MANASSAS — It’s almost like having a new hospital.
Officials on Thursday gathered at Novant/UVA Health System Prince William Medical Center in Manassas on Tuesday to usher a new era at the medical facility.
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OCCOQUAN — This time, he won.
Corey Stewart walked into the Electric Palm Restaurant in Occoquan at 9:19 p.m. Tuesday to a sea of chanting fans.
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MANASSAS — Imagine sitting at the dinner table munching on a dragon burger and sipping on a health potion while playing a game of Dungeons and Dragons.
That fantasy will soon be a reality when The Crossroads Tabletop Tavern opens in Downtown Manassas. It has long been a dream of owner John Hornberger to operate a gaming restaurant where patrons can dine on game themed food while playing the tabletop game of their choice.
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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — Melvin Reynolds never envisioned himself as a foster parent.
But he took in his first youth in need, a 17-year-old boy, seven years ago. Reynolds worked with youth in residential care and then, one day, found himself taking care of foster children in his Montclair home.
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STAFFORD — Virginia is facing a big problem when it comes to college graduates.
There are more college graduates leaving Virginia for other U.S. states than moving into Virginia from other U.S. states. The most common reason that college graduates are moving out of state is to pursue a job opportunity.
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MANASSAS — Manassas residents face another tax hike to fund city schools.
A new funding agreement approved by the city’s joint finance committee will head to the city council and could increase the property tax rate by more than 10 cents over the next three years. It would come on top of tax increases levied in recent by city leaders for new capital projects like a new public safety center on Grant Avenue.
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DUMFRIES — Dumfries officials will close on a new town hall building in the coming weeks.
The town will purchase the private office building built in 2008 located next to the current town hall building located at 17755 Main Street. The building will serve as a meeting place for Town Council, boards and commissions, and town administrative offices. A portion of the building is already home to the town’s police station.
LAKE RIDGE — A restauranteur will make another go of it at Tacketts Mill.
A restaurant space largely vacant for more nearly 20 years will serve up dishes once again in Lake Ridge.
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MANASSAS — CenterFuse, the co-working space in Downtown Manassas, celebrated its first year in business.
The open-air co-work space seats about 30 people and also includes three private offices to support entrepreneurs so they can start their business and have a place to work outside the home office, or a place where employees of established companies may work remotely.
The weekend rolled in with a bang late Friday night.
A massive thunderstorm hovered overhead producing a light show of frequent blue flashes, followed up by thundering booms that would rival the sounds that emanate from the munitions training ranges and Quantico.