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Dominion probes stray voltage behind recurring Manassas Drive rail-arm failures

By Uriah Kiser
Photo: Google Maps

Drivers in Manassas Park know the spot: the railroad crossing on Manassas Drive, where the warning arms sometimes drop and stay down long after the train has passed. The glitch has been causing backups — and frustration — for years.

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Manassas Park

$35M Garage Turns Into Playground — Donuts, Fire Extinguishers, and All

By Uriah Kiser
People stand and talk inside the enclosed pedestrian bridge at the Manassas Park VRE station, with sunlight streaming through metal panels. [Photo: VRE]

Just two weeks after cutting the red ribbon on its $35 million Virginia Railway Express (VRE) garage and pedestrian bridge, Manassas Park is already tweaking how the new downtown landmark will be managed day-to-day.

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Manassas Park

Manassas Park delays car-tax penalties until Feb. 5, 2026

By Uriah Kiser
Manassas Park City Manager Carl Cole

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Politics

Trump Talk, Trans Fights — and a Total Flip in Virginia: From Manassas to Spotsy, Dems Drown GOP

By Uriah Kiser
Photo: Spanberger Facebook page

Four years after Republican Glenn Youngkin carried Virginia on a message of parental rights and education reform, voters across Greater Prince William and Fredericksburg sent a very different signal in 2025.

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Manassas

Manassas leaders confirm 1948 Jennie Dean vocational wing; city to return 1914 MIS cottage to campus by 2027

By Potomac Local News
Jennie Dean statue at Jennie Dean Memorial Park in Manassas, honoring the founder of the Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth in 1893.

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Prince William

Prince William Unveils Design for 14th High School Amid Declining Enrollment Debate

By Uriah Kiser

Prince William County school leaders unveiled the design of the division’s long-planned 14th high school — a light-filled, environmentally conscious building they say will redefine how students learn and connect.

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Manassas

2 Major Construction Projects On Track in Manassas Public Schools

By Caitlyn Meisner
Renderings of the new Jennie Dean Elementary School's planned outdoor space. [Courtesy of MCPS]

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Prince William

Prince William Residents Rage as County Passes ‘Weak’ Noise Ordinance

By Uriah Kiser
Village Place Technology Park in Gainesville, approved by the Prince William Board of County Supervisors in 2022

After three years of study, public debate, and technical review, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors voted 5–2 Tuesday night to adopt a new C-weighted noise ordinance regulating sound from data centers and other industrial sources.

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Weems–Botts Museum group urges Town to preserve $1-a-year lease agreement

By Uriah Kiser

The nonprofit that operates the Weems–Botts Museum and Merchant Park told the Dumfries Town Council it hopes to keep its $1-a-year lease intact through 2038, stressing that the agreement has allowed local volunteers to preserve one of Virginia’s most historic homes for five decades.

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Dumfries, Historic Nonprofit Face Off Over Future of Weems-Botts House

By Uriah Kiser

The future of one of Virginia’s oldest buildings — and a cornerstone of Dumfries’ 275-year history — is at the center of a growing dispute between the Town of Dumfries and the nonprofit that has operated it for more than half a century.

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