After years of discussion on whether it would or it wouldn’t, it appears Manassas will stay with the Prince William County Library System.
As far back as 2016, the city officials had talked about leaving the public library system, of which it had been a member of since 1976, in favor of building its own library.
The coronavirus outbreak has Manassas leaders predicting some changes to the city’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2021.
Manassas City Manager Patrick Pate said that a decline in tax revenues, particularly the meals tax, will leave less for the city to spend in the coming fiscal year which begins July 1. Many restaurants have either had to close or pivot their business models, like offering curbside or delivery service only.
Police say they’ve identified two of three people who walked into at a Home Depot store and made off with items without paying for them.
Police first told us off about the case on Friday, April 3, 2020, by posting a “can you identify?” bulletin for thefts of tools that occurred at the store, located at 8805 Liberia Avenue in Manassas. The men in the photos labeled “Suspect 1” and “Suspect 2” have been identified.
Coming out of the dark? Osbourn High School in Manassas is the first in our region to announce it would hold an in-person graduation ceremony in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Potomac Local News’ Susie Webb broke this story late Monday night.
From the National Weather Service:
At 12:22 p.m., a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located 7 miles southwest of Montclair, or 8 miles southwest of Dale City, moving northeast at 35 mph.
Gov. Ralph Northam recently signed a bill to cap the costs of prescription insulin copays at $50 per month, one of the lowest caps in the country.
House Bill 66, sponsored by Del. Lee Carter, D-Manassas, originally aimed to cap the costs of prescription insulin copays at $30 per month. By the time the bill passed the Senate, the cap was amended to $50 per month.
Flames went up and a sprinkler system activated at a Stafford County apartment complex.
Fire crews were called Friday, April 11, 2020, at 6:22 a.m., to 855 Abberley Drive, near the Cavalier Family Skating Center, for a report of a fire in a third-floor apartment.
Former Stafford County Hartwood District Supervisor Joe Brito has proposed building a new road that would connect five separate roadways west of Interstate 95 with a new four-lane highway.
The conceptual highway would run north to south and would include connecting Mine Road and Route 610 (Garrisonville Road) to Centreport Parkway. Also, part of the idea contains a reconstructed Berea Church Road, which would join to Celebrate Virginia Parkway and would cross the Rappahannock River and connect to Carl D. Silver Parkway in Fredericksburg, and would end at Harrison Road in Spotsylvania County.
Monday is going to be a very windy and stormy day in our area. A high-wind advisory will be in effect for our area from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, April 12.
The High Wind Warning has been expanded to include south-central MD. Sustained winds of 20-30 mph, with gusts up to 60 mph expected. The High Wind Warning will be in effect from 6 AM until 6 PM on Monday. pic.twitter.com/3hKsHK9Usv
Raymond Donnaill Wallace was born on January 27, 1953 and passed away on April 13, 2020. Raymond was a resident of Manassas, Virginia.
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