The Manassas City Council on Wednesday night unanimously approved its fiscal 2017 budget.
City leaders adopted a tax rate of $1.403 per $100 of assessed property value. The average residential property tax bill will increase about three percent to $3,778, said City Manager Patrick Pate.
The woman killed in an hit and run crash Tuesday morning in was a suspect in a robbery.
A bicyclist was struck while riding in the area of Dale Boulevard and Birchdale Avenue in Dale City at 1:08 a.m. Tuesday, May 10. The bicyclist was headed west on Dale Boulevard in the left lane when a driver struck the rider.
ECU Communications, a full-service digital marketing and advertising firm, and Whitlock Wealth Management, a full-service Ameriprise financial planning firm, have jointly purchased the historic building located at 9073 Center Street in the heart of Downtown Manassas. ECU and Whitlock Wealth Management will share the second floor of the building, and rehabilitate the ground floor for future rental.
The unoccupied building sold for $1.3 million.
The annual Law Enforcement United Ride is expected to enter Stafford County after 3 p.m. today.
Participants in the annual bicycle ride to raise awareness of fallen police officers and funds for their families will spend the night in Stafford County. They’ll depart from their hotels on Thursday morning.
A woman from Triangle won the Virginia Lottery. More in a press release:
All Felecia Hall wanted was some change for a taxi, so she could go to lunch with her son. She stopped by Connie’s Market in Triangle and bought a Golden Spades Scratcher ticket from the Virginia Lottery.
Almost a year ago, Manassas City approved the construction of a new apartment complex in the heart of Downtown Manassas. But to date, there has been no sign of development on the site.
Manassas Station, the proposed four-story apartment complex, promised to include 85 one-bedroom units and 55 two-bedroom units. Christopher Companies., the project developer, purchased the property last July. The apartment complex would replace the ABC Photo Processing Center on Prince William Street.
A new motel is open for business in an old place.
Motel 6 opened its doors at the site of an old Holiday Inn near the intersection of Route 234 and Interstate 95 near Dumfries. The Holiday Inn is now located across Route 234.
The property tax rate in Prince William County remains flat, but the average tax bill is going up.
Prince William County Supervisors on Friday approved its fiscal 2017 operating budget. After months of wrangling over whether or not to raise the tax rate by 3.88 percent as outlined in a five-year plan approved last year, leaders kept a flat-tax rate of $1.122 per $100 of assessed property value.
Could a plan to outsource some library operations save millions?
The majority of the members of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors want to find out. The Board approved issuing a request for proposals (RFP) from private companies who would bid on taking over the daily management operations of the county’s 11 library branches.
