The Dark Star Saloon is known for its straight-from-the-farm to the table philosophy when it comes to its food.
It’s also known for its dining room covered in memorabilia celebrating the 1960s, with nods to bands like “The Who” and “The Grateful Dead.” In fact, the name of the saloon is taken from a Grateful Dead song released in 1968.
He didn’t make it very far.
A man who had just been released from the Rappahannock Regional Jail was found a short time later inside of the Rowser Building, at 1739 Jefferson Davis Highway in Stafford, which is home to the county’s parks and recreation department.
A woman in her 80s is the second person to die from the coronavirus in Stafford County.
The county reports:
Dina Qureshi, a 26-year old engineer with Dominion Energy, bought a sewing machine.
For months, it sat unused — until now.
Stafford Schools has taken a giant leap by announcing a graduation ceremony for high school seniors, joining Manassas City Public Schools in being one of the first area school divisions to set a date amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The tentative graduation date is August 1 at 8 a.m., but according to Superintendent Scott Kizner, nothing is set-in-stone.
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.
