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Back-to-School Community Event Returns Aug. 2 to Gar-Field High School

Published July 29, 2025 at 7:30AM | Updated July 31, 2025 at 11:13AM

A back-to-school festival held at Unity Reed High School near Manassas. [Photo: Prince William County Community Foundation]

The free event will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and aims to provide students with the tools they need to start the year strong—offering school supplies, vaccinations, community resources, and entertainment for the entire family.

“This year’s Back-To-School event will be here before you know it, so we encourage families to put it on their calendar,” said Dr. Vanessa M. Gattis, president and CEO of PWCCF. “Our goal is to put students in the best position to succeed, and with I-66 EMP as a Silver Sponsor, this event is ready to do exactly that.”

Death in Tent, Assaults, Robberies, and Arrests

By Potomac Local News

Published July 28, 2025 at 2:37PM

A 39-year-old man was found dead inside a tent late Friday night near the 8400 block of Sudley Road, near Manassas. Prince William County Police say the man was unconscious in a wooded area when first responders arrived. He was pronounced dead on the scene. There were no signs of foul play, and his body has been taken to the Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy.

This incident leads the July 28 Prince William County Police blotter, which also includes multiple reports of malicious wounding, assaults, robberies, and arrests across the Manassas and Woodbridge areas.

Community Fundraiser Draws Crowd, Raises Thousands for Local Food Programs

By Alan Gloss

Published July 28, 2025 at 10:00AM | Updated July 28, 2025 at 1:23PM

Patty Kuntz from the Haymarket Food Pantry holds up their annual report. According to the report 43% of Prince William households are experiencing some sort of food insecurity.

Approximately 150 people attended a fundraiser at the Harris Pavilion in downtown Manassas on Sunday, July 27, 2025, to support food assistance programs in the greater Prince William County area. The event raised over $5,200, which will be divided equally among three local organizations: Haymarket Food Pantry, Action in the Community Through Service (ACTS), and Creating Foundations for Hope (CFH).

Several elected officials participated, including members of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors (BOCS) and state legislators. One of the event’s main attractions was a dunk tank, where attendees could donate money for a chance to dunk local officials.

Carl Street of Youth For Tomorrow Tapped for State Council on Children’s Services

By Potomac Local News

Published July 28, 2025 at 8:30AM

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BRISTOW, Va. – Carl R. Street, Jr., Vice President for Behavioral Health Services at Youth For Tomorrow, has been appointed to the State Executive Council for Children’s Services by Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin.

Street, a licensed counselor with decades of experience in substance abuse and mental health services, oversees seven regional behavioral health offices in Prince William, Fairfax, Fauquier, and Loudoun counties. He began his current role at Youth For Tomorrow (YFT) in 2020, following his promotion from Director of Behavioral Health Services, a role he assumed in 2015. Prior to that, he spent 15 years with YFT in residential care roles ranging from counselor to director.

Dumfries Hears From First-Ever Economic Development Authority Candidates

By Uriah Kiser

Published July 28, 2025 at 7:00AM

DUMFRIES, Va. – Dumfries Town Council heard from a group of community leaders, entrepreneurs, and development experts during its July 1, 2025, meeting — each vying for a seat on the town’s newly created Economic Development Authority (EDA).

The EDA, formally established in April by ordinance, will operate as an independent legal entity tasked with helping the town attract new businesses, support existing ones, and guide redevelopment along key corridors such as Main Street and the Quantico Creek waterfront. While the Council retains appointment power and oversight, the authority’s independence will allow it to pursue economic growth strategies more flexibly than town government alone.

Dumfries Approves Permit for Cultural Events at Outdoor Showplace

By Uriah Kiser

Published July 27, 2025 at 11:00AM

Dumfries Town Hall at 17739 Main Street in Dumfries.

DUMFRIES, Va. – The Dumfries Town Council reversed course and voted unanimously to approve a conditional use permit (CUP) that will allow a local business to host cultural, entertainment, and community events on its property along Washington Street.

The business, Outdoor Showplace, is located at 17715 Washington Street, directly across from Dumfries Town Hall. Billed as the region’s largest fully custom landscape showroom, the two-acre property displays outdoor kitchens, fire pits, patios, water features, and more—giving customers the chance to walk through and experience sample backyard designs in a real-life setting.

Fire Breaks Out at LIDL Grocery Store on Liberia Avenue

By Alan Gloss

Published July 25, 2025 at 2:57PM | Updated July 25, 2025 at 3:23PM

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. – Updated 3:23 p.m. A small fire broke out Friday afternoon at the LIDL grocery store on Liberia Avenue near Prince William Parkway, just outside the City of Manassas.

Prince William County Fire and Rescue spokesman Matt Smolsky said the fire was discovered by a shopper around 1:15 p.m. in the 9700 block of Liberia Avenue. Store management quickly evacuated the building and called 9-1-1.

Court Ruling Draws Fire from Oak Valley HOA Over Ignored Citizen Input in Data Center Plan

By Uriah Kiser

Published July 25, 2025 at 2:30PM

Village Place Technology Park in Gainesville, approved by the Prince William Board of County Supervisors in 2022

GAINESIVILLE Va. – The Oak Valley Homeowners Association is sharply criticizing a Virginia Court of Appeals decision that upholds the Prince William Board of County Supervisors’ approval of a controversial land use amendment—despite what residents say was a deliberate disregard for public input.

The July 22, 2025, ruling stems from a lawsuit filed by Oak Valley HOA and neighboring property owners challenging the Board’s 2022 vote to adopt the Prince William Digital Gateway Comprehensive Plan Amendment (CPA). The amendment clears the way for thousands of acres in the county’s Rural Crescent to be developed into one of the largest data center corridors in the world, adjacent to Manassas National Battlefield Park.

Feds Find Prince William Schools in Violation of Title IX Over Gender Identity Policies

By Uriah Kiser

Published July 25, 2025 at 2:08PM | Updated August 15, 2025 at 2:02PM

The Prince William County School Board 2024 to 2027. Top left to right: Erica Tredinnick, Justin Wilk, Dr. Babur Lateef, Lisa Zarapur, Tracy Blake. Bottom row: Jennifer Wall, Richard Jessie, Loree Williams. [Photo: Prince William County Public Schools]

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. – Governor Glenn Youngkin announced today that the U.S. Department of Education has determined that Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS) is among five Northern Virginia school divisions found to be in violation of Title IX, a federal civil rights law, due to policies allowing students to access restrooms and participate in sports based on gender identity.

In a press release, Youngkin said the school divisions—Fairfax, Loudoun, Arlington, Prince William, and the City of Alexandria—“have been violating federal law, deliberately neglecting their responsibility to protect students’ safety, privacy and dignity, and ignoring parents’ rights.”

Police Blotter: 2-Year-Old Was Found Alone in Woodbridge—Police Are Looking for His Mother

By Potomac Local News

Published July 25, 2025 at 1:15PM

WOODBRIDGE, Va. – Police are searching for a woman accused of leaving her 2-year-old son unattended outside a home on Dawson Beach Road. Officers responded to the home around 9:17 p.m. on July 23 after a child was found alone and in poor condition. Authorities say the boy’s mother, 37-year-old Alexandra Anna Granruth, had arranged for someone to look after the child earlier that afternoon but never returned.

When police tried to contact Granruth, she allegedly refused to come back. The child was not injured and was released to known parties. Warrants have been issued for Granruth, who is now wanted for felony child neglect.