Business leaders in Manassas got another earful from elected leaders on just how bad the state of transportation is in our area.
The region’s top leaders said the Bi-County Parkway, and improvements to Va. 28 which links Manassas and Manassas Park to Fairfax County, must happen if Prince William County is going to continue to attract jobs and investment.
Following the spring-like temperatures we saw over the weekend, might see some snow Tuesday and Wednesday.
Flurries mixed with rain are possible Tuesday morning, mainly before noon. Temperatures were forecast to drop into the mid 20s Monday night and rise into the high 30s Tuesday. Up to an inch of snow is possible on Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
Update 4:45 p.m.
Police have described some of those involved in today’s robbery in Lake Ridge.
One person is dead and another in a hospital after they were shot during a robbery in Woodbridge.
It happened Friday night at a business in the 14000 block of U.S. 1 near the intersection of Prince William Parkway.
Could things in Dumfries be looking up, literally?
“Lots of buildings are getting new tenants because of their height,” said Dumfries Councilman Charles Brewer. “Our boundaries are very little, and our land is very little, and the only one way we can really show any type of development is by going up.”
There was a surprise for a little girl in the fifth grade at Antietam Elementary School in Lake Ridge on Thursday.
Lt. Commander Brian Harper returned home from Afghanistan to greet his 10-year-old daughters Isabella and 4-year old Grace during a school assembly. With her classmates watching, Isabella and her mother Shannon, welcomed the sailor with loving arms following his tour in the foreign country.
A woman ran to a hospital in Lake Ridge to escape a man who forced into a car and assaulted her, police said.
Here’s more in an unedited police report:
Three male teenagers are charged in a fight that broke out at Potomac Mills mall Saturday night.
The fight occurred in the food court area of the shopping center and caused a stir among shoppers and caused a stir among area residents.
Dumfries has taken another step to a more open government.
The town is now archiving videos of its meetings on its public website. A message posted on the town’s website today instructs viewers how to access videos of previous Town Council meetings, starting with the most recent Feb. 18 meeting.
Prince William County residents could see an $85 annual increase in their tax bills next year.
Officials on the Board of County Supervisors got their first look at the county’s proposed FY 2015 nearly $1 billion budget which takes effect July 1, as proposed by County Executive Melissa Peacor.
