From a press release: 

When you Dump the Pump and ride OmniRide on Thursday, June 21, you and a friend could win a free SmarTrip card or a Starbucks gift card.


MANASSAS — The system was restored Monday afternoon after t went down on Friday, leaving customers who rely on paying their electric bill online in the dark. Those who couldn’t pay their bills online, and called NOVEC’s call center were placed into an automated queue which allowed them to pay their bills over the phone with a service fee.

NOVEC spokeswoman Priscilla Knight tells us:


PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — Melvin Reynolds never envisioned himself as a foster parent.

But he took in his first youth in need, a 17-year-old boy, seven years ago. Reynolds worked with youth in residential care and then, one day, found himself taking care of foster children in his Montclair home.


From an email: 

Every year the United States celebrates Flag Day on June 14 to mark the anniversary of the adopting “the Stars and Stripes” as the nation’s official flag. County residents have the opportunity to observe the holiday by retiring old or tattered American flags at the Prince William County Landfill anytime during open hours.


PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — Virginia Governor Ralph Northam came to Prince William County on Thursday.

He spoke to a group of business leaders at a luncheon at the Hylton Performing Arts Center on George Mason University Science and Technology Campus.


QUANTICO — Runners and members of the Prince William police and sheriff’s office and Manassas police handed off the torch to military police. 

The torch made its way to Quantico about noon on Thursday. Runners made their way south along Route 1 from the Prince William County Police Eastern District Station to the Marine Corps Base. 


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