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After city and Dominion hikes, Manassas staff return to explain the utility bill

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MANASSAS, Va. — Manassas officials were back on utility rates Monday, months after the city raised its own charges and a Dominion wholesale pass-through landed on May electric bills.

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Two Osbourn seniors named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists

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Osbourn High School seniors Theodore Charlton and Theodore Wehner after being named 2027 National Merit Scholarship Program semifinalists. Photo: Manassas City Public Schools

Theodore Charlton and Theodore Wehner, seniors at Osbourn High School in Manassas, have been named Semifinalists in the 2027 National Merit Scholarship Program.

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Free pre-K, a bus and no tuition — boards meet tonight

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The Prince William County School Board.

By the 2030–31 school year, every 4-year-old who lives in the county and wants a seat would get full-day pre-K, with a bus ride and no tuition.

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Young Marines set Oct. 17 Quantico 5K to open Red Ribbon Week

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Young Marines competing in the Drug Demand Reduction Dash gather at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia, in 2025. Photo courtesy Young Marines.

Young Marines national headquarters in Dumfries is inviting the public to a 5-kilometer run at the National Museum of the Marine Corps on Saturday, Oct. 17, as the kickoff to Red Ribbon Week.

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Bye-right: Prince William slams the easy data-center door — 90 days to get in line

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Side-by-side maps of Prince William County’s old data-center overlay and the remaining overlay
Prince William data-center overlay before and after. Staff maps as of June 30, 2026.

Prince William just made it a lot harder to drop a data center on mapped land without a Board vote.

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They tried to go home — then rezoned the junkyard for a grocery

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Dumfries Town Hall at 17739 Main Street in Dumfries. Photo: Potomac Local file

Dumfries Town Council voted 7-0 late Tuesday to rezone about 15.33 acres on Old Stagecoach Road for a grocery, a drive-thru pharmacy, and a short strip of inline retail — after first beating back a move to send everyone home before the hearing started.

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PRTC shifts budget votes to November, sets Dec. 4 retreat at GMU Nexus

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The Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission voted Thursday, Sept. 3, to move its next OmniRide budget handoff up a month and to replace its December regular meeting with a Friday retreat at George Mason University.

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POT SHOPS INCOMING: Manassas starts mapping where weed can be sold

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THEY’RE COMING: Park appraisers to knock on every door

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Residents and business owners should expect a knock at their doors.

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COG briefing highlights Manassas grants, TPB role, and regional safety networks

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Kanti Srikanth, deputy executive director of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, briefs Manassas City Council on Sept. 14, 2026.

A Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments official told Manassas City Council on Sept. 14 that federal-aid transportation money, public-safety networks, and recent city grants all run through the regional body Manassas helps fund.

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