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.
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Author: Olivia Aveni Briscoe
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.
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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.”
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.
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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.
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.
Manassas is beginning to spend the CARES Act money received from the Federal Government in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
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.
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.
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.
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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.