Manassas City Refuse and Recycling Coordinator Monica Boehringer is the new president of the Virginia Recycling Association. Boehringer has served on the association’s board since 2018 and most recently was the board’s vice president.
The appointment comes as the association brought on four new board members and a new board chair earlier in September.
Flu season is fast approaching. Sentara hospitals usually see an increase in flu cases around mid-September and early October.
This year, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors say it’s critical to get your flu shot.
Guards at Prince William County’s jail will tip off federal immigrations officials when suspected felony offenders are released.
The recent decision by the county’s jail board stipulates guards will call federal authorities for felony offenders who have been issued detainers by federal immigrations and customs officials, better known as ICE. Upon their release, federal authorities will have the option of coming to the jail and picking up the suspect.
Most Northern Virginia Community College students will not be returning to campus for the spring semester.
In a statement released by the school’s president, Anne M. Kress, it was announced that the college’s spring semester would be conducted mostly remotely due to the fact that the pandemic has “not appreciably changed.” This decision will also apply to most of the college’s instructors, who will remain in a temporary telework status until being able to return to campus.
The Prince William Chamber is strongly opposed to the Department of Labor and Industry’s COVID-19 regulations becoming permanent. In a time where some reports estimate that 20-25% of businesses will close forever, these regulations threaten to drive those numbers even higher.
Businesses, especially small businesses, are already struggling to survive these hard economic times and these regulations only increase the burden on them. The business community had no real input when they were originally drafted and developed and when they were put in place. The regulations were developed too quickly and are incredibly broad in scope.
A new small-batch bakery has opened in the in a fast-growing industrial corridor of Prince William County.
Bakefully Yours is a bakery with a health-conscious mission: to supply gluten-free, vegan and paleo desserts, in hopes of providing sweets for everyone, no matter what dietary restrictions one may have, according to a press release from the Prince William County Department of Economic Development. The bakery has has been supplying the Washington, D.C. region with its healthy treats for the past four years and now serves 100 stores in the mid-Atlantic region.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will honor OmniRide with the BASE Gold Standard Award at a ceremony taking place at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, September 25 at the OmniRide Transit Center .
The award is the top recognition TSA can give to a transit agency for demonstrating outstanding performance in enhancing their security programs. OmniRide is the first and only bus-only transit system in the National Capital Region to earn this recognition.
The number of coronavirus cases in Prince William County are at its lowest since late July.
The Prince William Health District, which includes the county, Manassas, and Manassas Park, reports an infection rate of 7.6 percent, according to the county’s emergency services coordinator Brian Misner.
Prince William County, Manassas, Manassas Park, and all the towns now have a Public Defender.
On Wednesday, September 2, Woodbridge District Supervisor Margaret Franklin hosted a virtual forum along with Chief Public Defender Tracey Lenox and Deputy Chief Public Defender Jenny Miller, as well as Occoquan District Supervisor Kenny Boddye and EJ Scott from the Prince William County NAACP.
It doesn’t open until next fall, and there is already a call to rename an area high school.
Richard Jessie, the husband of Lillie Jessie, who represents the Occoquan District on the Prince William County School Board, created a petition to rename the unopened Gainesville High School due to its name’s ties to Thomas Brawner Gaines, a prominent land and slave owner before the Civil War. The petition, having only been active for days, has over 100 signatures.
