Manassas leaders did not endorse a plan to build a bypass around the city.
Despite the urging of Mayor Hal Parrish II, the city council deferred a vote on whether or not to support the new road that would create a new pathway to drivers to access heavily-congested Route 28 until its next meeting on August 27 — after Prince William County leaders have their say at an upcoming meeting on August 4.
Roger James Dixon (Jimmy), of Woodbridge, Virginia, passed away Saturday, July 25, 2020. He was born March 14, 1928, in Fairfax County, Virginia, to Mildred Elizabeth Dixon (nee Sheldon) and Roger James Dixon.
Roger joined the United States Navy in March 1945 and proudly served his country. After his military career, he enjoyed work as a mechanic and eventually became the garage manager for Trailways/Greyhound.
Very little public business was discussed during a day-long work session on Thursday, July 30, attended by members of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors.
Elected leaders had hinted during a July 21 meeting the would once again take up the matter of an asphalt plant that could be built near the Blackburn residential neighborhood on Balls Ford Road near Manassas during the work session held at Chinn Park Regional Library in Lake Ridge. A decision by the board on whether or not to issue a special use permit to allow an asphalt plant is more than 10-months overdue.
In its first statewide poll, Virginia political consulting firm War Room Strategies found nearly half of likely voters believe that their local school boards and superintendents — not the CDC, President Trump, or Gov. Ralph Northam — should be most responsible for providing options to parents on reopening schools.
And, as many school systems plan to return to 100% virtual learning in the fall, similar to what students experienced following the coronavirus lockdown in March, 44% of those polled disapprove of their local school system’s plans, while 30% strongly disapprove.
The driver of a motorcycle and crashed into a guardrail was died.
Police were called Thursday, July 30 at 7:57 a.m. to the area of Nokesville Road and Fauquier Drive in Nokesville to investigate a crash. An investigation revealed that the driver of a blue, 2013 Kawasaki Ninja 650 motorcycle was traveling north on Nokesville Road near Fauquier Drive when he operator lost control and crashed into a guardrail.
The Workhouse Arts Center is thrilled to announce “Nightmare Prison,” Northern Virginia’s first-ever Haunted Drive-Thru, is coming to Lorton for this year’s Halloween season.
A haunted attraction is, itself, a long-standing tradition offered by the Workhouse, which serves not only as entertainment but also as an extension of the Workhouse Performing Arts program, allowing local youth to practice their set production and theatrical skills.
Virginia high school football players won’t take the field until at least February, but that didn’t stop an enterprising 16 -year-old from organizing his own impromptu football.
Students from Potomac, Freedom, Stafford, North Stafford, Mountain View, Chancellor, Riverbend, Colonial Forge, Courtland, and Brooke Point high schools converged on the fields at Embrey Mill Park in Stafford County last weekend for a series of football games.
