By ALLISON LANDRY
Capital News Service
RICHMOND, Va. – Virginians under age 15 would no longer be able to use indoor tanning salons under legislation moving through the General Assembly.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Bahama Breeze Island Grille is now open at Potomac Mills mall, and they kicked off their grand opening with a generous donation to the Prince William Boys and Girls Club.
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MANASSAS, Va. — Manassas residents have a new website to connect them with city services and leaders.
The city re-launched their site at 4 p.m. Thursday with a new look, new photos, and a cleaner, easier navigation for users.
STAFFORD, Va. — Planners in Stafford County don’t like to use the word “urban” in their comprehensive development plan, and instead want to replace it with “targeted.”
Planning officials have been asked to rethink seven Urban Development Areas — places that will define where new commercial, industrial, and residential development will go over the next 20 years. The areas could be renamed “targeted growth areas.”
Proposed School Budget Includes Teacher Raises, Building Renovation, No Cash for Reduced Class Sizes
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. —Prince William County Public Schools Superintendent Steven Walts proposed a budget to the School Board Tuesday night that included funding of existing programs, a 2 percent raise for staff member and funding for new construction; however, it did not include any funding to reduce current class sizes. Bristow Beat has more.
LORTON, Va. — An explosion at a Lorton restaurant yesterday with one injured person has led investigators to believe a fire was intentionally set there.
More in a press release from Fairfax County fire and rescue:
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By URIAH KISER
DUMFRIES, Va. — Dumfries Elementary will become the first primary school in Prince William County with a full-time police school resource officer.
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By MARY ROSENTHOL
For Potomac Local News
MANASSAS, Va. — Richard D. Sword and Gerry L. Sword, two brothers who were both facing murder charges after the burned body of Manassas resident Anthony Bailey was found in early November in Old Town Manassas, saw those charges dropped today.
By URIAH KISER
DUMFRIES, Va. — The ACTS Emergency Homeless Shelter has been cited 14 times in the past four years for fire code violations. The latest came from the Prince William County Fire Marshal’s office on Jan. 28 after a sprinkler head burst inside of the Dumfries facility and displaced 20 residents.