Updated 6 p.m. — The cost to renovate Manassas City Hall ballooned by more than 40%.
It will cost about $13 million to overhaul the City Hall building at 9027 Center Street. The building has been emptied for most of the year so contractors can perform the work.
Jackson Rutledge pitched eight shutout innings with six strikeouts, Sammy Infante had three hits and a two-run double, and the FredNats shut out the Lynchburg Hillcats 2-0 in game one of the 2022 Carolina League North Championship Playoff series in front of 4,000+ fans at Virginia Credit Union Stadium.
The FredNat defense was perfect behind Rutledge after the first batter of the game reached on a bloop single. With the bases loaded for Lynchburg and one out in the 4th inning, Will Bartlett hit a rocket to third base that Trey Lipscomb snared with his glove. Lipscomb fired to second base for the first out, and then Sammy Infante turned the double play to keep the Hillcats off the board.
Mayor Derrick Wood declined an invitation from his opponent, Ebony Lofton, to participate in a debate on the issues facing Dumfries.
In an email to Lofton, Wood states his schedule for the next 55 days until the November 8 General Election is booked. Lofton proposed holding a debate a the town’s Simpson Community Center next to the town hall, at 17757 Main Street.
The Workhouse Arts Center is thrilled to announce the return of a Northern Virginia Halloween season favorite, the Workhouse Haunt, an immersive outdoor haunted trail.
This year’s haunt, “Nightmare Harvest,” will run on weekends from Saturday, October 1, through Saturday, November 5, 2022. Friday and Saturday hours are from 7 to 11 p.m., and Sunday hours are from 7 to 10 p.m.
Stafford County needs nearly 400 poll workers for the General Election on November 8.
The county has 37 polling locations, and each requires about 10 poeple to staff the polls. The polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The state’s only commuter railroad warns of canceled trains on both lines, from Fredericksburg and Manassas to Washington, D.C. The lines are owned by freight railroads CSX and Norfolk Southern, respectively, and without train dispatchers monitoring the traffic on those lines, VRE trains cannot operate.
“Any labor strike would result in the immediate suspension of all Virginia Railway Express train service until a resolution is reached,” VRE penned notice to riders.
Amid residents’ protests, ‘Devlin Technology Park’ data centers on hold for now, developer says — The proposed “Devlin Technology Park,” a project that would have allowed between seven and 11 new data centers to be built behind homes in Bristow, is on hold for now. [Prince William Times]
Dominion Energy announces it will delay Blackwell Substation Project, suggests transmission line may not be necessary — Dominion Energy announces it will delay Blackwell Substation Project, suggests transmission line may not be necessary [Fauquier Now]
On Monday, September 12 at 10:10 a.m., a School Resource Officer assigned to the school at 15201 Neabsco Mills Road was notified by school personnel that a student with a gun was inside the school. The investigation revealed a student, identified as the accused, brought the gun to school, and displayed it to other students while in a bathroom.
The accused gave the firearm to another student before the parties left the bathroom, said police. One of the students posted a photo of the gun on social media showing the firearm on school grounds which was seen by other students.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY
Shooting into a Residential Dwelling
Prince William County will spend more to protect elementary school students.
Virginia’s second-largest school district will hire security assistants at all 63 elementary schools. Qualifications for the job include high school education, prior security experience, and experience working with mentoring children. The starting pay is $39,471.
