A popular parking lot outside Manassas’ iconic train station is open for business again – officially.
City officials announced a new rental agreement between Manassas and the lot’s owner, Lawrence Buchanan, so visitors can once again park their cars at the lot at 9106 Prince William Street. The lot is commonly used for festivals held in Downtown Manassas.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A new Virginia Railway Express station in Woodbridge will be unlike any other in the system.
Officials broke ground on a new commuter rail station to be built below a bluff on the Potomac River, along VRE’s Fredericksburg line in the developing Potomac Shores neighborhood. Construction on the $14 million station will begin next year, and it will include two walkways, stairs, and an elevator so riders can easily get to their trains.
Osbourn Park Senior High School is looking forward to something that is tough for many schools to start of the school year with — a roster full of returning players. At the end of the 2013-2014 season, the Girls Varsity Basketball team, led by Head Coach Clifton Gorham, only lost one senior. That means this coming year, he can worry less about re-teaching and more time honing in on the development of his current players.
Gorham feels that with the talent and focus of his returning core, the Lady Yellow Jackets will be destined for success.
The air quality outside today won’t be so great. It’s a code yellow day, according to the Washington Metropolitan Council of Governments, and that means the air quality is not as good as other days and can be harmful to highly sensitive groups of people.
Clean Air Partners for Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. measures the air quality index on a scale that includes colors such as green, yellow, orange for moderate, red for unhealthy, and purple for very unhealthy. The organization urges those who might be sensitive to air pollution today to make fewer trips outdoors today and, if possible, link all errands together so they can be completed in one trip.
The Boys & Girls Clubs and CA Technologies will join together to host a Tech Girls Rock workshop at Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington branch in Manassas.
The initiative aims to encourage girls to discover an interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) focused educational opportunities and careers.
Police have arrested a Gainesville man in connection to a fatal hit and run incident on Vint Hill Road early Monday.
Here’s the latest in a police report:
Yesterday, I asked Youngest Son to organize the container cabinet. After matching up the lids to their bowls, he asked me if I could pay him for doing the job. I’m not sure if my logic was flawed on this one or not, but I told him no, because although we’ve recently begun to pay our children for chore completion, he’d gotten assigned the job because he was underfoot, sighing loudly while I was making lunch. If you’re bored, I tell them, and you can’t find anything to do, I’ll find something for you.
I’m a fan of many Old School Parenting techniques, and this is one of them, but sometimes I wonder well the Old School tactics merge with those tips I take from modern day parenting experts.
A high school student charged in a sexting case will serve one year of probation.
Police in Manassas said 17-year-old Trey Simms sent nude photos to his girlfriend. The judge’s ruling stipulates the case will be deferred for a year and that Simms will not be placed on a sex offender list, according to NBC Washington.
MANASSAS PARK, Va. — Manassas Park OmniLink buses will detour and miss stops starting Monday, August 4 for culvert repairs on Portsmouth Road between Fairmont Avenue and Clifton Street.
This detour will be in effect as long as construction is underway, until approximately mid-November.
