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HAYMARKET — Has OmniRide been reading Uber’s playbook?
The transit agency proposes using ride-sharing technology to hail a shuttle van for a ride to a commuter lot.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — It took more than a year to plan a burn at Manassas Battlefield National Park.
This past week, National Park Service rangers scorched 45 acres of battlefield parkland just outside Manassas where the place where the Civil War began, adjacent to the eastern edge of Brawner Farm.
TRIANGLE — Hiking is one of the most popular activities at Prince William Forest Park.
There are 16 trails spanning a combined 37 miles of federal parkland that span the gamut of terrain. Hikers can get a sense of what Northern Virginia was like before it was developed, with creekside views, areas surrounded by wildlife, small waterfalls, and the Chompawamsic backcountry area that requires hikers to obtain a permit.
QUANTICO — Quantico Town Councilman Jerre Thomas II was killed on Thursday while riding his motorcycle on Interstate 95.
Police said Thomas collided with a Honda Civic that was changing lanes near Dumfries.
WOODBRIDGE — Chris Baity knew of Mike Rowe, the former host of TV’s “Dirty Jobs.”
But he never expected him to walk through the door of his Woodbridge home office.
STAFFORD — Fire and high winds kept fire crews in Stafford County busy Thursday.
“We got our asses handed to us yesterday,” said Stafford County Fire Chief Mark Lockhart.
WOODBRIDGE — The Potomac Science Center held its grand opening on Thursday.
Hundreds gathered inside the 50,000 square foot facility on the banks of the Occoquan River in Woodbridge.
WOODBRIDGE — Looking to hold an event in Prince Willam County?
The office of tourism wants to help by connecting you with the owners of venues and area event planners. The county’s office of tourism wants to attract events like reunions, parties, weddings, or meetings of groups of 10 or more.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — Bill Card is once again the Chairman of the Prince William County Republican Committee.
He took a two-year hiatus but returned to the seat in January when Dottie Miller completed year term.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — Many of the residents who live around Lake Montclair are seeing a first — the lake bottom.
Work on a $1.2 million project to improve the spillway at the lake’s dam at Dolphin Beach, one of the tallest earthen dams in the state, is about to get underway. The capacity of the spillway needed to be improved and brought up to state code.
