The middle portion of Stafford County is going through an industrial awakening, of sorts.
There is renewed interest from manufacturers in developing parcels of land near the Stafford Regional Airport on Centreport Parkway. But conditions on the land, known as proffers, set back in the 1980s and 90s, are holding things up, county officials say.
More people are overdosing on heroin in Manassas.
City Police Chief Douglas Keen reports there have been 56 total heroin overdoses in the city in the past year. That’s an increase of 70 percent over the previous year.
Where people once used to go hit the links, they’ll now be hitting the books.
Manassas Park agreed to $3.1 million deal with Maryland-based Library Systems & Services to create and manage a new library at the site of the old Generals Ridge Golf Course, now called Bloom’s Park, over the course of 10 years.
Fox News Channel anchor Bret Baier, one of the co-moderators of a town hall featuring Micheal Bloomberg told his TV audience there were multiple protests happening Monday night in Manassas.
For about a minute, the hour-long town hall that was broadcast live on the Fox News Channel from the Hilton Performing Arts Center in Manassas went off the rails.
There’s a new Board of County Supervisors in Prince William, and some elected leaders on the public body are looking for ways to serve more people outside of regular meeting dates and times.
Supervisors have been talking about holding more evening sessions so that commuters might have the opportunity to come and speak on an issue. Occoquan District Supervisor Kenny Boddye has also suggested meetings to be held on Saturdays, something that is unheard of in Prince William County but commonplace for the Arlington County Board, which holds its regular meetings at 8:30 a.m.
While there are only a handful of homes in Stafford County that are listed for rent on the popular property-sharing website AirBNB, there are lots of individual rooms for rent.
On Airbnb, customers can use a website to reserve a property in the same manner as a hotel. Customers are, however, snagging a room at someone’s home rather than an established hotel.
Two women business owners are now vying to be the next Manassas mayor.
Theresa Coates Ellis announced late Thursday night that she’ll seek the office of Manassas mayor in the city’s November General Election.
Don’t toss it. Fix it. That’s the concept for a new “fix-it fair” that could take place this summer in Prince William County.
The idea: have residents bring their slightly damaged or unworking items to the fair, have them repaired, resulting in fewer items being tossed into the county landfill.
The Fredericksburg Nationals will be playing their home opener in a brand new “state of the art” facility on April 23.
Pretty exciting. Pro baseball featuring future Washington Nationals in a brand new stadium right here in our home town.
