When it comes to holiday shopping, you can choose between two completely different experiences next week.
On Black Friday, you can rise before the sun and get ready to fight frenzied crowds. You can endure long lines as you frantically attempt to snag limited-time, mega deals on big-ticket items.
The Chipotle of pizza restaurants opens at noon on Friday.
MOD Pizza will open in the Promenade at Virginia Gateway in Gainesville. It’ the first location the Seattle-based chain has opened in Virginia.
Interested in hosting international high school students? Want to share a piece of American culture with your student and learn from your student’s culture?
Since 1951, Youth for Understanding (YFU) has been hosting students in the U.S. and sending students abroad for cross cultural exchange. YFU hosts thousands of international students from around 70 countries in Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia every year.
The Haymarket Regional Food Pantry (HRFP) has joined #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving that harnesses the collective power of individuals, communities and organizations to encourage philanthropy and celebrate generosity.
Giving Tuesday is held each year after Black Friday and Cyber Monday on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving. This year’s event falls on December 1, 2015. This special day of giving was created to inspire people to collaborate in improving their local communities and give back in impactful ways to the charities and causes they support.
Increasing the threshold of the infamous BPOL tax in Prince William County is just the start of the conversation.
The BPOL tax (business and professional licensing tax) is collected on the amount of gross receipts from licensed local businesses that generate at least $250,000 in gross sales. Tax rates vary between 5 cents and 33 cents per every $100. The tax collects $26.5 million in annual revenue for the county.
A wave of business owners under the age of 35 has been bringing both new energy and great new destinations to the City of Manasass.
This activity comes at a time when the rate of entrepreneurship among young Americans has been falling across the U.S. While the Kauffman Foundation recorded the lowest rate of entrepreneurship in 17 years among people between the ages of 20 to 34, the City has been attracting this demographic.
A new J. Crew Mercantile store will open at on the Promenade at Virginia Gateway in Gainesville.
The 6,300 square foot store will offer J. Crew merchandise for men, women, and children at value prices. It will be the first store of its kind in the Washington, D.C. area.
Coming to a commuter lot near you this winter (if it snows): A jet-powered snow melter.
The Virginia Department of Transportation gave us an annual look at how they plan to do battle with Old Man Winter this year. It’s the agency’s job to keep more than 17,000 lane miles in Prince William, Fairfax, and Loudoun counties clear of snow and ice. About half of those roads are major highways and heavily-traveled arterials while the other half is neighborhood streets.
The victim in the fatal crash investigation is identified as 64-year-old Girma Genemo, of Gainesville.
Police released this update in the fatal pedestrian crash investigation:
