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Author: Olivia Aveni Briscoe
MANASSAS — Prince William County’s “Democratic Immigrant Caucus” hosted a rally and vigil against immigrant children’s prisons as part of a collaboration with the nationwide event known as Lights for Liberty.
The event on July 12 coincided with other events across the U.S. held, where vigils here held as part of “Lights for Liberty.”
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MANASSAS — Manassas residents packed the Boys and Girls Club, eager to learn about the city’s Comprehensive Plan and offer their input on sticky notes that were provided for their feedback.
“It’s hard to get people out on a weeknight – except in Manassas, where we’re actually quite good at it,” planning commissioner Russell Harrison.
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MANASSAS — Officials want feedback from residents on the future of development in Manassas.
City residents have the opportunity to weigh in on revisions to the Comprehensive Plan on June 26 for a Vision Summit Community Meeting at 7 p.m. at the Boys & Girls Club, at 9501 Dean Park Lane.
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MANASSAS — Now they can dress the part.
Thanks to an enterprising group of students and a Manassas based non-profit “Hire Ground,” Osbourn High School in Manassas has a closet full of professional clothing that students can wear for job interviews, speeches, or trips to visit colleges.
MANASSAS — Homeowners in Manassas will pay more in taxes next year.
The city council hiked the tax rate by two cents to $1.48 per $100 of assessed property value. It’s a 5% percent increase that will generate an average tax bill of 4,295 for city residents in fiscal 2020, starting July 1.
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MANASSAS — Young adults in the area who want to give back to their community now have a new way to do so, thanks to a few enterprising young people in Manassas.
Laura Coates, Creative Director for Rotaract, as well as Program Coordinator for CenterFuse
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LAKE RIDGE — During a standing-room-only event Monday night, Democrats running for political office in Prince William County discussed the environment during a candidate forum sponsored by the Greater Prince William Climate Action Network.
Topics ranged from coal ash ponds outside a Dominion Power Plant near Dumfries, whether the candidates would accept donations from Dominion Power, and extending Metro to Prince William County.
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MANASSAS — The city of Manassas will soon be getting a much-needed upgrade to its traffic signals which are using software that is over a decade old.
“We actually just had our kickoff meeting this morning with the contractor to get started.” Deputy City Manager Bryan Foster said on Thursday.