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Road, trail closures planned as part of controlled burn at Manassas battlefield

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Manassas National Battlefield Park Visitor Center is located on Route 234 near Manassas, Virginia.

Manassas National Battlefield Park is preparing for a prescribed fire. We plan to manage the fire on Tuesday, March 9. This date may change depending upon weather conditions. The planned fire will be on about 75 acres near the Deep Cut (west of Featherbed Lane and south of General Trimbles Lane).

This will be the park’s fourth prescribed fire, and it follows successful burns in April 2018 and March and November 2019. The goals of this burn are to restore historic battlefield viewsheds, maintain wildlife habitat, and control woody and invasive species.

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Portion of Winding Creek Road to close for 6 months

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[Photo: VDOT Fredericksburg District]

Route 628 (Winding Creek Road) in Stafford County will be closed between Route 733 (Embrey Mill Road) and Route 1947 (Walpole Street) beginning Monday, March 15.

The road will remain closed for an estimated six months. Road construction will be performed under permit as part of a private development project.

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Breaking News

Exclusive: Stafford public schools teachers to report back to school in April

By Uriah Kiser

Stafford County is calling its teachers back to the classroom.

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Event

Free Concert! “A Celebration of Freedom”

First United Presbyterian Church of Dale City

14391 Minnieville Rd

Dale City, Virginia 22193

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Join the New Dominion Choraliers put on a concert to honor the 250th Anniversary of the USA! The music in this choral concert captures the heart and soul of the American spirit through patriotic tunes and songs from the heartland. Joining the chorus are dancers from Dance Etc. School of the Arts and accompaniment from the talented members of Legacy Brass.

This family friendly and FREE event is perfect for young and old. Kids, parents, and grandparents will be familiar with many of the songs in this inspirational program. There are two opportunities to attend: Saturday, May 2 at 7:30 pm or Sunday, May 3 at 3:30 p.m.

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Obituaries

Eugene George Jobe

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Eugene was born in Exeter, California to Elmer Norris Jobe and Gertrude Eugenia Jobe on August 12, 1931. He married Angelina Marcello Jobe on November 10, 1951 in Barrington, RI. He was a decorated Veteran of the U.S. Navy serving 28 years. He began his career as a Seabee in MCB1 then as a Civil Engineer Corps Officer. His tours of duty included: Korea, Japan, wintering over in the Antarctic as a part of Operation Deep Freeze 2, Da Nang, Vietnam and Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico before retiring from the Navy in Middletown, Rhode Island where he and Angie spent 30 years. Post Navy retirement he managed construction of Bend Boat Basin in Portsmouth, RI and held various civil engineering contractor positions with the Navy Undersea Warfare Center in Newport, RI. He loved radio controlled airplanes, cars, boats, and his family. He and Angie moved to Virginia to be close to their children and grandchildren in 2001.

Eugene is preceded in death by his wife Angelina and his brother Wendell Jobe.

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Originals

Manassas Park cracks down on parking, hires 2 enforcement officers

By Trinity Bui

Manassas Park is taking new steps to enforce the city’s parking laws.

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Father rushes daughter wounded by gunfire to hospital

By Uriah Kiser
The emergency department at Sentara Northern Virignia Medical Center in Woodbridge.

One person suffered gunshot tonight while riding in a car with her father.

It happened on River Ridge Boulevard near Dumfries about 7 p.m., when a man flagged down a Prince William police officer and told him his daughter had been shot in the head, according to sources.

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Baldwin seeks Delegate seat in Pr. Wm., Fauquier, pushes to re-open schools 5 days a week

By Uriah Kiser
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From repealing voter ID laws, passing California-like vehicle emission standards, to closing public schools to in-person learning, Democrats that have controlled Virginia’s government for the past two years have been busy.

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