Mason-Dixon Café (Facebook) – The spookiest deal in town is back — kids eat free all day on Halloween! Bring your little monsters in costume and the café will handle the treats. 🎃
Fredericksburg Area Association of REALTORS – The Fredericksburg REALTORS Foundation and Young Professionals Network (YPN) of the Fredericksburg Area Association of REALTORS (FAAR) turned two fun-filled fall events into meaningful community impact, raising nearly $13,000 in one weekend to be granted out to local housing charities. The fundraising began on Friday, October 10, with the annual Par for FAAR Foundation Charity Golf Tournament at Augustine Golf Club.
Proceeds from the Golf Tournament and Cheers for Charity Pub Crawl will support emergency housing assistance and nonprofit organizations serving Fredericksburg-area residents in need.
Fredericksburg Police Department (X) – The Fredericksburg Police Department is investigating a sexual assault that occurred Sunday, October 19, 2025, at approximately 9:00 p.m. on the canal path between Washington Avenue and Emancipation Highway in the area of Cossey Pond. The suspect is described as a male, approximately 5’4’’–5’5’’, medium build, possibly Middle Eastern, Hispanic, or Indian, last seen running toward Emancipation Highway and Mary Washington Boulevard.
The department stated that no weapons were displayed during the incident and that patrols will be increased along the canal path. Anyone with information or footage is urged to contact police or send an anonymous tip via text to “847-411” using the code “FPDtip.” Support for sexual assault victims is available through the Rappahannock Council Against Sexual Assault (RCASA) at rcasa.org or (540) 371-1666.
City leaders will take another look today, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025 at redevelopment plans for the Manassas Shopping Center, the city’s 2026 legislative wish list for Richmond, and a proposal to name a new road near the Manassas Regional Airport “Aviator Avenue.”
The City Council work session begins at 5:30 p.m. in the Community Conference Room, 9027 Center Street. No votes are expected, but the discussion will set the stage for future public hearings and decisions.
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Protect Stafford (Facebook) – Protect Stafford announced its position ahead of the October 21, 2025 Joint Public Hearing of the Stafford County Board of Supervisors and Planning Commission. The group urged supervisors to “adopt meaningful standards” for data centers at the meeting, warning that any delay could allow projects to proceed under weaker rules.
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A transformer malfunction at the Prince William Substation left nearly 4,000 residents and businesses in the dark Sunday night — the third major outage in just over a week to hit the city.
City officials said the outage began around 9:30 p.m. when a bushing failed on a transformer, triggering an automatic shutdown of part of the system. Crews were dispatched immediately and used backfeeding, a method of rerouting electricity through alternate lines, to restore service. Power was fully restored by 10:30 p.m.
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