MANASSAS — City residents may continue overheating about a proposed auto repair shop until at least the new year.
The city is reviewing plans for a proposed 4,005 square foot Meineke auto repair shop to be located in Wellington Station shopping center at 10024 Dumfries Road in Manassas.
TRIANGLE (Press Release) – As part of its ongoing efforts to address aging park infrastructure and improve future visitor experiences, Prince William Forest Park will increase its per vehicle entrance fee to $15 on January 1, 2019. In 2020, the park will increase all entrance fees to meet nationwide standards.
“The new entrance fees will help us tackle backlogged maintenance and repair projects,” Superintendent Tanya Gossett said. “As our visitation grows, the wear and tear on the park’s infrastructure increase. We want Prince William Forest Park to continue to be your favorite place to relax and enjoy well-maintained trails, clean and comfortable campgrounds, sturdy and scenic bridges and the park’s many other amenities.”
MANASSAS — Micron is making an effort to get to better know its neighbors.
On Monday, company leaders addressed a packed room of politicians and business leaders at a Prince William Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Committee meeting.
Here’s today’s OPM status.
WOODBRIDGE — Prince William officials want to give the county’s water tanks a makeover.
A new Prince William County wordmark will be painted on the sides of Service Authority water tanks throughout the county.
STAFFORD — Stafford County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Scott Kizner has followed through with a promise to draft a policy that will allow transgender students to use the locker and bathrooms of their choice.
The policy will allow transgender students to use the locker rooms that correspond with their self-identified gender identity. They’ll need a confirmation letter from either a parent, health care provider, school staff member familiar with the student or other family members or friends to do so, according to the new policy.
DUMFRIES — James McCarty has been appointed the new police chief in Dumfries.
McCarty was already serving as interim chief after former chief Nicholas Esposito resigned in October after about a year and a half on the job.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — It’s still early in the effort to improve Route 28 between Manassas and Fairfax County.
It’s been dubbed the worst road in Northern Virginia with nightmare commute times for those who must use it to get to Interstate 66, to Virginia tech corridor around Dulles Airport.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY – (Press Release) The Board of County Supervisors authorized the County Attorney to engage with outside legal counsel to investigate potential legal actions against entities engaged in the manufacturing, marketing, sales and distribution of opioids.
The Board’s action comes on the heels of a lawsuit filed by the Virginia Attorney General against Purdue Pharmaceuticals and its subsidiaries earlier this year. Any and all damages recovered in that lawsuit would be awarded to the Commonwealth, not to the individual localities affected by opioid addiction.
