OCCOQUAN, Va. — Mayor Earnie Porta has decided he won’t seek reelection after nearly seven years on the job.
The popular Democrat announced today there are new things in life that we wants to occupy his time with, though there was no indication that he would seek higher office in a local or state seat if one were to become available.
PRTC will put its emergency service plan (ESP) into effect for all of its buses at noon today.
Only its OmniLink local buses in Prince William, Manassas, and Manassas Park, had been running on the ESP.
Updated 9:30 a.m Wednesday
The snow emergency put into effect on Jan. 21, 2014 in the City of Manassas has been lifted at 9 a.m. today, Jan. 22, 2014. This means that snow emergency routes will be open for parking in designated areas.
Two Manassas-area business women are raising money to help children.
Vice President of EE Wine Energy Judy Wine, and Vice President of Novant Health’s physician and ambulatory division Heather Huneycutt, are working to raise $38,000 for March of Dimes, contributing to a goal set for the Manassas and Prince William area of $188,500.
Stafford facing possible shortfall — Early budget estimates show Stafford County could face a $8.4 million gap in the upcoming fiscal year, largely because of state and federal requirements such as providing retirement benefits to teachers and staff. [Fredericksburg.com]
New Home Builds Less Lucrative in Prince William — Those who say that Prince William County should slow down on building new homes until the current infrastructure has time to catch up may get their wish, but not at the county’s request. [Bristow Beat]
A coastal low moving in from the Atlantic will meet the winter storm that is slated to bring us at least 4 inches of snow today.
That low will make the storm intensify, say meteorologists at the National Weather Service, and that has prompted them to increase forecast snow totals for the region.
FOUND HOUND
We could begin seeing winter weather develop across our area about 8 a.m.
Wintry precipitation will begin over West Virginia about 4 a.m. and the storm will gradually work its way east, according to a new graphic produced by the National Weather Service. The region should be seeing snow by 10 a.m. and it could accumulate anywhere between four and eight inches, according to the weather service’s most recent text forecast.
Local school systems
Prince William County
Transportation officials in Virginia are paying close attention to the weather tonight. By 4 a.m., VDOT says there will be more than 4,000 pieces of equipment out on area highways — salt trucks and plows.
There is at least four inches of snow in the forecast Tuesday, and VDOT officials say that after two inches of snow has fallen residents can begin using the state’s plow map to see the status of snow plowing in their neighborhood.
