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Manassas police highlighting railroad crossing safety

By Uriah Kiser

During Rail Safety Week, taking place September 21-27, the Manassas City Police Department will be participating in “Operation Clear Track”.

Manassas City Police, along with numerous other law enforcement agencies around the country, has partnered with the Amtrak Police Department and Operation Lifesaver to help reduce the number of railroad crossing and trespassing incidents. These incidents seriously injure or kill more than 2,100 people in the U.S. and Canada each year.

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Business

Elevate coalition forms to help get residents back to work

By Uriah Kiser

Northern Virginia Community College is partnering with the City of Manassas, Prince William County, Virginia Career Works, and the SkillSource Group to ensure that community members affected by coronavirus are able to get back to work by receiving free education and workforce support services.

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Angry residents stand to lose homes, shut out of county meeting

By Uriah Kiser
Prince William County Coles District Supervisor Yesli Vega talks to residents who will lose their homes if a Route 28 bypass is built near Manassas. [Photo: Uriah Kiser/PLN]

About 50 people who had hoped to speak to the Prince William Board of County Supervisors were turned away.

The county’s top elected officials held their meeting in a small conference room on Tuesday, September 15. The room was outside of the eight-member board’s regular meeting chambers, and due to coronavirus restrictions, seating inside the conference room was limited to less than 20 people.

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Schools

Parents urge school officials to reopen buildings for in-person classes

By Uriah Kiser
Parents and students gather outside the Spotsylvania County Public Schools Administration Center to demand buildings reopened for in-person learning.

Robyn Schwenk is a full time registered nurse in Fredericksburg.

As of late, she’s been spending more time out of the office helping her child with the challenges that come with distance learning.

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Dumfries homeless shelter plan in limbo, pulled from planning agenda

By Uriah Kiser
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It appears a plan to put a homeless shelter in Dumfries has hit a snag.

Prince William County officials have asked that a request before the Dumfries Town Planning Commission tonight, to approve an amendment to the town’s zoning ordinance to allow homeless shelters in the town’s B1 zoning district, be removed from the agenda.

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October’s extended tax due date is approaching fast

By Uriah Kiser
Chris Peden is the principal owner of Peden Accounting Services in Manassas. Contact him today for all of your business accounting needs by calling 703-967-1948.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic emergency, the IRS postponed the original due date for filing 2019 returns to July 15, 2020. If you could not complete your 2019 tax return by July 15 and filed a request for additional time to file, that extension expires on October 15, 2020. Failing to file before the extension period runs out may cost you late-filing penalties.

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