The Dizzy Pig Barbecue Company, headquartered in Manassas, has announced that they will be hosting outdoor cooking classes throughout the year for residents to attend.

The company, founded in 2002, became known for their line of thirteen seasonings and other barbecue products, which are all made locally.


The Rappahannock Regional Solid Waste Management Board (R-Board) met Monday to readdress the newly instituted fee system for the landfills being used by Stafford County and City of Fredericksburg residents.

At an earlier meeting, they had voted for a new fee system, which would cost residents up to $12 a load to drop off their garbage at an area landfill.


A police officer and a animal control officer went to help a dog off a roof.

The Manassas City 911 dispatch reported they received a call about a dog on a roof. Two officers from the city’s police department were sent to the area of Cockrell Road and Corporate Circle about 5:30 p.m. There they helped the owners of the large dog off a roof.


Virginia’s only commuter railroad says it needs to raise fares by 4% to pay for increased operations costs. Virginia Railway Express is giving its customers a chance to weigh in on the proposed increase at a series of upcoming meetings.

The transit agency says riders can find more about the fare increase on its website.


Chapman, a graduate of Prince William County Public Schools, and graduate of George Mason University has been running his own business for 20 years.

In the community, Chapman has worked as an ESL teacher, and has served as Chairman of the Prince William County Family Alliance, Vice Chairman of the Prince William County Schools Career and Technical Education Committee, and the Vice Chairman of the Prince William Tax Payers Alliance.


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