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A bus driver strike at OmniRide, the regional transportation commission, is four weeks old, but there are signs of limited restored service.

Buses began rolling this afternoon from the transit center in Woodbridge to serve the route between Horner Road Commuter Lot, near Potomac Mills mall, to the Pentagon.


Fairfax

Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) announced the first thirteen approved planning grants to develop innovative lab schools in Virginia.

A Lab School is a public, nonsectarian, nonreligious school established by a public institution of higher education, public higher education center, institute, authority or other eligible institution of higher education. Lab Schools are designed to stimulate the development of innovative education programs for preschool through grade 12 students.


Prince William

Residents will learn more about one of the most expensive road projects in Prince William County.

The county’s transportation department will hold a virtual “Transportation Tuesday” on March 14, 2023, to discuss the Route 28 Bypass, a four-lane road connecting Sudley Road, near the Prince William Medical Center in Manassas to Route 28 in Fairfax County.


Prince William

Mayor Derrick Wood says the Fitness Court park would be built on land next to the old Dumfries-Triangle Rescue Squad. The cost will be $270,000. The National Fitness Campaign, the firm selling the outdoor gyms, will provide a $30,000 discount to the town for installing its product.

Town documents refer to the discount as a grant. According to the Fitness Court website, the outdoor gym has seven exercises. Similar Fitness Courts have been built in 500 communities across the U.S.


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On Tuesday, February 28, 2023, Manassas police executed a search warrant in the 9500 block of Technology Drive in Manassas after someone reported a suspicious person two days earlier.

Police found several firearms, two suppressors without serial numbers, knives, narcotics, and over $12,000 cash.


Prince William

Brew Republic Bierwerks, a craft brewery that closed in October 2022 after a water pipe burst and flood damage, is set to re-open in its existing location in Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center retail shopping area. The brewery hosted its grand reopening event on Saturday, March 4, 2023.

Montclair resident and former elected official Jeff Frederick and his team have been working tirelessly to rebuild the brewery that originally opened in September 2016, and now, after nearly four months.


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