Obituaries

Jeremy Matthew Hicks, age 38, son of Kenneth W. Hicks and Barbara (Kubinec) Hicks of Manassas, VA, died suddenly at home on September 4, 2017. He was pre deceased by his grandparents Paul and Ora Hicks of Meyersdale, PA and George Kubinec of Greensburg, PA. Survivors include his parents, sister Kimberly, brother Joshua, sister-in-law Scarlet and nieces Addison and Avery of Suwanee, GA; grandmother Eugenia Kubinec of Greensburg, and aunts and uncles Carol and Raymond Showman of Meyersdale, PA and Janet and Ernest Sutton of Murrysville, PA and many cousins. Jeremy graduated from Osborn Park High School, attended George Mason University and Strayer University, was formerly employed at Ashland Elementary School and Woodbridge High School, and enjoyed his current position with Virginia Water Conditioning Corporation. He will be remembered for his kind and gentle spirit, compassion toward animals, love of video gaming, and phone calls that always ended "I love you." Viewing will be on Thursday, September 14, 2017 from 6-7 P.M. at Pierce Funeral Home in Manassas, VA. Services will be held immediately after viewing at 7 P.M. Memorials may be made to a Humane Society or PWC animal shelter.


Obituaries

Robert Michael Simon “Bob”, age 74, passed away on Thursday, September 7, 2017 in Manassas, VA after long battles with Frontal Temporal Dementia and ALS. He was born on October 29, 1942 in Melrose, MA to the late Frank J. and Catherine (McCarthy) Simon. Bob had a successful 40-year career in counseling. He was the […]


Event

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.


News

GAINESVILLE — Drivers on Featherbed Lane watch out: Fines for speeding will increase.

New signs are warning drivers an additional fine of up to $200 will be installed along the two-lane thoroughfare in western Prince William County. According to county documents, based on the number requests from residents for speed enforcement, as well as speed studies completed in the area, “Featherbed Lane has a documented speeding problem.”


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Opinion

As we enter hurricane season, I start to get questions about burying utility lines.  We are making limited progress in Virginia but efforts hit a setback last week.

In communities built since the mid-1980’s all utilities are underground.  In the older parts of Northern Virginia, such as where we live here in Eastern Fairfax and Prince William Counties, nearly all utilities are above ground. 


News

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — Prince William County’s next batch of trailer classrooms will come from North Carolina.

The school division this week approved a new contract with Modular Technologies, of Kinston, N.C. for the future acquisition of trailer, or modular classrooms, as the division calls them.