Multiple filters are in need of replacement as they can no longer catch the sediments and particles that flow through the plant.
The Stafford Board of Supervisors ordered the repairs and voted to amend a contract originally meant for CH2MHill Inc., a Delaware based engineering company that had originally completed project design in 2018, had originally been contracted to make repairs to the Smith Lake Water Treatment Plant in at Smith Lake Park.
A recycling program at the R-Board Regional Landfill in Stafford County acts as an alternative to dropping items off at businesses, such as big-box retailers that may charge recycling fees.
The program uses proceeds from electronic recycling to donate to several organizations.
The Manassas City Council has urged the General Assembly to support gun safety legislation including:
At a city council meeting on November 25, Councilman Mark Wolfe motioned for the resolution and Vice Mayor Pamela Sebesky seconded it. All members except voted yes, except Councilwoman Theresa Coates Ellis, who abstained from the vote.
A pair of bald eagles have nested in Manassas for years.
Now, a documentary about the birds seeks to draw attention to the birds and the possible threat to their habitat as new houses and a hotel are going up on the city’s last piece of developable land: the Landing at Cannon Branch at Godwin Drive and Gateway Boulevard.
The new name would put the city’s airport — one of the busiest in the state — on the map, literally.
In a unanimous vote on Monday, Nov. 25, the Manassas City Council will urge Virginia Railway Express to change the name of the first station on the system’s Manassas line from Broad Run / Airport to Manassas Airport Station.
Just like commuters fight traffic, Stafford County will fight grease.
Clogged water pipes have become a significant problem for the county’s plumbing infrastructure.
City leaders on Monday phoned in their order to the owners of the Carmello’s and Monza restaurants.
The award-winning fine-dining restaurants are both owned by restauranteur Alice Peres, and she now has 30 days to remove the brick wall, black shutters, and chair railing on the wall, or face possible fines imposed by the city.
It’s become one of my favorite, annual Christmastime traditions — seeing the President’s Own Marine Corps Band perform live at the National Museum of the Marine Corps.
The Marine Corps Band will perform at 7:30 p.m on Saturday, Dec. 14 inside the museum’s Leatherneck Gallery, as it does every year. The concert is free to attend, but the band always packs the house, so you’ll want to arrive early to get a good seat.
Dark Star Saloon & Cafe serves fresh farm-to-fork, gourmet food in a casual environment.
A new 1,400-space, seven-floor commuter parking deck will be built between Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center and Wegmans in Woodbridge, where a new Potomac Nationals baseball stadium was slated to go.
The stadium deal fell through in 2o17 when the team and county leaders couldn’t reach a stadium financing deal. The team moved to Fredericksburg, became the Fredericksburg Nationals, and is slated to play ball in a new $30 million stadium in April.
