Manassas City held it’s annual Christmas Tree lighting ceremony on Friday, Dec. 4, 2015.
Crowds gathered on the lawn of the Manassas Museum for the 6:45 p.m. tree lighting. City officials, and special guest and 70th Annual Greater Manassas Christmas Parade Grand Marshal Ed Asner spoke from a stage in front of the crowd.
Dominion Power has applied for a permit to discharge millions of gallons of toxic waste water into Quantico Creek, a tidal water way that flows in to the Potomac River and eventually in to the Chesapeake Bay.
The toxic waste that Dominion is proposing to discharge comes from unlined coal ash ponds at the Possum Point power plant that are leaking in to ground water and contains fatal to life heavy metals including arsenic, chromium, lead, mercury and numerous other toxic and life killing substances.
At the State Senate annual Finance Retreat two weeks ago, staff updated the State Senate on Virginia’s economy, projected revenues and significant budget issues expected during the 2016 session to begin on January 13. The news is a mixed bag.
First, Virginia’s economy is still struggling. Thanks to the “Sequester,” large, across-the-board, federal budget cuts, federal spending in Virginia is down by 33 percent over just last year. That’s $24 billion fewer dollars coming into the Virginia economy. Not surprisingly, economic growth has been flat statewide. Twelve percent of homes are still short sales due to stagnant home prices and our predicted economic growth for 2016 is about one-third less than the national rate.
Dumfries held its 41st Annual Christmas Parade today. The theme was “A winter’s dream.”
The parade route took floats and parade participants down Main Street toward Dumfries Shopping Plaza.
A car crashed into a home in the Marsh Overlook section of Woodbridge at 2:41 a.m. Friday.
Here’s more in a press release from OWL Volunteer Fire Department:
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Police found no threat at Manassas Mall. They’re still looking into who made the call and caused today’s disruption.
Police said Charles Lee Peele, III killed two German Shepard dogs in Nokesville last month.
Here’s more in a press release:
A series of agencies in Prince William County were awarded grants from the Potomac Health Foundation.
Here’s more in a press release:
A new bridge opened today on Bresntsville Road in Prince William County.
The new $2.8 million, 2-lane bridge carries drivers over Broad Run. The new bridge replaces an old bridge that dated back to 1957. The old bridge was closed to traffic in June.
Cokesbury United Methodist Church in Woodbridge is hosting its annual Christmas cookie sale on Saturday, December 12, from 9 a.m. until noon.
There will be lots of holiday cookies, breads, candies, ad other goodies available for sale.
