment in the 2017-2018 school year, and Ronald Reagan Middle School was at 112.2 percent.
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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY -- It’s a story that might have come from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth, of trees that observed momentous events of history. But instead of Ents, they are "Witness Trees."
Though they can’t speak, they tell a story. What was originally a surveyor’s mark to designate property lines, Witness Trees have morphed into observers of important historical events.Â
According to Bryan Gorsira, the Natural Resource Program Manager at Manassas National Battlefield Park, about eight trees have been designated as Witness Trees to the troop movements of the First and Second Battles of Manassas. While there are no plans to identify more, Gorsira estimates that there are “hundreds of other trees that old in the park that have not been designated.”
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QUANTICO — The U.S. flag will once again fly over the Iwo Jima Memorial at Quantico.
During the windstorm in March, the hands holding the pole were damaged to the point that the flag was no longer stable. The statue greets visitors at the main gate to the base, as well as those who use Route 1 to drive past the base..
Bids have been solicited and received by the Marine Corps to repair the statue. A decision to award a repair contract should be made in the next couple of weeks.
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DALE CITY -- Father Willson I. "Bill" Korpi brings a new dimension to the priesthood at Holy Family Catholic Church in Dale City.
He is referred to as "father," but he really is a dad.
Before entering the priesthood, Korpi was married for 36 years, had a son, and grandchildren. Following the death of his wife, he attended Pope St. John XXIII Seminary and was ordained at age 63.
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MANASSAS -- Imagine sitting at the dinner table munching on a dragon burger and sipping on a health potion while playing a game of Dungeons and Dragons.
That fantasy will soon be a reality when The Crossroads Tabletop Tavern opens in Downtown Manassas. It has long been a dream of owner John Hornberger to operate a gaming restaurant where patrons can dine on game themed food while playing the tabletop game of their choice.
A booming interest in board games has spawned cafes and bars focused on gaming. Most are cafes rather than full-service restaurants as this one will be when it opens in July.
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MANASSAS -- CenterFuse, the co-working space in Downtown Manassas, celebrated its first year in business.
The open-air co-work space seats about 30 people and also includes three private offices to support entrepreneurs so they can start their business and have a place to work outside the home office, or a place where employees of established companies may work remotely.
From there, the idea is to have company founders eventually grow their businesses out of the co-work space and into new brick and mortar locations in Manassas.
