Carlos Vaughn Balvin, 16, of Manassas, is an Eagle Scout.
To earn the honor, Balvin’s required Eagle Scout project was planning, coordinating, and executing a 400-foot path through a wooded area at Liberia House, a 19th Century plantation at 8601 Portner Avenue in Manassas now owned by the city and used as an events center.
Seven people are homeless this morning after a house fire in Manassas.
Flames broke out in a single-family home in the 10300 block of Cedar Ridge Drive at 2:28 a.m, in the Lee Manor neighborhood near Round Elementary School.
The Manassas Host Lions Club has partnered with Manassas Clay to help Ukrainians in need.
The owners of Manassas Clay, Fran Newquist, and Jane Cullum, have provided display space and support for the project. At the same time, area potters donated their time, talents, and supplies to offer unique handmade, Ukrainian-themed crafted items.
Several locations in our area will accept unused medications as part of a regional drug take-back event.
Mary Washington Healthcare and Partners in Aging, along with the support of local law enforcement, announced Operation Medicine Cabinet. The spring drop-off will take place on Saturday, April 30, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
Police in Manassas is on the scene of a shooting in the Battery Heights neighborhood.
At 6:40 p.m., police called to an apartment complex at 9500 Coggs Bill Drive behind Mayfield Intermediate School for a report of a shooting.
By Ben Baldwin
The economic illiteracy of this Board is astounding. Based on this budget, you need a lesson, so here goes:
Today, Manassas held its 38 Annual Arbor Day Celebration at Liberia House Manor at at 10 a.m.
To mark the event, the city held an Elementary School Poster Contest themed ‘May the Forest Be With You.’ It included students from Pre-K to 4th grade, and its winners were recognized at the Arbor Day Celebration.
Mother’s Day is right around the corner (Sunday, May 8, 2022), and the UPS Store at Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center has everything you need to send mom love this Mother’s Day.
Visit the UPS Store at 15000 Potomac Town Place, Suite 100, Woodbridge, Virginia, 22191. Our store is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m to 8 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday from Noon to 5 p.m.
A Spotsylvania man is accused of slamming his car into a county deputy’s vehicle while driving under the influence on March 21. The suspect is due in a Spotsylvania County courtroom in August on DUI and driving on a revoked license charges.
Meanwhile, the same suspect was sentenced to 10 days in jail after a Stafford County deputy stopped him for holding a cell phone while driving.
A pickup traveling on a street lined with single-family homes plowed into a flatbed truck.
The crash occurred about 8 a.m. on Choptank Road, behind a Walmart Neighborhood Market in North Stafford. No one was injured.
