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Community holds parade in Haymarket for child declared cancer-free

By Uriah Kiser

On Sunday, September 20, family, friends, princesses, superheroes, first responders, and volunteers with The Sweet Julia Grace Foundation gathered for a celebration parade. Cars were decorated with balloons and signs of support.

The event was all for three-year-old Matthew who, in 2019, was diagnosed with cancer. Mathew has endured 13 rounds of chemotherapy, four surgeries, three serious bacterial infections, two bone marrow transplants, and six months of immunotherapy. In early September, after a week of scans, blood work, biopsies, and tests, he was declared free of the disease.

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Mask-querade ball seeks volunteers

By Uriah Kiser
Harris Pavilion in Old Town Manassas (Mary Davidson/PotomacLocal.com)

Good Morning Prince William – Halloween is almost here, and Historic Manassas is hosting a “Mask-querade” Ball on October 31 at Harris Pavilion.  Volunteers are needed to work a 4-hour shift as set up crew, thermometer readers, ticket sales and check-in, game attendants and costume contest judging.  Masks must be worn; volunteers can come in costume.  Please email [email protected] for more information on this fun event.

Non-COVID-19 Opportunities:

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Originals

Updated: After Pamela Northam tests positive for virus, schools issue statements

By Uriah Kiser
[File photo form March 2020: Prince William County Public Schools]

School divisions in Prince William and Stafford counties say they’re taking precautions after a visit from Virginia’s First Lady Pamela Norham, who, along with Gov. Ralph Northam tested positive for the coronavirus on Friday, September 25.

Prince William County plans to reopen Washington Reid School near Dumfries, where Northam visited on Tuesday, September 22, at its regular time on Tuesday, September 29.

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Manassas fatal crash, road rage stabbing investigated

By Uriah Kiser
City police car design from 2011

Police in Manassas were called to the scene of a fatal crash today at 1:41 a.m.

A 2004 blue Saturn ran off the road into the grass median and collided into a tree at Ashton Avenue and Rolling Road. The driver, identified as Derek Scott Lett, 29, of Manassas, was pronounced deceased on scene by rescue personnel.

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Catholic high school students, staff thankful to be back in class

By Uriah Kiser
Arlington Catholic Diocese Bishop Micheal Burbidge visits with an English class at Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School near Dumfries. [Uriah Kiser/PLN]

The students in Rebecca Clement’s English class are finishing up reading the Greek play Medea.

Her students and Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Potomac Shores, both in class and learning virtually at home, took turns reading the book out loud. “I’m covering more than what I expected to cover so far,” said Clement, whose in her 14th year of teaching.

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Argument leads to arrest of wanted man near Manassas

By Uriah Kiser
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An argument led to the arrest of a man who had multiple outstanding warrants.

Police were called to a home in the 8000 block of Ashland Avenue near Manassas on Friday, September 25 at 3:41 a.m., the Westgate Apartments. Officers arrived and found a man and a 29-year-old woman inside. The woman told police the man was stopping her from leaving the apartment, police said.

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