It started snowing overnight and it piled up quickly.
All school systems in our area canceled classes today, governments delayed their opening, and Quantico Marine Corps Base closed altogether.
Gainesville
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UPDATE: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2015, 6:20 AM. MCPS CLOSED – CODE BLUE Due to inclement weather, all Manassas… https://t.co/42gtXnfYrc
— ManassasCitySchools (@mymcpsva) February 26, 2015
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People keep coming back to the Freedom Aquatic and Fitness Center’s Attack the Fat challenge. Director of the program, Robin Frey, says that it’s so successful because it utilizes all the elements of personal training, without the high cost.
“Group training in the industry itself is the driving force with training right now,” Frey said, adding, “Economically it’s more affordable. Personal training can be a little more costly.”
Record cold hit Dulles International Airport this morning.
The National Weather Service says temperatures have not been this low at the airport in nearly 20 years.
Sunday brought high temperatures in the low 50s. That meant some of the snow that had fallen the yesterday when temperatures were well below freezing had a chance to melt.
Cold temperatures are back in the forecast on Monday. The National Weather Service issued a warning noting what melted today is likely to freeze overnight.
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Schools will open 2 hours late tomorrow, Feb. 23, 2015. School offices & central offices will open on time. More at https://t.co/zNBBMjWGwr.
— Fairfax Schools (@fcpsnews) February 23, 2015
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Snow began falling about 8 a.m. Saturday across the region and kept falling until about 5 p.m.
Afterward, we saw the precipitation changeover from snow to sleet, then to rain.
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In a rare Saturday meeting, the Prince William County Board of Supervisors largely moved to restore funding to community services and programs that just earlier this week had been on the chopping block.
Millions in funding for Virginia Cooperative Extension programs, jailhouse drug rehabilitation programs, the Flory Small Business Center, gang awareness programs, funds for Prince William Soccer Inc., and the Boys and Girls Club – just to name a few – we’re all added back into the fiscal year 2016 budget.
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Central Community Library is opening at 1 p.m. today, Feb. 22, 2015.
— PW Public Library (@PrinceWmLibrary) February 22, 2015
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February 20, 2015: All Manassas City Public Schools will be CLOSED due to frigid temperatures and dangerously… https://t.co/ajLncQKi0N
— ManassasCitySchools (@mymcpsva) February 19, 2015