With fewer volunteers on hand to take care of animals during the spread of the coronavirus, an effort is underway to clear the shelters.
Between Thursday, March 26 and Wednesday, April 1, the BISSELL Pet Foundation will help foot the bill to lower adoption fees for their shelter animals at the Fredericksburg SPCA, located at 10819 Courthouse Road.
Fredericksburg has reported its first confirmed case of coronavirus.
It brings the total number of cases in the Rappahannock Area Health District to 13. There are nine cases reported on Stafford County and three in Spotsylvania County.
Sitting six feet apart in an empty board chamber, Superintendent Scott Kizner and School Board Chair Holly Hazard broadcasted to a thousand concerned parents, students, staff, and community members viewing from a distance, behind the safety of their screens, about the impacts of the coronavirus on the Stafford County Public School System.
The large takeaway — nothing is certain.
Daniel Clyde Thomas Sr., fondly known as Boone, passed away peacefully with his loving children on March 25, 2020. He was born on May 18, 1955 in Fredericksburg, Va. To the late Charles H. Thomas Sr. and Daisy B. Thomas. He is proceeded in death by not only his parents but his beautiful wife Shirley Mae Thomas, his brothers Charles Thomas, William Thomas and Robert Thomas also his grandson Daniel Cleveland Thomas.
Daniel was a humble, God…
Cleaning wipes, flushable wipes, paper towels, and rags are being found in sanitary sewers at an alarming rate, area officials tell Potomac Local News.
People are flushing down the toilet things like baby cleaning wipes, paper towels, tissues, dental floss, and tampons, and other sanitary products.
Prince William County has donated $30,000 to area food pantries in the wake of the spreading coronavirus.
The donation is in an effort to ensure the most vulnerable families in the community have access to food. Several food banks have seen a decline in donations in the wake of the pandemic.
The Manassas City Council unanimously voted to give local restaurants a break.
In a bipartisan decision at a special meeting Monday night, leaders opted to extend the deadline for city eateries to pay their monthly meals taxes. Originally due this month on March 20, restaurants now have until June 20 to pay their meals taxes accumulated for the months of March, April, and May.
If you can donate them or make them, Stafford County officials are pleading with the public for N95 protective masks.
Businesses that are not using them are being asked to donate them, and sewists are being asked to make protective masks.
In an eerie and nearly empty city council chamber, Manassas leaders moved ahead with the city’s annual budget process in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
The City Council on Monday, March 16, 2020, chose to advertise a property tax rate of $1.48 per every $100 of the assessed Real Estate property value for its budget for Fiscal Year 2021, which begins July 1.
The City of Manassas Park has declared an emergency as the city has closed its offices, and is implementing safety protocols in the light of the coronavirus outbreak, including a food hotline for the senior community.
In accordance with the Governor’s order to limit public gatherings, the City is complying to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, and to protect our residents. Effective today, City Hall will be closed to the public, except by appointments only. See: https://t.co/KmNNySJNFH pic.twitter.com/gGwMQXPe5K
