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MANASSAS PARK — A grant will go a long way to help feed children in Manassas Park this summer.
The non-profit No Kid Hungry Virginia donated $3,100 to fund meals in the city’s summer meal program from June 25 to August 3.
MANASSAS — The system was restored Monday afternoon after t went down on Friday, leaving customers who rely on paying their electric bill online in the dark. Those who couldn’t pay their bills online, and called NOVEC’s call center were placed into an automated queue which allowed them to pay their bills over the phone with a service fee.
NOVEC spokeswoman Priscilla Knight tells us:
STAFFORD — When it comes to improving Ferry Farm Elementary School, this could be the breakthrough leaders have been waiting for.
A new plan released by Stafford County Public Schools notes a 13,000 square foot portion of the southern Stafford County school would be demolished to make way for a new library and a larger art room.
DUMFRIES — Some hotel owners are celebrating after Dumfries officials voted to lower the town’s tax on hotel rooms.
The Dumfries Town Council on June 5 voted to lower the transient occupancy tax, also known as the tax on hotel rooms. One hotel praised the council.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — Melvin Reynolds never envisioned himself as a foster parent.
But he took in his first youth in need, a 17-year-old boy, seven years ago. Reynolds worked with youth in residential care and then, one day, found himself taking care of foster children in his Montclair home.
STAFFORD — The emergency response to an outside fire added to a snarled traffic situation in North Stafford.
Crews were called to 303 Mews Court, off Onville Road about 3:30 p.m. Friday. Neighbors lined the sidewalks outside their townhouse while firefighters used hoses to douse the flames of a fire outside the house.
DUMFRIES — It’s going to cost you more if you get a ticket in Dumfries.
The town council authorized Police Chief Nicholas Esposito to tack on an additional $5 fee to each ticket issued by his officers.
MANASSAS — Manassas residents face another tax hike to fund city schools.
A new funding agreement approved by the city’s joint finance committee will head to the city council and could increase the property tax rate by more than 10 cents over the next three years. It would come on top of tax increases levied in recent by city leaders for new capital projects like a new public safety center on Grant Avenue.
QUANTICO — The annual Virginia Special Olympics Torch Run will pass through Prince William and Stafford counties.
Starting at 10 a.m. Thursday, runners with the Prince William County and Manassas police departments, and Prince William County Sheriff’s Office will carry the torch from the Dumfries Volunteer Fire Department Station 17 at 15219 Hollyside Drive in Montclair to the Prince William County Gar-Field (Eastern District) Police Station. The torch is expected to arrive at 11:05 a.m. The route will follow Waterway Drive to Cardinal Drive.
STAFFORD — Residents must wait another two weeks before they find out if Stafford leaders will fund the construction of a new courthouse.
The Stafford County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to kick the can down the road when it comes to approving its annual capital improvement budget on Tuesday. The Board will now take up the 10-year, $458 million proposed plan at its next meeting on Tuesday, June 19.
