News

Tuesday

The cost of extending Conner Drive, a two-lane street in Manassas Park, has increased by 525% to $2.5 million. And it could go up from there, but city leaders want to get the ball rolling. City leaders say it cost more than expected to relocate utility lines. the effort to extend the street to connect Route 28 with Euclid Avenue first appeared on the radar in 2011. See more in the upcoming meeting agenda, on page 64 of 76.


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Of more than a half-million people who live in the Prince William Health District, as of today, four are hospitalized with complications from the coronavirus.

With 525,000 residents, the district includes Prince William County and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.


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The future of baseball in Manassas will be discussed at a City Council work session Monday night.

The Greater Manassas Baseball League, which offers baseball to boys and girls between the ages of eight and 18, will meet with elected leaders to discuss the future of its E.G. Smith Baseball Complex, formerly an eight-baseball field complex at the corner of Route 28 and Godwin Drive.


Features

One of the most wonderful things about the holiday season is the way it sounds.  Think of all the marvelous music that fills the air at this time of year.

Do you have a love for that kind of music?  Spotsylvania Towne Centre is inviting you to share it with the community.  Musicians and vocalists who exude a holiday vibe will be able to showcase their talents and entertain shoppers in the mall’s Center Court.


Traffic

Drivers along about a mile of Route 1 now have six travel lanes and bicyclists and pedestrians have a continuous shared-use path and sidewalk from Mary’s Way to Annapolis Way, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.

Northbound Route 1 now has three travel lanes and a continuous six-foot-wide sidewalk from Marys Way to Annapolis Way, while southbound Route 1 now has three travel lanes and a continuous ten-foot-wide shared-use path from Annapolis Way to Marys Way.