The Prince William Public Library system is hosting a “Prince William Reads” for county residents over 18-years old.
The contest runs until March 31, and all residents need to do to participate is to read books and enter a weekly drawing at one of the county libraries, including Bull Run Regional, Central Community, Chinn Park Regional or Potomac Community library, according to a county release.Â
“Adults … can read anything they want, any kind of adult fiction or non-fiction titles, or listen to them on … audio if they like. They would take a form and fill it out with every title that they read, and take it to one of the four full-service libraries,” said Sallie Tiso, the Adult Services Librarian at Chinn Park Regional Library in a release.Â
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On Monday, the Prince William County Service Authority began their free chlorine flushing program in the county.
According to a release, some residents may notice that there is a mild chlorinated taste or smell in their water until the beginning of the summer. This difference comes from the use of the chlorine in the water.
Typically Fairfax Water uses chloramine throughout the year, but the chlorine flushing is a far more aggressive disinfectant formulation, and this produces the smell and taste.
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Rick Davis, the long-time Executive Director for the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas, has been named as the new Dean for George Mason University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts.
Davis, who has been working with the university since 1992, will be in charge of overseeing seven academic programs and two performing arts centers in his new role.
“I have worked on both academic, and non-academic fronts…I’ve had about five different [roles] at the University. The first was running our theater company, and chairing the theater department. And then I became interim director of the Institute of the Arts, which is a predecessor to the college that we now have. Then artistic director for our Center of the Arts in Fairfax, and then Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education, and then I came to the Hylton [Performing Arts] Center in 2011,” said Davis.
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During an awards ceremony in Richmond, Historic Manassas Inc. was presented with the Virginia Main Street Milestone Achievement Award.
The award is given to those that have demonstrated voluntary investments to revitalize downtown areas, like Downtown Manassas.
More than 60,000 volunteer hours have been put in to events and the revitalization of Downtown Manassas since 1997, according to a city release.
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The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is conducting a slugging survey to look at the HOV carpooling patterns at the expanded Staffordboro commuter lot just off Route 610 in North Stafford.
Slugs are those who hitch rides in vehicles with three or more occupants to ride free on the EZ-Pass Express Lanes with an EZ-Pass Flex transponder in the vehicles.
According to a VDOT release, they are concerned about congestion that’s been seen at the slugging pick-up line at the Staffordboro lot during weekday mornings.
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About April 4, the JCPenney store located in the Manassas Mall will be closing.
Last week, Potomac Local spoke with a staff associate at the store that confirmed that the location was going to be closing.
Inside the store, most merchandise was being offered at a discount, and store fixtures were already being packed.Â
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The Manassas City School Board will be holding a groundbreaking ceremony tomorrow at 1 p.m. in Manassas, on the site of the new Baldwin Elementary and Intermediate schools.
The two schools will be built on the same site and will accommodate the growth of students in Manassas City, according to a release.
Manassas City Public Schools recently awarded the construction contract for the projects to Schiebel Construction out of Huntington, Maryland, according to Jeff Abt, the Executive Director of Student and Administrative Support Services for the school system.
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The 95 Express Lanes opened three months ago, and while the lanes have seen support in the area, there is still some confusion about using the lanes and the E-Z Pass tolling devices.
A February survey, conducted by Transurban, including 1,266 area drivers, showed that many drivers knew how to enter and exit the Express Lanes.
But the survey also showed there are some major sources of confusion relating to keeping funds on their E-Z Pass, where to mount the device, and the requirement that their license plate be linked to their E-Z Pass account.
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Transurban will be launching their Drive to Donate program tomorrow – a program that will allow drivers on 495 and 95 Express lanes to donate their toll money to local fire and rescue departments.
The program will last throughout Saturday.
All tolls that are collected by the 495 and 95 Express Lanes will be donated to the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue, the Prince William County Fire and Rescue, and the Stafford County Fire and Rescue departments.
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Judge Paul Sheridan, a retired Circuit Court judge from Arlington, will decide at 10 a.m. whether or not the Prince William County GOP will be able to have a state-run primary.
This court hearing comes after the Prince William County GOP Chairman, Bill Card, forgot to file the paperwork for a Republican state-run primary before the State Board of Elections deadline.
Prince William County Board of Supervisors primary candidate Chris Crawford and incumbent and Chairman At-Large Corey Stewart spoke with Potomac Local about their thoughts about the hearing and the primaries.
