The Fredericksburg Nationals will be playing their home opener in a brand new “state of the art” facility on April 23.
Pretty exciting. Pro baseball featuring future Washington Nationals in a brand new stadium right here in our home town.
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Hal Parrish II is hanging up the mayor’s sash at the end of the year. The three-term Manassas City mayor announced he won’t seek reelection this fall.
Parrish gathered a group of about 25 people — mostly family, friends, and fellow city council members — Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at Okras restaurant in Downtown Manassas. While there, he went around the room recognizing each person, praising them individually, and then announced his retirement, sources told Potomac Local News.
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David was born on April 9, 1944 and passed away on February 27, 2020. David was a resident of Manassas, Virginia.
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When drivers head out on Manassas streets might want to take it slower, and be extra cautious.
The number of traffic crashes is at a five-year high in the city. When comparing 2019 to the previous year, the number of crashes rose 7%, from 648 in 2018 to 648, respectively.
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When officials decided to start school three weeks before Labor Day, there were some concerns students riding buses to and from school would be sweating due to a lack of air conditioning.
Some cafeteria workers inside the schools also labor without air conditioning. It’s a problem, after all, as temperatures in mid-August can sweltering.
Some businesses make it a point to pay their local taxes, while some others don’t. And it’s those businesses who don’t that have city leaders up in arms.
The Manassas City Council on Monday voted 4-1 to change the way penalties are assessed on those who pay their property taxes late. The city has been charging 10% of the total amount owed if the tax is paid one day late.
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Those who live there know: It floods in Falmouth.
Floodwaters ravaged the Historic Port of Falmouth Park on the Rappahannock River in Summer 2018, leaving behind large trees and debris, and closing River Road, which provides access to the park, for days.
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Police in Manassas are working to determine how a 24-year-old man found inside an apartment died.
Officers were called to the 8300 block of Plantation Laneat 10:52 p.m. Sunday for a report of a found body. The body was identified as Eddie Daniel Munoz, a 24, of Manassas.
With Opening Day on the horizon, fans around the Fredericksburg region are getting ready to welcome in the newly formed Fredericksburg Nationals at their new ballpark on Thursday, April 23.
When preparing to spend your evening at the ballpark, keep in mind the team’s latest backpack policy which will be in effect come Opening Day.
Dr. Yemonja Smalls is bringing her art to the Center for the Arts in Manassas in a current exhibit titled “It’s Complicated”, as well as a talk, book reading, and signing to follow in March.
The art exhibit will go from February 7 – March 27, followed by Yemonja’s talk in the Caton Merchant Gallery at the Center for the Arts on Friday, March 6, from 6 – 7 p.m. There will also be a book reading and signing by Yemonja on Saturday, March 14 from 2 – 4 p.m.