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What differentiates Velocity Urgent Care from “run-of-the-mill” urgent care centers is its focus on what’s important to the patient.  “We put patients first in everything we do,” said Alan Ayers, Chief Executive Officer. “We know today’s health care consumer is extremely busy and nobody has time to be sick, so our goal is to get you back to ‘life’ as quickly as possible.”

As a partner with Sentara Healthcare, Velocity Urgent Care works with primary care physicians, providing a copy of the patient’s chart with authorization, and maintains referral relationships with local specialists and facilities for patients who require a higher level of care.  “The partnership between Velocity Urgent Care and Sentara Healthcare improves access, coordination, and affordability of care in Prince William County,” said Kathie Johnson, President of Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center.


News

WOODBRIDGE — (Press Release) The Prince William Board of County Supervisors is pleased to announce Brickyard, Northern Virginia’s coworking community provider will open its second location in Neabsco Commons, Woodbridge, Virginia.  Brickyard will receive $400,000 toward office equipment and tenant improvements through a new public-private partnership agreement.  The brand new location marks the first of its kind in the County and is expected to open in summer 2019.

Recognizing the County’s robust federal contracting and defense technology sectors, as well as an emerging entrepreneurial class they have sparked, Brickyard identified the unmet need for those businesses and professionals to be physically accessible to their clients, while also providing flexibility to operate remotely. Its new Neabsco Commons location, with easy access to nearby federal installations, proximity to Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 1, will provide the ideal location and venue from which small businesses and entrepreneurs can operate effectively.


News

WOODBRIDGE — Federal and state officials are preparing for a future full of autonomous vehicles.

In the skies, “we’ve got drones delivering food during football games in San Fransisco, and drones delivering much-needed blood to others,” said Anthony Biddell, of the U.S Department of Transportation Department.


Features

Editor’s note: We’re featuring the stories of some spooky hunts in our region during October. 

It was after a bloody battle a few miles north of Manassas Junction on July 21, 1861, that a young Confederate soldier named Edward Craighill found himself attending to the wounded at Ben Lomond.


Business

OCCOQUAN — (Press Release)  This Thursday, October 4, one of Occoquan’s newer businesses, Occoquan Optical, will celebrate their one year anniversary in town. 

In recognition of this occasion they are hosting a special event from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on the 4th that will feature a pop-up shop from fellow Occoquan merchant Details of Occoquan, a trunk show from Occoquan Optical’s best selling ladies line, CAROLINE ABRAM, and special pricing on makeup from a local representative of the company that created Lipsense. 


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Good Morning Prince William – CASA Children’s Intervention Services is hosting a volunteer information session on Monday October 9th, 6pm at the Chinn Park library. Come learn about being an advocate for an abused or neglected child.  This is a wonderful program and you’ll hear firsthand from seasoned volunteers with the program. Please email Suzanne at: [email protected]  for more info.

·         Historic Manassas needs volunteers next Saturday October 6th to help at the Manassas Jubilee Festival.  First shift is 6:45-10am to help direct crafters to their spot.  Second shift is 9:30-1pm to help at the stage check-in and last shift is 12:30-5pm also at the stage check-in.  Please email Melissa at: [email protected] with your name and time you can volunteer.


Originals

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — Heavy rain didn’t stop parents, teachers, and students from attending a Prince William County School Board Chair Candidates Debate on Thursday.

Gainesville District School Board member Alyson Satterwhite sat next to the appointed Interim School Board Chairman At-large Dr. Babur Lateef inside Howsmon Hall at the Northern Virginia Community College Manassas Campus.  


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“I’ve seen a lot of pretty bad situations. I’ve worked explosive cases all around the world: the Embassy bombing in Africa, the Unabomber case, plane crashes in New York and Mexico. I’ve seen a lot of bad things in my 25 years as an agent, I don’t want to say I’m used to it, but that’s kind of the job I am there to do,” says FBI explosives expert, Thomas Mohnal.

Seventeen years ago when the planes hit the twin towers on September 11th, he received orders to get to New York City as soon as possible. As Mohnal sat in traffic that morning on Interstate 395, the unthinkable happened, another plane crashed, this time into the Pentagon.


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