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The Manassas City Council voted unanimously Wednesday night to allow remote meetings for the next six months during the coronavirus outbreak, as well as to allow individual council members to remotely participate while sick, disabled, or on vacation.

During the meeting, Manassas council members sat one chair apart while councilwoman Pamela Sebesky and Councilwoman Michelle Davis-Younger wore masks.


As the coronavirus pandemic continues, you can now order a cocktail to go from your favorite restaurant.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam today announced his latest round of sweeping changes in state liquor laws.


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The Stafford County Sheriff’s Department is about to get a tech upgrade.

The county’s Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved the purchase of new in-car cameras for the department’s cruisers. A total of $150,000 will come from the Sheriff’s Office Operating Budget to replace 19 cameras, as well as provide technical support for the new equipment.


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Join me during this National Craft Open Studios weekend, a celebration of Amrican craft organized by the American Craft Council (ACC). Come visit my studio July 18-19th, 11am-5pm at 10449 Metropolitan Ave, Kensington, MD. Please drop in, see how my work is created, tour my studio and try your hand at hammering some metal.


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If you’ve seen one of these robots meandering down the streets of Old Town Fairfax, it’s not lost.

Three of these robots from Starship Technologies are mapping the core of Old Town Fairfax, in a one-mile radius from Main Street and Chain Bridge Road.


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As security guard and the OmniRide Transit Center in Woodbridge got into an argument with another man and was pushed to the ground and beaten.

Prince William police were called to the transit center at 14700 Potomac Mills Circle in Woodbridge at 6:27 p.m. Tuesday, April 7. While the security guard was on the ground, another man started kicking the guard, and then pulled out a knife and then held it to his throat, police said.


The national lockdown has been a bittersweet event for the Fredericksburg Nationals.

On the one hand, the team’s front office staff and the players — who have been locked in their homes with the rest of us — are excited about returning to the field for what is going to be the inaugural season for the Class A-Advanced affiliate of the Washington Nationals.