Manassas City school board member Arthur Bushnell was honored for 25 years of service on the board.
The school board voted to nominate Bushnell for the Virginia School Boards Association (VSBA) Regional School Board Member of the Year Award.
Author: Stephanie Tipple
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Woodbridge district Supervisor Frank Principi is going to the Trader Joe’s headquarters in California.
Principi is going to their headquarters to petition for a Trader Joe’s location in Woodbridge at his own expense, following consistent feedback from residents.
Discover Prince William & Manassas has plans to close the Occoquan Visitor’s Center on August 2, and will be meeting to talk about it on July 20.
The organization – also known as the Convention & Visitor’s Bureau – who is responsible for tourism in the county, consider the visitor’s center to be a low return on investment, according to their Executive Director Ann Marie Maher.
Former Stafford supervisor Robert Gibbons has announced he will run this year in the Rock Hill district.
Wendy Maurer was named the Republican nominee for the seat, following a primary on June 8.
The Prince William board of supervisors will not be getting a raise.
Following a board meeting on June 15, and a contentious closed session that led to two board members walking out of the room, the board ultimately tabled the issue.
Prince William police and fire rescue now has a new 9-1-1 calling system in place.
The new system – called Premier One – which had a contracted cost of $16.4 million is being managed by Motorola.
Prince William police officer Justin Bonner won a gold medal this week at the 2015 World Police and Fire Games.
The 28-year old officer joined Prince William police in 2006, and became an officer in 2008. He has been with the motor unit for two years.
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Manassas native Pete Evick – known by many as ‘Manassas Pete’, has had an interesting assortment of life experiences.
The Stonewall Jackson High School graduate has worked with rockstar Bret Michaels for the last 10 years as his lead guitarist, and co-writer and producer of Michael’s last two records.
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A memorial vigil will be held at 8 p.m. tonight at the Reston Town Center in honor of Silva.
For those planning to head out of the area for the Fourth of July weekend – prepare for some heavy traffic.
Currently Interstate 95 going southbound in North Stafford was already seeing congestion at 9 a.m. this morning.