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Manassas City Council adopts budget, residents to get hit with higher tax bills

By Olivia Aveni Briscoe

Published May 11, 2020 at 11:01PM | Updated May 11, 2020 at 11:39PM

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Drowning in unemployment, Manassas awaits federal bailout

By Olivia Aveni Briscoe

Published May 8, 2020 at 3:03PM

Downtown Manassas

The unemployment rate in Manassas has skyrocketed to 13% in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, and long-awaited stimulus money from the Federal Government has yet to arrive.

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Women top ballot in Manassas in what will be history-making election

By Olivia Aveni Briscoe

Published May 8, 2020 at 11:13AM | Updated May 11, 2020 at 11:10PM

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Manassas waits for federal coronavirus stimulus funds, considers tapping rainy day fund

By Olivia Aveni Briscoe

Published May 5, 2020 at 2:44PM | Updated May 5, 2020 at 4:21PM

Manassas City Hall at 9027 Center Street.

Manassas leaders are asking themselves if they can do more when it comes to bailing out business owners affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Manassas City Council candidate taps Miss Virginia to donate 150 meals

By Olivia Aveni Briscoe

Published April 30, 2020 at 8:32AM | Updated May 4, 2020 at 9:50AM

Volunteers joined community activist turned Manassas City Council candidate Helen Zurita (center) and Miss Virginia United States 2020 Katelyn Page (right) to distribute meals at East End Mobile Home Park in Manassas.

A candidate for Manassas City Council teamed up with Miss Virginia to bring hot meals to a city trailer park.

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Novant Health/UVA Health System Prince William, Haymarket escape cuts, furloughs

By Olivia Aveni Briscoe

Published April 30, 2020 at 7:36AM

Hospitals in Prince William County and Manassas won’t be affected by a new round of cuts and furloughs announced by the UVA Health System.

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Manassas Park sets strict naming rules for new city library

By Olivia Aveni Briscoe

Published April 22, 2020 at 12:21PM | Updated April 22, 2020 at 2:42PM

Palko

Manassas Park is moving forward with plans for its own library and voted Tuesday to approve the Library Strategic Plan and Policies.

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She didn’t know how to sew. That didn’t stop her from making, and donating 50 masks to Mary Washington Hospital

By Olivia Aveni Briscoe

Published April 15, 2020 at 11:35AM | Updated April 15, 2020 at 12:37PM

Dina Qureshi had never sewed a thing in her life. But that didn't stop her from learning how to make face makes to help those on the front lines fighting the coronavirus.

Dina Qureshi, a 26-year old engineer with Dominion Energy, bought a sewing machine.

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Manassas braces for millions in losses due to coronavirus pandemic

By Olivia Aveni Briscoe

Published April 14, 2020 at 3:17PM

The coronavirus outbreak has Manassas leaders predicting some changes to the city’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2021.

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Restauranteurs, Prince William government spin up to feed the needy

By Olivia Aveni Briscoe

Published April 14, 2020 at 2:45PM | Updated April 15, 2020 at 9:44AM

Zandra’s, like many other restaurants, has a large kitchen.

But due to the coronavirus outbreak that has forced the closure of many dining rooms in the area and around the state, the kitchen has seen little use these past few weeks.