A new OmniRide budget calls for cutting services and raising fares.
Fares could increase by 5% starting in July to offset a $9.2 million budget shortfall for Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission, the agency that operates OmniRide commuter, and OmniLink local buses. The fare increase is on top of fares that have already increased by 30% since 2009.
With the New Year in full swing, we’ve been very busy getting ready for spring and summer programming! There are some important changes we’d like to share with you and we’d like to reveal a tiny bit of programming so you know what to expect in the coming year.
In response to customer feedback we’re switching things up with our program catalog, the MOSAIC. The MOSAIC will be coming out four times a year instead of two times a year.
Construction crews will begin relocating gas lines in Manassas Park on Monday.
The work will take place at the intersection of Euclid Avenue and Manassas Drive, and is being done in advance of roadwork to occur in the area.
Federal authorities said two men from Woodbridge intended to go to Syria to join ISIS.
One man was arrested at Richmond International Airport on Friday. The second man was arrested in Woodbridge, after he returned from driving the first suspect to the airport.
Ruth Anderson will hold a town hall meeting Monday night after a series of written threats appeared at area high schools.
The threats appeared on bathroom walls and Woodbridge, Gar-Field and Forest Park senior high schools in Woodbridge this month. All five messages that have appeared are similar and do not reference a credible threat.
Police are searching for the man who robbed a Manassas convenience store at gunpoint.
Authorities said a man walked into the In & Out Mart at 8930 Ashton Avenue and demanded cash from the clerk. The man pointed a handgun at the clerk who complied with the robber’s demands.
In the winter of 2004-05, the Prince William County Historic Preservation Division was in a programming quandary.
There were very few programs offered during the months of January, February, and March and there was, at least, one venue, the Old Manassas Courthouse that was underutilized during those months.
A woman is charged with assault and battery on a law enforcement officer, identity theft, and obstruction of justice.
Here is more in a press release:
A Woodbridge man faces charges sexual battery charges.
Investigators say the victim told her mother she was sexually assaulted while the accused stayed the night at the family’s home.
An adult and child were rescued from a burning home.
This past Monday, a town home on Covington Place near Manassas caught fire due to a small appliance overheating.
