MANASSAS — Just in time for winter, Manassas added more snow emergency routes to the map.
Residents and business owners along these routes should be aware to move their cars ahead of impending winter weather:
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MANASSAS — (Press Release) On November 29, 2018 at approximately 1:51 p.m., officers of the Manassas City Police Department responded to the area of Signal Hill Rd and Fairview Ave for a report of shots fired.
A witness reported to police they observed a subject discharging a firearm from a moving vehicle. There have been no reported injuries or property damage in connection with this incident.
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STAFFORD — (Press Release) Two suspects believed to be behind a shooting of a residence in the northern end of the county were arrested on Tuesday evening by deputies with the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office.
On November 27, 2018, at approximately 6:11 p.m., a caller reported hearing a shot and believed a bullet entered his apartment located in the 1000 block of Providence Street near the Stafford Marketplace shopping center. Sgt. Zotos arrived on scene and observed two subjects near a vehicle who proceeded to quickly flee on foot. He gave chase and lost sight of the subjects in the woods behind the apartments.
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STAFFORD — A new FRED express bus route that will run between Stafford and Quantico.
The Stafford County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved the service which comes after an agreement between Quantico Marine Corps Base and Fredericksburg Regional Transit. Supervisors agreed to fund the $32,000 service for a six-month trial period.
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MANASSAS — Micron Technology is the biggest user of water in Manassas.
And, they’re about to get even bigger. Once the chip maker opens its $3 billion expansion in 10 years — the largest economic development project in Virginia history — the tech giant will increase its water demand by 1.3 million gallons per day.
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HAYMARKET — The Tough Mudder Classic will be held this year in Haymarket.
This new race is an extension of multiple strength and endurance events held each year by the Tough Mudder organization.
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STAFFORD — A Maryland firm won’t pay Stafford County’s Merchant’s Capital tax for 30 years should it move ahead with plans to build a warehouse near the county’s airport.
The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted unanimously to waive the tax that is levied on a company’s amount of stock on hand, in exchange for the construction of a 485,000 square-foot warehouse space designed for e-commerce.
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STAFFORD — Two of the three police officers politicians promised parents would protect Stafford’s elementary school are in place.
Sheriff David Decatur is working to hire the third deputy to make good on the $481,000 promise to place school protection officers in three county elementary schools. When the elementary school protection officer pilot program was approved by the Stafford County Board of Supervisors in May, the goal was to have the three part-time deputies in place by the start of the 2018-19 school year.
Arrested on November 19:
Richard Steven WINDSOR, 30, of 1602 Hylton Ave in Woodbridge