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Traffic is moving again on Prince William Street in Manassas.
The project that began in late 2018, to widen the two-lane street, install new curb and gutter along the street to handle stormwater, and to add new bike lanes and a new sidewalk is finally complete.
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Stafford County Schools superintendent Dr. Scott Kizner announced that he will resign from his position just two-and-a-half years after taking the reins. He will step down about a year from now.
Kizner, 62, announced his decision with a statement he wrote prior to the School Board meeting on Tuesday night.
They’re not wasting any time. Work to bring down the Truslow Road bridge over Interstate 95 will begin this week.
Demolition of the two-lane bridge will make way for an extension E-ZPass Express toll lanes that will be extended down the median of the highway to southern Stafford County, from Garrisonville Road in the northern end of the county.
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At about 10 square miles, Manassas isn’t a large city. And when it comes to the available on which to build, there’s not much left.
At Monday night’s City Council meeting, this fact was highlighted as city leaders reviewed the Manassas Comprehensive Plan, a document that will outline and guide development in the city of the next 20 years.
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Business in Manassas is looking up, according to the city’s economic development director.
In fact, there are more jobs available right now in the city than there are people to fill them. “The city is prosperous,” said city economic development director Patrick Small during a city council meeting on Monday, January 27.
An upbeat attitude was evident at the First Annual FredNats Hot Stove Banquet, held Sunday at the Fredericksburg Expo Center in Fredericksburg.
“It’s hot stove tonight!” said Geoff Lassiter, Carolina League president.
Police in Manassas are searching for the person they say shot two teenagers sitting inside a parked car in Georgetown South.
The shooting occurred last week and now police are asking the public to help identify a woman pictured in these two fliers.
Authorities in Stafford County are telling us today about a police pursuit that took place on Route 17 on Friday.
The suspect in the chase faces charges of driving under the influence.
Fire crews are moving into the new Fire Station 14 on Shelton Shop Road, near its intersection with Garrisonville Road in North Stafford.
The new $8.3 million structure will replace an older modular budding that has been housing the crew and its fire and rescue apparatus.