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Tuesday
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.
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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.
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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.
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The number of coronavirus cases in the Fredericksburg region continues to rise, but when the pandemic comes to a close, area leaders could be dealing with a wave of homelessness.
Fredericksburg’s homeless numbers have held steady at 207 people over the last 10 years. This number includes unsheltered homeless as well as reports of chronic homelessness.
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Stafford County plans to relaunch its Fats, Oils, and Grease, known as FOGs, program after being put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic.
At a recent Infrastructure Committee meeting, members of the Stafford County Board of Supervisors learned the program prevents damage caused by the sludge that flows from kitchen sinks to the county’s pipes and sewers, and out to streams and rivers.
The Winchester Street parking garage in downtown Fredericksburg is now open to the public.
According to a press release from the City, the new parking garage on Winchester Street in Downtown Fredericksburg in now available for parking. Fredericksburg has for the past several years been leasing the Barton Street lot located at the corner of Barton and William streets while the nearby garage was planned and built.