The U.S. Small Business Administration awarded $50,000 to the Prince William County Science Accelerator on Thursday.
The accelerator was chosen from a list of more than 800 applicants seeking the funding from the agency’s third annual Growth Accelerator Fund Competition. The funding will be used to continue research happening at the center, located near the Science and Technology Campus of George Mason University just outside Manassas.
Shawn Brann will serve on the Prince William County School Board as a temporary replacement for Brentsville District representative Gil Trenum.
Trenum handpicked Brann and presented his resume, along with to others, to the School Board as a recommended temporary replacement. Trenum was deployed last month to Africa for duty in the U.S. Navy.
Kristin Kabatov, the pet owner, sent us this statement and photos.
“We are devastated by the senseless loss of our beloved, Border Collie, Stark. We hope that justice will be served. He was our baby and my family is absolutely devastated by his senseless killing. He was truly a light in our life and we miss him every second. He did not deserve this. We hope justice will be served. #JusticeforStark”
Candidates running for a seat on the Manassas City Council will gather on Wednesday, Sept. 28 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at City Hall for a candidates forum.
Potomac Local Publisher Uriah Kiser will moderate the discussion.
The ribbon cutting for this new shop, located at 9109 Center Street in Manassas, will take place 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, 2016.
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More than 30 people who live in homeless camps on about 80 acres of property behind Bungalow Alehouse in Woodbridge will be forced to leave, according to Woodbridge Homeless Outreach.
Prince William County officials tell us that’s because the owner of the property posted “No Trespassing” signs, and now police will enforce the owners wishes.
Stafford Rock Hill District Supervisor Wendy Maurer will collect 300 signatures before moving forward to fix to failed dams in the county’s Lake Arrowhead neighborhood.
“I want to have the general consensus of the residents before we move forward with this,” said Maurer.
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Ryan Sawyers, Prince William County’s School Board Chairman, says he will tell the ” Superintendent that he is to not change the current regulations and practices regarding bathroom and locker room use” on Wednesday when he aims to update the division’s non-discrimination policy.
Sawyers posted this to his Facebook page:
