By MARY ROSENTHOL
For Potomac Local News
MANASSAS PARK, Va. — It’s a sunny Friday in early May and delicious smells float through the air in front of the Manassas Park City Hall. Vendors from all over Northern Virginia have gathered for the weekly Farmers Market and the crowds will soon follow.
MANASSAS, Va. — Manassas Assembly of God has a new name: Chapel Springs Assembly of God Church.
The church dropped the Manassas portion of their moniker because they plan to open a new church in Stafford County.
DALE CITY, Va. – A Florida man faces charges of indecent liberties and sexual battery of a young girl who lives in our area.
A 13-year-old girl was abused at a home in the 4600 block of Evansdale Road in Dale City on Wednesday, said Prince William spokesman Jonathan Perok. Police were called to the home for a report of a domestic disturbance and then later arrested the man.
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Officer of the Week
STAFFORD, Va. — 1st Sgt Robert Grella, Jr. has spent 13 years as a Stafford County Sheriff’s Deputy.
There’s a lot happening in our communities this weekend. Here’s a quick guide to get you call caught up on the events taking place nearby.
Dumfries Multicultural Festival
LAKE RIDGE, Va. — Police are on the scene of an armed robbery this morning in at a check cashing store in Lake Ridge.
A masked man walked into a Cashpoint store at 1391 Old Bridge Road, showed a handgun, and made off with cash, said Prince William police spokesman Jonathan Perok.
DALE CITY, Va. — The Dale Service Corporation will be sold to the American Water Works Company.
If the $27.7 million sale of the Virginia American Water subsidy is approved by the Virginia State Corporation Commission, it will mark the first time Virginia American Water will be in the wastewater business.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A new tool will make it easier for heart attack patients to receive critical treatment when minutes matter most.
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center in Woodbridge implemented a new system called LIFENET. It is the first web-based data network of its kind that offers EMS technicians in the field the ability to send information back to a hospital to help doctors identify patients suffering a dangerous type of heart attack known as STEMI, or ST-segment elevation myocardial infraction.
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