The Spotsylvania Animal Shelter is holding a goat found on Massey Road, and it wants the owner to call.
He has the beard, the swept horns, and the look of a buck who left the yard. The shelter called him “he.” It did not name a breed. The photos show a tan coat, a darker face, and a black beard. It is a goat.
The Prince William Committee of 100 and the League of Women Voters of the Prince William and Fauquier Area will hold the forum Thursday, Oct. 15, the committee said. Doors open at 6 p.m. The forum runs 6:15 to 7:30 p.m. at the Manassas Community Center, 8750 Sudley Road. The flyer names Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, the Democrat from Ashburn, and Dave Beckwith, the Republican from Sterling. Bruce Potter, publisher of InsideNoVa, is the moderator. The event is free, open to the public, and does not require registration. Seating is limited.
City staff is recommending the council approve a rezoning at 9007 Center St., InsideNoVa reports. The plan is 162 apartments and a five-story, 536-space garage on the former Manassas Ice & Fuel site. The city bought the land in 2025. A hotel on the old Olde Towne Inn property is not part of this vote. Potomac Local already covered the Planning Commission recommendation.
High school students from across the Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) region are invited to participate in Dialogue for Democracy at George Mason University!
Hosted by the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, this event offers high school students an opportunity to engage in meaningful conversations about democracy, civic engagement, and the importance of understanding different perspectives.
Mathis Avenue in Manassas Park is shut down between Conner Drive and Hardees Drive after a hit-and-run crash struck a telephone pole, a Manassas Park Police alert said.
The department said crews expect the road to stay closed about 12 hours while the pole is repaired. The alert did not name a driver, a vehicle, or injuries, and it did not give a crash time.
The deadline to pay Manassas personal property taxes without a penalty is Oct. 5, the city said.
Payments can be made at manassasva.gov/paymybill. A check paid after 5 p.m. can go in the night box on the left side of City Hall.
Marine Corps Base Quantico listed live-fire training from Oct. 2 through Oct. 16, including overnight operations, the base said.
Oct. 2 is 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., a live-fire demo of 50 pounds and below, non-fragmentation. Oct. 7 is 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., the same class plus 7.62mm. Oct. 8 runs 8 a.m. to midnight. A multi-day range starts Oct. 9 at 6 a.m. and ends Oct. 14 at 8 p.m., and adds missiles and rockets. Oct. 15 is 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., 15 pounds and below. Oct. 16 is 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., 50 pounds and below. The base said schedules can change and that residents can expect some noise because training is continuous. Noise advisories are at quantico.marines.mil.
Manassas was the biggest rival for the IBM campus that opened in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, in 1965, the News & Observer reports, in an item drawn from a new book on the park.
The item says that campus employed 1,000 people, more than half of them local, and that Virginia’s massive resistance after Brown v. Board of Education steered IBM to North Carolina. It says the last segregated school in Manassas stayed open until 1966.
Brentsville District High School’s agriculture program will install a 30-by-30-foot hoop house with a $5,000 Sprouts Farmers Market grant, Prince William County Public Schools said.
“I am so excited to get it up and have a different type of greenhouse for all of the students to see. All of our students can use it and learn things that are useful for them to feed themselves and their families. This is such a blessing to have, thank you Sprout Farmers Market,” agriculture teacher Amy Beard said. The school page spells it Sprout in that sentence.
Forest Park High School’s FCCLA chapter received an $8,000 Lead4Change grant to expand Roots of a Bruin, its mentoring partnership with Ashland Elementary, Prince William County Public Schools said.
“Our partnership with Ashland Elementary started two years ago. Helping young students build confidence, teamwork, and communication skills through fun, hands-on experiences like Cupcake Wars inspired us to expand the branches of Roots of a Bruin, which ultimately led to receiving the Lead4Change grant,” Susan Gonzalez, the family and consumer sciences teacher at Forest Park, said.
