The Woodstream Trail, a trail that is being built to connect the Woodstream community to Smith Lake Park, will begin to be constructed in Stafford.
“This trail will connect the [surrounding] neighborhood[s] to the park,” said Chris Hoppe, a project manager for the county.
Fire officials called the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to the scene of a HAZMAT this morning outside Manassas.
Prince William County authorities said a petroleum product was found in the Linden Lake storm water management pond, a tributary to Bull Run. Crews placed booms in the water to minimize the impact from the petroleum product.
Candice Bennett, a small business owner, has announced her candidacy for the Mt. Vernon District Supervisor seat. Bennett is hoping to take over the seat from the long time incumbent Gerry Hyland, who has held the office since 1988.
She received her Master’s degree in security policy studies from George Washington University. Bennett is a graduate of the Sorensen Campaign Training Program, Leadership Fairfax and the Tuck Executive Education program at Dartmouth, according to a release.
Fights broke out at area malls this weekend in Manassas and Woodbridge.
Officers were called first to an IHOP restaurant inside Manassas Mall at 3:07 a.m. Saturday, March 7, at 8300 Sudley Road just outside Manassas.
A man barricaded himself and a child inside a room at a home in Manassas at on March 4.
Police said they went to the home in the 8700 block of Bretton Woods Drive, just off Liberia Avenue, at 8:40 a.m. to check on the welfare of the family who lived there. When officers arrived, they heard screaming and then entered the house, said Manassas police spokeswoman Adrienne Helms.
In a room full of differing opinions, wants, and needs Corey Stewart says his job is to broker a deal.
As the At-large Chairman of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors, Stewart is in the middle of a nearly four-month effort to find common ground with taxpayers that want certain county services funded. He also must bridge gaps with fellow Republicans and Democrats on his Board in the second largest county in Virginia who will decide in late April what will be funded in the upcoming fiscal 2016 budget — and what won’t be.
Tonight at 7 p.m., Stafford will be hosting a public hearing at the Falmouth Fire Station to hear from residents about the design of the upcoming phase 4 of the Belmont-Ferry Farm trail.
The trail, a 2,900 linear foot, 10-foot wide asphalt trail along River Road in Fredericksburg, has been a work in progress since the 90s, according to Chris Hoppe, a project manager for the county.
Prince William County Attorney Angela Horan has been promoted and will be appointed as a judge on the county’s district court, starting July 1.
Horan, who has served as Prince William’s top legal advisor for the past six years, will be replacing one of the two county judges who will be moving to the Circuit Court.
Starting March 17, local photographer and artist Hannele Lahti’s work will be displayed at Manassas City Hall.
Her photograph exhibit that will be features is called ‘Ebb & Flow’ and focuses on movement in photography.
Bus riders could soon pay more on OmniRide and OmniLink buses, and an OmniRide route faces elimination.
The agency that operates the buses, the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission, will hold two public hearing this week on its “austere” $68.2 million fiscal year 2016 budget. The transit agency states there are “major funding uncertainties” in the coming years, especially in 2017, such as 10% decline in state funding and flat federal funds.
