Manassas

Theodore Charlton and Theodore Wehner, seniors at Osbourn High School in Manassas, have been named Semifinalists in the 2027 National Merit Scholarship Program.

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A Prince William judge will allow cameras but no livestream at the October Naresh Bhatt murder trial, a Woodbridge man was sentenced to 40 years in a federal child-exploitation case, and Del. Joshua Cole is preparing to leave the House for a 2027 state Senate run.

According to InsideNoVa, Prince William Circuit Court Judge Kimberly A. Irving on Friday granted a motion from several local media outlets allowing cameras in the courtroom for the upcoming trial of Naresh Bhatt, the Manassas Park man charged with murder after his wife’s 2024 disappearance. NBC4 Washington’s request for a livestream was denied.


Prince William

Sen. Mark Warner and Rep. Eugene Vindman are advertised together Saturday, Sept. 26, at the Prince William County Government Center in Woodbridge.

A Prince William County Democratic Committee flyer emailed to Potomac Local News on Thursday night lists a rally from noon to 2 p.m. at 1 County Complex Court. The flyer says the committee is the host. It gives the same address for the McCoart Building and the James J. McCoart Administration Building.


Stafford

Stafford County Public Schools marked the 25th annual Bandy Art Exhibit this week, hanging student work through the Administrative Complex.

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Stafford

Stafford County has named Erris Dunston deputy county administrator.

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Fredericksburg

The Central Rappahannock Regional Library Board of Trustees has a new chair and a new Fredericksburg member after its Sept. 14 meeting.

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Spotsylvania supervisors spent Tuesday night answering for social-media posts and appointment paperwork, Fredericksburg is moving toward monthly utility bills as soon as November, and Caroline County approved a large industrial rezoning on U.S. 1.

According to the Fredericksburg Free Press, two Spotsylvania supervisors came under fire Tuesday even though the board agenda had no public hearings. Courtland District Supervisor Drew Mullins apologized for posts on X, and residents challenged recently appointed Chancellor District Supervisor Tim McLaughlin over the address on his application, a late Statement of Economic Interests, and a confrontation at early voting.


Stafford

Supervisor Crystal Vanuch said Virginia’s new church-housing law leaves Stafford with no way to make a congregation pay for the water lines, sewer, schools, and roads that new homes would use — and called it another unfunded mandate.

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Stafford

Rejuvalase Medspa celebrated 20 years in business at Potomac Point Winery.

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Manassas

ARTfactory’s four-story haunted attraction is returning to downtown Manassas this October with a new immersive storyline, Factory of Fear: Outbreak, the organization said in a release.

The annual fundraiser transforms the historic ARTfactory building into a walk-through experience built around infection, quarantine and chaos, with live scare actors, special effects and new sets on each floor, according to the release. Proceeds support ARTfactory and its accessible arts programming.


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