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It’s been nearly six years since former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe broke ground for a new Virginia Railway Express station at Potomac Shores.
To date, nothing has been built where the station is supposed to go, on a bluff overlooking the Potomac River along VRE’s Fredericksburg line, between the Quantico and Rippon stations. During a meeting of the OmniRide Board of Commissioners on Thursday, Dec. 5, Maureen Caddigan pressed acting VRE CEO Rich Dalton on the progress of the new station.
The Hylton Performing Arts Center opened in Manassas in 2010.
Now, a new expansion has made the center complete. George Mason University tells us:
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The American Legion Post #28 (Buck Keyes) in Triangle, Virginia is celebrating 100 years of comradery and community service to the state of Virginia and the United States of America. The Post will be hosting a Centennial celebration on October 10th, 2026, from 12 noon until 6 pm. Free food and fun for all! Please publish our invitation to the public as you possibly can. Thank you. The address and the Point of Contact are as follows:
Manassas police received a report of a man who was trying to talk to children after they got off a school bus. City police tell us:
On Dec. 4 at approximately 2:56 p.m., the Manassas City Police Department received a report of a suspicious male. The complainant stated a male subject has been seen driving in the area of Autumn Place and he has made attempts to converse with children walking from the bus stop.
As we reported back on Nov. 25, OmniRide Director Bob Schneider says these changes — for the first time — are targeted to those who use the buses to get around town, and not only for those who rely on them to ferry them to and from Arlington and Washington, D.C.
Here’s what OmniRide had to say today about the upcoming changes:
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Gwendolyn Jean Pattillo
“Gwen”, 56, died unexpectedly December 2, 2019 Sentara Potomac Hospital in Woodbridge VA. Gwen was born on February 26, 1963 to the late Hubert and Magnolia Baker, in Racine WS. Gwen is survived by her loving husband of 34 years Tony D. Pattillo Sr., her daughter April Pattillo, son Tony Pattillo Jr, sister Patricia Baker, and brothers Hubert Jr, Nathan, Terry, Vernon Sr and Jerry Barker. Gwen was preceded in death by her siblings; brother Roger, sisters Brenda and Diane Barker
There are mounting calls from conservatives to make Prince William and Stafford counties so-called 2nd-Amendment Sanctuaries, where the right to bear arms enshrined in the U.S. Constitution will be upheld.
It comes as Virginia Senator Richard Saslaw (D-Falls Church) has introduced SB-16 into the record for the upcoming 2020 session of the General Assembly, which begins January 8. The bill calls for making selling, renting, trading, making, or transporting an assault rifle from another state into Virginia a felony. It also aims to limit the number of rounds in a shotgun magazine to seven.
Virginia State Police are asking anyone with information on a crash that occurred on Interstate 66 yesterday morning to come forward.
The crash killed a pedestrian and involved a man from Prince William County. The Virginia State Police tell us:
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Four Prince William County police officers are being heralded as heroes for their quick actions while taking fire in Woodbridge.
The police officers were called to the U.S. Attorney General’s Office in Washington on Tuesday to be recognized by Attorney General William Bar, as the recipients of the Third Annual Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service in Policing.