Features

May 2023 at the Hylton Performing Arts Center will be full of performances, workshops, and events.

The Hylton Center of the Arts Alliance will showcase Manassas Ballet Theatre, Manassas Symphony Orchestra, Arts Affiliates, the Northern Virginia Youth Ballet, Old Bridge Chamber Orchestra, and ARTfactory’s Pied Piper Theatre.


Features

Manassas will celebrate opening its Farmer’s Market for the 36th time.

The city will hold a grand opening ceremony Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 10 a.m. Mayor Michelle Davis-Younger, Historic Manassas, Inc. board members, City Council, local dignitaries, and special guests will attend the Loy E. Harris Pavilion, 9116 Center Street ceremony.


Event

High school students from across the Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) region are invited to participate in Dialogue for Democracy at George Mason University!

Hosted by the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, this event offers high school students an opportunity to engage in meaningful conversations about democracy, civic engagement, and the importance of understanding different perspectives.


News

A Stafford County sheriff’s deputy nabbed a group of teenagers, who range in age 14 and 15, who wore ski masks, beat someone unconscious, and stole his shoes on Monday, April 3, 2023.

The victim was treated at a hospital and released. The robbery prompted a lockdown of Hampton Oaks Elementary School.


Business

Stafford County Public Schools thanks its business partners during a breakfast meeting.

About 100 people gathered at Ebeneezer United Methodist Church, 161 Embrey Mill Road. Superintendent Dr. Thomas Taylor thanked business owners for involvement in the school division’s career and technical education program.


News

Updated 2 p.m. —  Someone is killing foxes in Manassas Park.

Since our original post this morning, we’ve received information from the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries that the dead foxes were first spotted along Signal Hill Road on March 23, 2023. The passerby called the police.


Prince William

We’re not feeding you a line of garbage — it will cost you more in Prince William County and Manassas to dispose of waste.

The county plans to hike the annual landfill fee it charges residents to $75, up $5. The rate has been flat since 1998, explained Tom Smith, the county’s public works director.


Prince William

OmniRide’s board of directors, the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission, will meet on Thursday, April 6 and is expected to authorize a $1.6 million micro-transit service for the Dumfries and Quanitco areas.

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