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Dominion Virginia Power landed in hot water recently due to its plans to release treated wastewater into Quantico Creek. The corporation is seeking an engineering permit from the Virginia Department of Environmental Equality to filter water from the coal ash ponds located at the Possum Point facility in Dumfries. (more…)
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What started out as an inventor’s dream, ended up being a “thriving” business in Prince William County. (more…)
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In the nearly 300 years since the first European settlement in what is now Prince William County, scores of communities have dotted the landscape. (more…)
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As we welcome spring, restaurant week is back in historic downtown Manassas. (more…)
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A frigid winter evening didn’t hold people back from coming to historic downtown Manassas for the 2nd Annual Souper Bowl, Friday, Feb. 5.
Crowds filled the sidewalks and shops as they explored downtown and tasted 13 different soups. In the end there had to be a winner, and this year’s Souper Bowl Champion was Mariachi’s Tequileria & Restaurant with their homemade Chicken Tortilla Soup, featured at the Center for the Arts at the Candy Factory.
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Did you know you can return and refill your old olive oil and balsamic vinegar bottles for a discount, and go green at the same time?
Manassas Olive Oil customers can now return and recycle their used oil bottles.
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EXCELLENCE — most commonly defined as a talent or characteristic which is unusually high quality and which exceeds the average. It is often invoked, repeatedly strived for, but rarely achieved.
On Feb. 25, 2016 two dozen Manassas City businesses will vie for this coveted designation during the Prince William Chamber of Commerce’s annual Business Awards dinner. The awards recognize excellence in business, including categories for innovative practices, outstanding contributions to the community and businesses/organizations that stand out among their peers.
While efforts are underway to halt Dominion’s plan to treat the toxic water and release it into the waterway, the state’s largest utility continues to drain storm water at the site.
It is also moving forward with plans to treat toxic water and release it into the Potomac River. On Jan. 14, 2016, Dominion won approval from Virginia’s Water Control Board to consolidate water and ash from five coal ash ponds at the Possum Point Power Station near Dumfries and Quantico, treat the water, and release it into the Potomac River.
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The Manassas Olive Oil Company was founded on the notion that great olive oil should be shared with others.
Alex and his daughter Amanda, both military veterans, opened their shop on Grant Avenue in Manassas to share their passion for fresh olive oils and balsamic vinegar with their friends in thier sunlit tasting gallery.