A new restaurant is opening up in Downtown Fredericksburg called Fork N Biscuit.
It’s taking over 715 Caroline Street and is a sharp contrast to Legume, the vegan/vegetarian restaurant that used to be located there.
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Jewell Technical Consulting is the tech company of the year in Prince William, Manassas, and Manassas Park.
It took home the top honor from the Prince William Chamber of Commerce at the organization’s 2020 Business Awards, an annual event held at the Hylton Performing Arts Center on February 25.
The middle portion of Stafford County is going through an industrial awakening, of sorts.
There is renewed interest from manufacturers in developing parcels of land near the Stafford Regional Airport on Centreport Parkway. But conditions on the land, known as proffers, set back in the 1980s and 90s, are holding things up, county officials say.
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More people are overdosing on heroin in Manassas.
City Police Chief Douglas Keen reports there have been 56 total heroin overdoses in the city in the past year. That’s an increase of 70 percent over the previous year.
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Where people once used to go hit the links, they’ll now be hitting the books.
Manassas Park agreed to $3.1 million deal with Maryland-based Library Systems & Services to create and manage a new library at the site of the old Generals Ridge Golf Course, now called Bloom’s Park, over the course of 10 years.
Fox News Channel anchor Bret Baier, one of the co-moderators of a town hall featuring Micheal Bloomberg told his TV audience there were multiple protests happening Monday night in Manassas.
For about a minute, the hour-long town hall that was broadcast live on the Fox News Channel from the Hilton Performing Arts Center in Manassas went off the rails.
Go to Fox News fades to black at Manassas town hall as Bloomberg protestors take the stage
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There’s a new Board of County Supervisors in Prince William, and some elected leaders on the public body are looking for ways to serve more people outside of regular meeting dates and times.
Supervisors have been talking about holding more evening sessions so that commuters might have the opportunity to come and speak on an issue. Occoquan District Supervisor Kenny Boddye has also suggested meetings to be held on Saturdays, something that is unheard of in Prince William County but commonplace for the Arlington County Board, which holds its regular meetings at 8:30 a.m.
While there are only a handful of homes in Stafford County that are listed for rent on the popular property-sharing website AirBNB, there are lots of individual rooms for rent.
On Airbnb, customers can use a website to reserve a property in the same manner as a hotel. Customers are, however, snagging a room at someone’s home rather than an established hotel.
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The owner of the region’s newest The Goddard School, Rebecca Chen, celebrated the opening of her new school in February with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
While she’s now celebrating, the school opened its doors back in December.
Two women business owners are now vying to be the next Manassas mayor.
Theresa Coates Ellis announced late Thursday night that she’ll seek the office of Manassas mayor in the city’s November General Election.