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Authorities in Stafford County say they charged a Washington, D.C. man with marijuana possession.
From the sheriff’s office:
The Federal Government picked up the tab for emergency medical supplies needed during the coronavirus pandemic in Prince William County.
The Board of County Supervisors accepted $344,000 in federal grant funds to help offset the county’s costs to respond to the coronavirus pandemic and to provide emergency medical care to residents.
In today’s sheriff’s blotter, authorities tell us a Stafford woman now faces a DUI charge.
From the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office:
Daniel M. Gade will be the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate to face incumbent Mark Warner (D) in the November 3 General Election.
Gade handily beat his Republican Primary Election opponents Allisa A. Baldwin, and Thomas Speciale II with 67% of the vote. Locally Gade won Prince William and Stafford counties with 58% and 64% of the vote, respectively.
Talks of developing a new town center at the George Mason University Science and Technology Campus are getting underway again.
The Prince William Board of County Supervisors on July 14 will hold a public hearing on the sale of 24 acres of county-owned land that sits across from the Hylton Performing Arts Center, at 11100 University Boulevard just outside Manassas.
Small business owners in Prince William County will have a second chance at a grant to help them recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
The Board of County Supervisors authorized the second round of grants for small businesses, this time with different eligibility requirements. Last month, the county allocated $5 million from its federal CARES Act grant signed by President Donald Trump to use as small business relief.
Police in Prince William County say a woman was sexually assaulted inside of her bedroom in her Bristow home.
From Prince William police:
Stafford authorities said they arrested a Fredericksburg woman following a head-on collision on Route 17.
The sheriff’s office writes in today’s blotter:
The grandstand — home to the rodeo and demolition derby, the animal barns, home arts, and commercial buildings, and the midway — known for its carnival rides — will go empty for the first time in 70 years.
Organizers of the Prince William County Fair told Potomac Local News today that there, in fact, will be no fair this year. This news comes after organizers were planning to hold a fair during the third week in August — as it has since 1949 — at the fairgrounds just outside Manassas.
A major healthcare provider in Prince William County and Manassas will resume regular procedures today.
Novant Health / UVA Health System Prince William Medical Center in Manassas and Haymarket Medical Center in Haymarket tells us:
