Press release | Beginning Monday, January 27, 2020, FRED Transit will relocate its Spotsylvania Avenue transfer point from its current location to about five miles south to its new location in the parking lot of Rappahannock Goodwill Industries (RGI) at 4701 Market Street. The new transfer facility will serve the following routes:
Each route will continue to serve Stop 26 on Spotsylvania Avenue, but buses will no longer make transfers here.
Marine Corps officials are not releasing her identity, but have banned her from participating in any more Marine Corps Marathon events.
They say the 55-year-old woman cheated in multiple events over the course of four years, including 2018 and 2019. The events the woman is accused of cheating at including the Marine Corps Marathon held annually in Arlington, and the Marine Corps 17.75 run held annually in Prince William Forest Park.
A man walking in Lake Ridge was approached by two men who stabbed him near Woodbridge Senior High School.
Prince William police press release | On January 20 at 4:20 p.m., officers responded to the 12500 block of Colebrook Ct. in Woodbridge (22192) to investigate a fight.
Press release | On January 20 at 8:17 p.m., officers of the Manassas City Police Department responded to the 9700 block of Bragg Lane for a report of a shooting.
The investigation revealed two suspects confronted the victims while they were sitting inside a vehicle parked in the area of the 9700 block of Bragg Lane. During the encounter, two juvenile males inside the vehicle were shot.
Locally-elected officials this month celebrated the opening of a new Fab Lab makers space at the Manassas Campus of Northern Virginia Community College.
We’re sharing some photos politicians posted of the grand opening event held on January 13. So far, all requests for comment via email and Twitter to the college’s president and public relations staff have gone unanswered.
Friends of the Occoquan will host its annual spring clean up at multiple locations along the river in Prince William County.
Press release | Join us at one of our five clean-up sites on Saturday, April 18th from 9 a.m. to noon for FOTO’s Occoquan River Clean Up! This year FOTO will be teaming up with the Prince William County Soil and Water Conservation District at the Lake Ridge Marina site.
Press release | The commercial market report for Manassas for the fourth quarter of 2019 showed stability and strength through all three commercial market segments – office, retail, and industrial/flex.
In the office market, the City ended the year with a historically low vacancy rate of 3.6%. New firms that relocated to the city in 2019 included Quantitative Analytics, Gryphus Enterprises, and MP Copiers.
Prince William police press release | On January 15 at 2:08 a.m., officers responded to a residence located in the 15600 block of Montview Dr. in Dumfries (22025) to investigate a stabbing.
The victim, a 45-year-old man, reported to police that he was with a man and a woman he met that night when an altercation ensued. During the encounter, the victim, he was scratched, bitten and stabbed by the other parties. Eventually, the victim was able to separate himself and flee the residence. The victim reported minor injuries. During the investigation, officers identified the woman as Genevieve Marie VIRAGO, and obtained warrants for her arrest. Attempts to locate the suspect have been unsuccessful. The investigation continues as officers seek to identify the man involved.
A Second Amendment rally in Richmond on Monday drew more than 20.000 people to came to lobby for gun rights in Virginia.
The event was peaceful, and the Richmond Times-Dispatch covered the event if you’re looking for a full news story about it in the event you haven’t already seen or heard about it.
Press release | The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has opened dual left-turn lanes from the Blue & Gray Parkway to Route 2 (Dixon Street) in the City of Fredericksburg ahead of the Chatham Bridge rehabilitation project. The bridge crosses the Rappahannock River and connects Stafford County with Fredericksburg via Route 3 (William Street).
