Sweeney Todd plays its final performances at Riverside Center for the Performing Arts in Fredericksburg this week, closing Sunday, Oct. 25.
The Stephen Sondheim musical opened Sept. 9.
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Amazon has agreed to withdraw its application for four data center buildings on George Washington University’s Virginia Science and Technology Campus in Ashburn, according to WTOP.
Under the deal, called Project Potomac Promise and announced Tuesday by Loudoun County Board of Supervisors Chair Phyllis Randall, Amazon will donate 25 acres with a fair market value of about $65 million to the county for a community arts center and an indoor sports facility. Amazon will also contribute $5 million to the county’s Housing Fund and give up any legal action to build data centers on the site.
The Prince William County Department of Transportation and Capital Construction will hold a Fall Open House on projects in western Prince William County from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28.
The open house is at the Freedom Aquatic and Fitness Center, 9100 Freedom Center Boulevard in Manassas.
Prosecutors showed jurors new surveillance videos Wednesday of Naresh Bhatt throwing heavy garbage bags into dumpsters and trash compactors miles from his Manassas Park home, according to NBC Washington.
Bhatt is on trial in Prince William County Circuit Court, accused of killing and dismembering his wife, Mamta Kafle. NBC Washington reported the videos show at least four trips to multiple dumpsters and compactors on the day prosecutors say she was killed, with Bhatt at times wearing white gloves.
A bear has been spotted wandering through neighborhoods in Centreville and visiting residents’ porches, according to WUSA9.
Police are asking people to stay away from the bear and to report any sightings to animal services.
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Prince William County police say officers arrested a Stafford man late Wednesday night after finding him actively damaging the Iwo Jima statue near Richmond Highway and Fuller Road in Quantico with a sledgehammer.
The accused, Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano, 27, faces charges of felony destruction of property, trespass with intent to damage property, and felony injury to a monument. Police estimate the damage, which included the removal of one of the depicted Marines’ heads, in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. He is being held without bond.
The Stafford County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to allow the county to take nine parcels of land by eminent domain to build a reuse water pipe that will primarily be used to cool data centers, according to the Fredericksburg Free Press.
The votes on all nine matters were 4-2-1. Vice Chairwoman Maya Guy and Rock Hill Supervisor Crystal Vanuch voted no, and Griffis-Widewater Supervisor Tinesha Allen abstained.
Stafford County Public Schools will hold a town hall on its proposed FY28 Capital Improvement Plan from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, in the School Board Chambers, 31 Stafford Avenue.
The town hall will be livestreamed on Regional Web TV and shown on local cable. A recording will be posted later on the division’s YouTube channel.
Debra Seitz received a Length of Service Award for 50 years of civilian service during the Civilian Quarterly Awards at The Clubs at Quantico on Oct. 15, Marine Corps Base Quantico said.
“This base has been my second home; it’s been my life,” Seitz said. “I’ve been here since I was a kid, and now here I am working 50 years later.”
Prince William Water is hosting its fourth annual Trick or Treatment this Saturday, Oct. 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the H.L. Mooney Advanced Water Reclamation Facility, 1851 Rippon Boulevard, in Woodbridge.
The free event includes Halloween-themed activities and trick-or-treating at tables hosted by local environmental and community organizations. Attendees can learn about wastewater treatment and take a tour of the facility. Costumes are optional but encouraged. The utility asks people not to wear costumes that could be considered offensive or that include weapons.