Over 450 jobseekers participate in area’s first independently organized job fair
When local business and industry leaders shared the struggles they were having in filling current job openings, a small group of citizens, led by Manassas City Councilman Ian Lovejoy, embraced the challenge to identify workers capable of filling the void.
Despite a chilly and windy morning, 128 volunteers came out on foot and by boat to participate in FOTO’s Fall Occoquan River cleanup.
A big thank you goes out to all the community groups, the Boy Scouts of America, local schools and families with their children who collected 86 bags of trash, 24 bags of recyclables, eight tires, a flat screen TV, blinds, car generator, skate boards, a box spring and mattress, two oil barrels, carpets, foam pieces, large iron rings, pieces of a fence and a door, two crates and assorted pieces of Styrofoam and wooden boards.
Beginning Tuesday, October 20, Ashton Avenue will be closed between Crestwood Drive and Lomond Drive for emergency culvert replacement. The work is expected to take about two weeks, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.
Drivers are asked to avoid the area and take alternate routes to minimize impacts.
Mary Francies Price, 56 of Nokesville,Va passed away on October 3, 2015 at Fauquier Hospital. She was born on April, 25 1959 in Alexandria Va. She is survived by her husband, son and grandchildren. – Services will be held Friday October 16, 2015 at Victory Baptist Church, Aden Rd., Nokesville, Va., at 10 am.
Volunteers planted eight fruit trees at Coles Elementary School in Prince William County.
The volunteers worked on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015 as part of Dominion Virginia Power’s “Energize the Community” project.
A van was donated to ACTS (Action in the Community Through Service) by Dominion Virginia Power.
The charity took delivery of the 2002 Freightliner MT55 van on Sept. 25, 2015. A manager at ACTS made a request to Dominion Virginia Power for the van.
Two years later, Bryan McDaniel and the crew at ‘McDaniel Auction Center’ thrive selling antiques, collectables, jewelry and art.
A truck pulls up to the front door of McDaniel Auction Center in Manassas. It’s loaded with an entire household of antique furniture.
The public is invited to the home owners Community Open House at Heritage Hunt Golf & Country Club—a community designed for the active adult (55+).
The event is scheduled for Sunday, October 18, 2015, 12:30 – 4:00 p.m. Visitors will be registered at the front gate and directed to the community clubhouse (6901 Arthur Hills Drive, Gainesville, Va. 20155)
TRITEC Real Estate Company, Inc. is pleased to announce that Sheetz, a growing, family owned convenience retailer has opened a new location in Manassas, Virginia.
Sheetz occupies 2.57 acres on a 10-Acre parcel located at the corner of Sudley Manor Drive and Ashton Ave. TRITEC Real Estate Company and the Merion group jointly purchased and developed the 10-acre site in December of 2012 and obtained a Special Use Permit for the Sheetz drive through and gas pumps.
The Preceptor Gamma Psi chapter of the Manassas Council in Virginia raised $855 for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP).
The chapter also participated in the AFSP Out of the Darkness Walk in Manassas recently. Their team was the ninth largest fundraiser for the local walk. Along with participants, four chapter sisters and their family members participated in the 3.5-mile walk: Valerie Burke, Kim Howard, Nancy Schneider and Suzanne Seaberg.
