On October 8, 2020, Regal Cinemas will close all 536 theater sites in the U.S., including three sites in our area.
This announcement follows a series of movie delays, including Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet,” Marvel’s “Black Widow,” and the James Bond movie, “No Time to Die.” These movies were postponed to 2021 while other movies, such as “Death on the Nile” and “Wonder Woman 1984,” have been pushed back to December 0f 2020.
Central Rappahannock Regional Library will open branches to the public for 45-minute appointments starting Monday, October 12.
The new Library Express service is aimed at expanding branch access while prioritizing customer and staff safety. Customers will be able to make appointments to browse the collection; check out materials; use computers to print, copy, scan, and fax; and checkout materials. Beginning Monday, October 12, customers will also be able to return items to the library book drops.
Sheriff’s deputies were called to a Dunkin Donuts store at 305 Garrisonville Raod at 2:10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020, for a disturbance.
A video, which contains profanity, of the incident posted to YouTube shows a woman standing in the lobby of the restaurant yelling at store employees.
Seniors should be some of the first prioritized to receive a vaccination for the coronavirus when it becomes available, the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living told the National Governors Association.
“Given that long term care facilities care for our most vulnerable when it comes to this virus and employ hundreds of thousands of essential health care workers, we urge that your plans to the CDC make residents and staff of these settings the highest priority for the vaccine. Long term care facilities are comprised of our nation’s nursing homes, assisted living and memory care communities, intermediate care facilities for individuals with developmental disabilities, and independent living communities,” states the letter.
More travelers are visiting Manassas.
New data released by the United States Travel Association shows all regions in Virginia saw an increase in tourism activity last year. Manassas continued its trend of annual gains for the 10th consecutive year with expenditures reaching $74.6 million, a 2.6% increase from 2018.
A new mixed-use development of 190 single-family homes and a shopping center is being proposed for the Independent Hill area.
Today marks the official kick-off for the Toys for Tots 2020 holiday campaign.
Now until Christmas, U.S. Marines and 35, 000 volunteers will be conducting 810 toy collection and distribution campaigns in all 50 states for an estimated 15 million children living in poverty. The mission of Marine Toys for Tots is to bring the joy of Christmas to less fortunate children with the goal of delivering a message of hope that will inspire youngsters to grow into responsible, productive, patriotic citizens.
The developer of a long-debated planned residential neighborhood centered on 340 acres of land has reduced the number of homes it wants to build.
The Preserve at Long Branch, formerly the Mid County Park and Estate Homes, would now have single-family homes on 102 quarter-acre sized lots, sized between one and four acres, down from the original 118. The project site in the center of Prince William County and residents would use both Classic Springs Way, off Bristow Road, and Classic Springs Drive, off Route 234 to access to the site.
Central Rappahannock Regional Library will reopen branches to the public soon, starting with computer access and printing in the next few weeks.
Customers will soon be able to enter the buildings to browse the collection and check out materials.
The Prince William Board of County Supervisors recently accepted a $352,000 grant to fund aid for mentally ill female inmates.
This grant was from the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services and will be dedicated to aiding mentally ill women in the Prince William-Manassas Regional Adult Detention Center.
