From the press release:
Steve Smith, MD, has been named president and chief operating officer for Novant Health UVA Health System Prince William Medical Center and Novant Health UVA Health System Haymarket Medical Center. Most recently, Smith served as vice president of medical affairs for the health system.
From the Prince William police press release:
Armed Robbery – On August 27 at 2:25AM, officers responded to the Babylon Cafe located at 3081 Golansky Blvd in Woodbridge (22193) to investigate a robbery. An employee reported to police that he was approached by two unknown masked men, one armed with a handgun, when he opened the back door to the business. The suspects ordered the employee back into the business where they forced him to open a safe. The suspects took an undisclosed amount of money before tying the employee to a chair and fleeing the business. No injuries were reported. A police K-9 searched for the area for the suspects who were not located.
From the Manassas City police report:
Robbery
On this edition of the Potomac Local Podcast, reporter Olivia Briscoe joins me to talk about her reporting on the Prince William County Landfill, and about how plastics are piling up there.
She reported this week that, since a decision made by China earlier this year to stop accepting used plastics for recycling, that waste has been piling up at the local landfill.
MANASSAS — A new Mediterranean restaurant called Strofi is coming to Manassas. It will open in the Shops at Signal Hill on Liberia Avenue, across from Aldi.
Strofi owners Lidiia and Benan Aksoylu are a married couple with a desire to bring authentic Mediterranean food to Manassas. Benan is Turkish and explained that gyro, while typically seen in Greek restaurants here in the U.S., has its roots in a popular Turkish street food known as döner. He and Lidiia want to bring that same authentic dish to Manassas.
Good Morning Prince William – SERVE in Manassas urgently needs volunteer groups (min. age 16) to purchase, prepare and serve a meal at the SERVE Family Shelter. Dates meals are needed are Sep. 2, 3, 9 and 23. This is the perfect opportunity to gather your friends and family to share your favorite menu […]
STAFFORD — State officials are moving ahead with development at Widewater State Park.
Around since 2006, the park makes up most of a peninsula between the Potomac River and Aquia Creek. State Senator Scott Surovell (D-36, Fairfax, Stafford, Woodbridge) said that it was important to fund new staff positions at the park. The fight for funding was also led, in the past by former Delegate, now Stafford County Supervisor Mark Dudenhefer.
WOODBRIDGE — Virginia is one of the states that has yet to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, but a group in Prince William County is trying to change that.
It kicked off their effort on Women’s Equality Day, Sunda, Aug. 26, at the Ferlazzo Building in Woodbridge where they watched Iron Jawed Angels and shared the microphone with ERA champ and television star Alyssa Milano.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — Prince William County officials recently gave education software company Scriyb, LLC, an additional 15 months to relocate its headquarters within the county or face the prospect of repaying its $100,000 economic development grant.
Scriyb is one of at least five companies that have received $400,000 in county funds since 2016 aimed at generating economic development, but it’s the only one facing the prospect of repaying its grant. The company so far has been unable to find a suitable location for its operations.
From Manassas police:
Vandalism
