Fire and recrews crews across Prince William County and the Greater Manassas area were called to multiple fires last night.
The cause of many of them: People didn’t property dispose their fireworks and they caught fire in a trashcan.
|
Author: Potomac Local News
|
A lawsuit filed by a former member of the Stafford Board of Supervisors against the sitting Board of Supervisors will be heard Tuesday in a Stafford County courtroom.
A judge has agreed to hear a motion for an injunction to stall a vote on a re-zoning of just over six acres of land next to the county’s courthouse. Supervisors are scheduled to decide on Tuesday to vote on whether to re-zone Fountain Park, the name of the project, on land currently marked for B-2 urban commercial to a higher classification, known as UD-5 zoning, which allows for more densely packed development.
|
The Freedom Museum has a new home in downtown Manassas.
The museum and its extensive WWII-era artifacts moved from the city’s regional airport to the Hibbs and Giddings Building. The building was once home to Prospero’s Books store that closed last year at 9129 Center Street.
|
A Lake Ridge woman faces charges that she assaulted a law enforcement officer.
Police said she was stopped in the area of Prince William Parkway and Old Bridge Road in Woodbridge early Monday morning. During the traffic stop, police said the woman began yelling and then struck and later kicked police officers.
|
The Independence Day holiday will be observed this year on Monday, July 5. That means some closures for local government offices in our region.
In Prince William County, local government offices will be closed there.
It’s going to be hot enough outside on Wednesday for the Prince William County government to open cooling centers.
Prince William County offers resources to assist members of the public in staying cool when temperatures reach 95 degrees or higher. Tomorrow, Wednesday, June 30, due to the forecasted high temperature of 97 degrees, with heat index values anticipated to be as high as 102 degrees, any member of the public who needs to seek shelter from the heat can visit a Prince William County library from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
|
Manassas commuters will need to find another way around some key railroad crossings next week.
The first of three closures will take place on Tuesday, July 6.
|
A familiar face in Manassas for nearly 20 years will be leaving next month.
Manassas Assistant City Manager Elizabeth Via-Gossman, who worked across multiple city government departments, and served as the city’s community development director, is leading the city at the end of July.
A plane crashed this afternoon in Fauquier County.
Virginia State Police are now on the scene and tell us:
|
Several deserving residents are getting some extra help around the house this week, thanks to the Catholic Diocese of Arlington
In Prince William County, two homes in Dale City are being repaired. One home is having its deck replaced — as the older deck was unsafe and on the verge of collapse — and a new concrete walkway put in, and the other is having gutters replaced and supports added to a carport.