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Manassas government employees and the residents who visit to interact with them will get a newly remodeled city hall despite skyrocketing costs and the city’s need to dip into rainy-day funds to pay for the construction.
On Monday, October 10, 2022, the City Council voted 4-2, with Democrats in favor, to move ahead with a $12.2 million project to gut and overhaul the city’s municipal office building at 9027 Center Street, installing new systems from top to bottom — electrical wiring, HVAC, elevators, and new windows, to name a few.
On Monday, October 10, at 11:25 p.m., officers were called to the 14100 block of Richmond Highway, near a Pep Boys store in Woodbridge, to investigate a death. Police got third-party information about the possibility of a body in the woods.
Police checked the area but came up empty. However, they continued to look at other locations nearby and encountered an individual who directed them to a shed behind a business, where they found a man’s body and drug paraphernalia.
Construction of eight bridges along Interstate 95 will lead to full traffic stops on both I-95 northbound and southbound between midnight and 3 a.m. this week in the Fredericksburg area.
Drivers with destinations outside the Fredericksburg area should consider an alternate route to avoid major delays, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.
The community will descend on Stafford Marketplace for the National Night Out celebration of the sheriff’s office.
The annual event aims to bring people out of their homes in Stafford County to meet their neighbors and take a stand against crime while meeting law enforcement members and learning about their work to keep the community safe.
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The addition of the events calendar marks a return of the popular feature to Potomac Local News. The events calendar is part of a host of new site improvements that we’ve made since Thanksgiving 2021.
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The Saint Callinicus Romanian Orthodox Church held its second annual Romanian Festival on Saturday, October 8, 2022.
The event was held at the Nativity of the Theotokos Greek Orthodox Church, off Route 3 in Spotsylvania County, and offered a taste of authentic Romanian food, games, and attractions for children, Romanian folk music and dancing performances, and vendors selling art and jewelry.
Among the delicacies at the Festival was the Romanian staple of stuffed cabbage. Other items on the menu included meat rolls, sausages, and beef paprikash which contains beef and assorted vegetables such as onions and peppers.
The Saint Callinicus mission was founded in 2021 and is a member of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of the United States of America and is named for Saint Callinicus of Cernica. They served as Bishop of Ramnicu Valcea in Romania and lived from 1787 to 1868.
The mission currently has about 20 families as part of its congregation and rents the Greek orthodox church for its services and events, according to Father Ionel Satnoianu.
"The Romanian Orthodox Church is as old as the Romanian Nation, over 400 years old," says Satnoianu. "Along with our faith, we have brought all of our customs, beautiful and unique costumes from each region of the country, folk dancers that are unique for that area of Eastern Europe, the music and the food as well."
Satnoianu says the Festival gives the mission more visibility to the local community and hopes to attract others to the church. Saint Callinicus is also hoping to raise funds to buy a parcel of land to build its own church eventually.
According to Satnoianu, he has seen growth in attendance at this year's Festival when compared to last year. The church tried to advertise its event on social media platforms such as Facebook and local radio stations.
The Saint Callinicus mission holds its masses at the Theotokos Greek Orthodox Church's Nativity at 12326 Spotswood Furnace Road in Spotsylvania County.
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As Prince William County Public Schools get closer to passing a collective bargaining agreement, it’s clear how much it will cost taxpayers to allow teachers to wrangle over pay.
“It’s entirely reasonable to expect it will be seven figures,” said school division attorney Wade T. Anderson. Gainesville District School Board member Jennifer Wall pressed him for a a firm estimate, but he couldn’t provide it.
The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office announced on social media that Taylor has signed on as a deputy in its Field Operations Division. His first day on the job was Sept. 28.