MANASSAS, Va. -- Manassas Park is leaving the Prince William County Library System.
The city is expected to save $500,000 annually with the move. It’s a public library system Manassas Park has paid into since the early 1970s, said Prince William Library System Director Dick Murphy.
“This is a very unfortunate situation for us, and we want to be able to continue to serve the citizens of Manassas Park, but right now we don’t know how we will be able to do that,” said Murphy.
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