Osbourn Park graduate Thumay Huynh was awarded $5,000 through Diabetes Scholars, a program of the nonprofit organization Beyond Type 1.
She will attend the University of Virginia and plans to study computer science with a minor in business.Â
Huynh was born in Worcester, Mass. Fer family moved to Manassas when she was 4-years-old, where she has lived ever since.
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Hispanics in Manassas, much like the rest of the U.S., have a high prevalence of coronavirus cases.
After partnering with the CDC to conduct a survey of potential coronavirus patients, Prince William Health District Director Dr. Alison Ansher told the Manassas City Council on July 27 that many city residents have been hit hard by the pandemic.Â
Coronavirus case numbers from neighboring Prince William County illustrate the problem. Nearly 5,000 Hispanics have contracted the disease, and 65 have died.
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Police in Manassas adopted "8 Can't Wait" reform guidelines meant to serve as principles in communities across the U.S.
On Monday, July 27, city police chief Douglas Keen addressed City Council before it adopted a resolution “to acknowledge that the City of Manassas, Virginia supports the 21st century policing principles and participation in the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies accreditation process so that the City of Manassas Police Department remains a model agency for modern policing in the Commonwealth of Virginia.”
The proclamation comes as the police department received began its reaccreditation process in June. It's a process the department goes through every four years.
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Manassas leaders did not endorse a plan to build a bypass around the city.
Despite the urging of Mayor Hal Parrish II, the city council deferred a vote on whether or not to support the new road that would create a new pathway to drivers to access heavily-congested Route 28 until its next meeting on August 27 — after Prince William County leaders have their say at an upcoming meeting on August 4.
The controversial bypass road would be built from the intersection of Godwin Drive near Prince William Medical Center, through an open tract of wetlands, connecting with Route 28 in Fairfax County. A total of 54 homes would be demolished to make way for a road that many say will do little to alleviate traffic congestion for Manassas residents, and would instead provide a more direct route to Interstate 66 for those commuting from the Linton Hall Road corridor in Prince William County, as well from Fauquier and Stafford counties.
Supporters of the bypass, to include the Prince William Chamber of Commerce, say something needs to be done to alleviate traffic on Route 28 between Liberia Avenue in Manassas and I-66 — the most congested stretch of road in Northern Virginia. The majority of the $300 million road would be funded by a bond Prince William County voters approved last year.
Former Prince William Coles District Supervisor Marty Nohe spearheaded the bypass project when he served as the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority Chairman before he was defeated in an election last fall. Parrish, who is retiring later this year, served with Nohe on the transportation authority.
“I’m mindful of this project that has been working its way through the process for many years. And the people of Prince William, (and) frankly Manassas, Manassas Park, and Northern Virginia, are looking for solutions,” said Parrish.
Current Prince William Coles District Supervisor Yesli Vega put the brakes on the road project earlier this month when she requested more time to speak with residents whose homes could be demolished as part of the project. The Prince William Board of County Supervisors is set to take up the measure again at its upcoming meeting on August 4.
As of Thursday, July 30, Vega told Potomac Local News she still unsure where she stands on the project.
The Prince William County Transportation Department is seeking approval from supervisors to vote in favor of asking the transportation authority for about $90 million it has earmarked for a study that will determine how the future roadway could affect the wetlands in the area. The Army Corps of Engineers would need to review the study once completed, and has the ultimate say as to whether or not the project could proceed.
Manassas City Councilwoman Pamela Sebesky said the city needs to wait for the Board of County Supervisors to make a decision before it can weigh in.
“I think it’s presumptive of us a council to not allow them to make that decision and then support what the Board of County Supervisors’ decision will be in the near future,” Sebesky said.
“My sense is, as I have said, that this council needs to stand up and vote for transportation instead of slowing it down,” Parrish said.
The resolution to support the bypass died on the table.
“OK. You all are awfully quiet. I suspect you had a conversation about this beforehand as to what to do.”
Manassas City leaders will consider giving their mayor a say.
A public hearing to discuss whether or not the city's mayor should have a vote is expected to be announced soon. Historically, the mayor has cast a vote only to play the role of a tie-breaker in the instance the council is deadlocked on an issue.
If approved, the measure would give more political power to the political party to which the respective mayor belongs. Mayor Hal Parrish, II, a Republican who has on the city council since 1993 and city mayor since 2008, will not seek re-election in the November 3 General Election.
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Two popular baseball fields in Manassas will soon be paved over to make way to more parking for the city's largest employer, Micron.
Micron will pay for the construction of the parking lot that will replace two of eight fields at the E.G. Smith Baseball Complex at the corner of Route 28 and Godwin Drive, and will also build an equipment shed for use by the Greater Manassas Baseball League.
On June 3, Manassas Director of Community Development Liz Via-Gossman, during a city council meeting, told officials the EG Smith Baseball Complex in the City and how they will need to be eventually replaced.
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Manassas is beginning to spend the CARES Act money received from the Federal Government in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
At a June 22 meeting of the City Council meeting, officials unanimously approved $1 million in CARES Act federal grant revenue to recoup pandemic-related costs borne by Manassas City Schools. Andy Hawkins, the executive director of finance and operations for the city
public Schools told the council that the money would be a much-needed boost to the school system.
The funding is broad, Hawkins said, but it would cover expenditures like cleaning the schools and facilities, although he said it would primarily be to help families and students to access the internet and have high-quality functioning service to their home so they can participate in virtual instruction.
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Manassas citizens will have the chance to vote to select three out of four Democrats running for City Council in a June 23 Primary.
Polls in the city will open at 6 a.m. and close at 7 p.m.
The vote will occur before they head to the general election in November. There are four candidates, including the incumbents Mark Wolfe and Vice Mayor Pamela Sebesky.
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Manassas citizens will have the chance to vote to select three out of four Democrats running for City Council in a June 23 Primary.
Polls in the city will open at 6 a.m. and close at 7 p.m.
The vote will occur before they head to the general election in November. There are four candidates, including the incumbents Mark Wolfe and Vice Mayor Pamela Sebesky. Two newcomers, Helen Zurita and Tom Osina, also have thrown their hats in the ring. Only three will win and head to the November election.
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Manassas City has become a coronavirus hotspot with a higher density of cases compared to its surrounding localities.
Manassas his hit over 1,300 cumulative cases of coronavirus, according to the Virginia Department of Health, with 89 hospitalized and 16 dead.
The city is seeing a dense ratio of cases at a little over 3,246 cases per 100,000 people. There have been little more than 213 hospitalizations per 100,000 and roughly 38 deaths per 100,000.
