Whiskey, haggis, crafts and children’s games will all be on center stage this weekend at Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas.

The arts center will hold its “Hylton in the Highlands: A Festival of Scotland” from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24.


Transportation officials in Virginia say they can improve Interstate 66.

The idea is to make a 25-mile stretch of the highway between Haymarket and the Capital Beltway a multi-modal corridor. This means adding express toll lanes like the I-95 E-ZPass Express Lanes that opened last month and new high-frequency bus service to the corridor.


Greater Manassas leaders beamed with pride on Thursday night, Jan. 15, at the Inter-Service Club Council’s (ISCC) Annual Banquet. 

Mayor Hal Parrish and Judge Carroll A. Weimer, Jr. participated in the volunteer awards ceremony and the installation of the 2015 officers.  City Councilwoman and outgoing ISCC President Sheryl Bass began the event with a call to order.


A veterans’ resource fair will be held Saturday in Dumfries.

The fair will allow veterans the chance to learn more about healthcare options, education opportunities, as well as preventing homelessness.


Stafford leaders were issued a clear edict Tuesday night: there will be no increase in property taxes next year.

The directive comes as County Administrator Anthony Romanello is piecing together the county’s fiscal year 2016 budget that takes effect July 1. The county’s budget picture is mixed – some tax revenues are up this year while others, like money from real estate taxes and personal property taxes, development fees, and state funding decreased.


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