Manassas City Councilman Ian Lovejoy will lead a crowd barhopping through Downtown Manassas at midnight.

He’s hosting the event in honor of the first phase of reopenings of Northern Virginia beginning at midnight tonight, as restaurants in the city will be allowed to reopen with outdoor seating, at 50% capacity for the first time since being largely shuttered at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in March.


Politicians and the Virginia Chamber of Commerce are pushing back on an order from Governor Ralph Northam’s latest executive order requiring everyone to wear masks.

Jurisdictions in Northern Virginia, including Prince William County, are set to join the rest of the state at midnight in the first phase of reopening following the coronavirus pandemic. Anyone over the age of 10 must wear a mask in a public space to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the governor decreed.


A decrease in coronavirus related hospitalizations seems too good to be true without a vaccine, yet that where Virginia is trending.

The numbers of cases in Virginia were previously increasing daily by the hundreds and even thousands according to charts form the Virginia Department of Health. Now, case numbers are increasing only by double digits.


The Manassas City Council voted unanimously on Monday, May 18 to close streets to help restaurant owners as they move into Phase 1 of the reopening of the City.

Gov. Ralph Northam today announced Manassas, along with surrounding jurisdictions to include Fairfax and Prince William counties, and Manassas Park, will enter the first phase of the governor’s reopening plan on Friday, May 29, following his stay-at-home order in March prompted by the coronavirus pandemic.


Brit’ne D’nae Pickett, 33, of Triangle, Virginia went to be with the Lord unexpectedly on May 27, 2020 at home with her loving husband and children.

Brit’ne is survived by her husband LoRell, her children Kayden and Destini, her grandparents Joan Crawford and Ollie Sangster, her parents Tracy (Carmen) Boswell, Ronald (Gracie) Taylor, Lavonne Pickett, and Paul (Angelique) Pickett, brothers D’Ron, Gabe, Darien, Angel and Marquis, sisters Tanita…


On Monday night’s Manassas City Council meeting, Assistant Development Director Nicole Smith addressed elected leaders with an update on what the Economic Development Department is doing to help city businesses.

On May 29, Northern Virignia, to include Prince William County and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park, are poised to enter the first phase of a reopening plan laid out by Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam that would allow restaurants to begin offering outside dining, operating at 50% capacity.


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