The Rappahannock River near Interstate 95 is open to boaters once again — at least for now.
The river channel that passes underneath the Rappahannock Falls Bridge that carries I-95 traffic over the waterway has is now open for recreational traffic. Prior today, boaters had to use a portage that was put into place in December 2019 to get to the water.
The Freedom Museum has been housed inside the Manassas Regional Airport for the past 20 years.
This year, it’ll be looking for a new home.
One of four bridges that carry drivers on Interstate 95 over Route 17 near Falmouth is too low.
There are signs all over the intersection in Stafford County waring trucks that are too tall to go under the bridge to take another route. In fact, if a truck that’s too tall approaches the bridge a blaring alarm rings out in an effort to warn the driver. It can be an unsettling sound if you’re driving by when this happens.
The Stafford Education Foundation will host its first annual gala to benefit county schools.
Organizers Cathy Yablonski, Stafford Hosptial Administrator, and Emily Beyers, a Stafford County school spokeswoman, briefed the county School Board on the event.
Lee Enterprises is buying Berkshire Hathaway Media Group’s newspaper publications, of which The Free Lance-Star is a part, for $140 million in cash, according to a news release Wednesday morning.
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.
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.
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.
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.
