WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Clean-up efforts are underway this morning after a fire engulfed an apartment inside a high-rise building in Woodbridge.
Disaster recovery crews were mopping up after fire broke out in an apartment on the 4th floor about 5 p.m. Friday afternoon. Crews were able to extinguish the fire, but heavy damage caused by water forced many to be displaced from their homes according to a fire department source.
STAFFORD, Va. — With the potential for the region to pick up some serious snow and ice Sunday into Monday, area emergency officials urge you to take this storm seriously.
With ice comes the possibility of power outages, so here are the numbers to the utility companies that provide service to the region:
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· Good morning . . . the Holidays are upon us and the House of Mercy has an urgent need for food donations at this time. The shelves are empty so all staples are needed. Please pick up a few extra canned goods, pasta, sauces, fruits and vegetables as you can. The food pantry is located at 8170 Flannery Court in Manassas which is right off of Wellington Road. Hours are Monday – Friday 11am-5pm and Wednesday until 8pm.
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We’re now under a winter storm watch from Sunday into Monday.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — An area landfill is turning more trash into energy.
A 4.8-megawatt facility that turns methane gas emitted by the landfill into electricity officially came online Wednesday at the Prince William County Sanitary Landfill on Va. 234. The new facility joins a 1.9 megawatt gas-to-energy facility in operation at the landfill since 1998.
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The water treatment facility at Abel Lake went back into operation at midnight, stated Stafford County Fire and Rescue Department Asst. Chief Mark Doyle.
A man from Manassas was killed in a car crash. Witnesses told police the two cars involved appeared to be racing.
More in a press release from Fairfax County police:
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Two shopping centers in eastern Prince William County were acquired for $40 million.
The shopping plazas, Cheshire Station in Dale City and The Market at Opitz Crossing in Woodbridge, were purchased by Palm Beach, Fla.-based Sterling Value Add Partners. They were owned by Regency Centers, which owns the Shops at County Center at Prince William Parkway and Hoadly Road, Signal Hill Shopping Center in Manassas, and the Breamar Village Center in Bristow.
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So what’s your annual commute look like? Ten thousand miles? Seventeen thousand miles? Twenty-five thousand miles? How about 50,000? A local family that owns Yellow Cab of Prince William County logged over two million miles in 2012 and they did it with a smile.
RICHMOND, Va. – Gov.-elect Terry McAuliffe said Wednesday that he would push for greater transparency and ethics reforms in state government.
McAuliffe spoke to a roomful of journalists after a panel discussion on political journalism ethics and political finance and gift-disclosure organized by the Associated Press.
