Author: Uriah Kiser

First responders got a training course today in navigating the new diverging diamond interchange (DDI) in Stafford.

STAFFORD: Before the diverging diamond interchange opens on Courthouse Rd, we wanted to give firefighters and EMS personnel a chance to drive through and become familiar with navigating the new traffic pattern. Its set to open to the public on Sat., Dec. 7 @staffcofire pic.twitter.com/4inD3vOKCq

Tinesha Allen’s razor-thin margin of 18 votes over incumbent four-term Supervisor Jack Cavalier held firm during a daylong recount on Thursday at the Stafford County Courthouse. The Democrat will replace Republican when the new board convenes in January.

Stafford County Chief Judge Hon. Charles Sharp certified with the election results, along with help from Chief Judges Hon. Lisa Bondareff Kemler, of Alexandria Circuit Court, and Chief Judge Hon. William T. Newman, Jr., of the Arlington County Circuit Court.

The new name would put the city’s airport — one of the busiest in the state — on the map, literally.

In a unanimous vote on Monday, Nov. 25, the Manassas City Council will urge Virginia Railway Express to change the name of the first station on the system’s Manassas line from Broad Run / Airport to Manassas Airport Station.

City leaders on Monday phoned in their order to the owners of the Carmello’s and Monza restaurants.

The award-winning fine-dining restaurants are both owned by restauranteur Alice Peres, and she now has 30 days to remove the brick wall, black shutters, and chair railing on the wall, or face possible fines imposed by the city.