Manassas Mayor Michelle Davis Younger is welcoming spring by inviting residents to come to walk her around the town.
For the second week in a row, Davis Younger greeted residents and a few elected leaders who joined her at Osbourn High School at 8:30 a.m. for a walking tour around downtown and ending at the city’s farmer’s market.
A plan to create a local health department was met with critical reception at a Manassas City Council meeting.
Prince William County leaders want to replace the county’s Health District Office, operated by the state government, with a health department under its control. The new health office would provide services for county residents, and for those who live in the independent cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.
The Washington Post has named Amy Schott, principal at Alexander Henderson Elementary School in Montclair, the 2022 Principal of the Year. After receiving the 2021 Prince William County Public Schools Principal of the Year Award, Schott was nominated for this annual award.
Schott is serving in her first year as principal at Henderson Elementary after serving 13 years as principal at Rockledge Elementary. She has worked for Prince William County Public School since 2001.
Manassas Park Democrats are seeking candidates to run for Governing Body.
The city’s Democratic Party will hold an unassembled caucus for city council nominations Saturday, May 14, 2022, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., at Manassas Park City Library, 9701 Manassas Drive.
[Updated] A portion of Old Bridge Road near Woodbridge High School n Lake Ridge reopened after a crash brought down power lines.
The road reopened about 6 p.m.
[Updated April 19] A 20-year-old woman was raped twice in her own home, police said.
At 12:25 p.m. on January 11, 2022, officers investigated a sexual assault at a home in the Dumfries area on October 13, 2021. The 20-year-old victim told police that an acquaintance was visiting early on the morning of October 13 when he went into the basement.
The hole is about a foot wide sinkhole and is “several feet deep in the travel lane of Harrell Road,” said Virginia Department of Transportation spokeswoman Darragh Frye.
The transportation agency assesses the situation and evaluates repair plans, adds Frye. VDOT is meeting with the Stafford County public utilities department later today to finalize and execute plans to fix the hole.
A discarded shotgun round exploded, injuring a man in his yard.
Authorities said a man was burning leaves in a fire pit at his home on Indian View Court in Aquia Harbour on Friday, April 15, 2022. The fire escaped to a nearby hillside where a live shotgun round was lying.
