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Terry Quinn was on an airplane on his way to see his mother in Boston when he sketched the winning design. (more…)
Stephan Hudson has seen at least two standing ovations in as many days. (more…)
The developer of Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center on Wednesday said the effort to build a new baseball stadium there stalled. (more…)
Faculty and staff at Mills E. Godwin Middle School aren’t happy about a plan to change the school’s name. (more…)
Prince William County will continue collecting $50 from residents who apply for a concealed weapons permit.
In a move that some called a political stunt, Board of Supervisors Chairman Corey Stewart tried to lobby fellow Supervisors to order the court to stop collecting $40 of the fee charged in courthouses statewide.
Morale among bus drivers at the region’s commuter transit agency is low.
It’s the kind of mood you would expect from employees if your bosses, the heads of the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation, are heard in public, and in the media talking about a “doomsday scenario” where operations as you know them could come to an end.
They looked at places from Tysons Corner to Fredericksburg and didn’t quite find what they were looking for.
Monte Evans and Magnus Ellerts were looking for a place that would be able to train the entire athlete, from teaching agility and speed, to weight lifting, to developing skills on the field. That’s what Competitive Edge is all about — a new 18,000 square feet indoor sports training facility off Featherstone Road in Woodbridge.
Eateries in Downtown Manassas hope this year’s expanded restaurant week will spur new business.
The March 7 – 14 event has been dubbed “Northern Virginia Restaurant Week,” as several area chambers of commerce to include the Prince William Chamber banded together to promote this event as a regional event.
Matchbox in the process of a national expansion.
The Washington, D.C.-based Matchbox American Kitchen + Spirit plans to open at least six new restaurants per year, with eyed locations in Richmond, Colorado, and Florida. The eatery got its start on H Street, near Verizon Center in D.C. and later expanded to Maryland and Northern Virginia.
Some relief for cash-strapped OmniRide could come in the form of legislation in Richmond.
A new bill by Sen. Frank Wagner (Norfolk, Virginia Beach) would set the gas tax “floor” at February 2013 rates. That means OmniRide’s parent agency Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission would get it’s 2.1% funding from the state’s motor fuels tax based on 2013 prices, which averaged $3.17 per gallon statewide that year. Diesel fuel averaged $3.36 per gallon statewide.
