Stafford approves the second round of funding for local libraries to deal with the coronavirus.
The Stafford County Board of Supervisors voted to release the second round of funding to the Central Rappahannock Regional Library. The library will receive $31,700 from the federal CARES Act funding to deal with expenses incurred for Fiscal Year 2021 to deal with the Coronavirus outbreak in their buildings.
Manassas leaders made clear that the E.G. Smith Baseball Complex, the land owned by the city where children come to play baseball and softball, is not for sale.
But, if someone wanted to buy it and build something that would bring thousands of jobs to the city, leaders wouldn’t hesitate to sell the property. The 18-acre site at the corner of Godwin Drive and Route 28 on the edge of the city has been on the Real Estate market for 20 years.
Manassas police released the details of a breaking and entering where a man was nearly stabbed to death.
The victim stated his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend entered the residence through a window and once inside, grabbed a knife and attempted to stab the victim multiple times. The victim was able to lock himself in a bedroom and call the police.
Prince William Health District
Seven people are reported to be is hospitalized with the disease, representing an average hospitalization rate of 0.6% per 100,000 of the 465,000 people in the county. The number increased by six from yesterday.
Prince William Health District
One person is hospitalized with the disease, representing an average hospitalization rate of 0.06% per 100,000 of the 465,000 people in the county,
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The cost of extending Conner Drive, a two-lane street in Manassas Park, has increased by 525% to $2.5 million. And it could go up from there, but city leaders want to get the ball rolling. City leaders say it cost more than expected to relocate utility lines. the effort to extend the street to connect Route 28 with Euclid Avenue first appeared on the radar in 2011. See more in the upcoming meeting agenda, on page 64 of 76.
Of more than a half-million people who live in the Prince William Health District, as of today, four are hospitalized with complications from the coronavirus.
With 525,000 residents, the district includes Prince William County and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.
The future of baseball in Manassas will be discussed at a City Council work session Monday night.
The Greater Manassas Baseball League, which offers baseball to boys and girls between the ages of eight and 18, will meet with elected leaders to discuss the future of its E.G. Smith Baseball Complex, formerly an eight-baseball field complex at the corner of Route 28 and Godwin Drive.
Occoquan residents will once again hear the blaring sound of a warning siren used to alert residents in the event of a dam break.
Fairfax Water will sound the siren on Wednesday, November 18, at 10 a.m. According to the water service’s website, the sirens were installed to warn residents of the Town of Occoquan, which lies below the dam, “in the highly unlikely” even of a massive failure.
