Good Monday morning, A young woman reached out to the Manassas Journal after hearing we had an opening on our delivery team. She had been watching what we were doing and asked four simple words: “How can I help?” Those might be four of the best words a community newspaper can hear. We’re growing. People…
The Manassas Journal has sent questionnaires to candidates seeking local and state offices that directly affect Manassas and Manassas Park. The questions focus on issues residents are asking about, including schools, public safety, taxes, growth, infrastructure, housing, economic development, technology and quality of life. Every candidate in the same race receives the same questions. Candidates…
Prince William County supervisors are scheduled to consider a resolution on Sept. 15 opposing proposals to divert treated UOSA water from the Occoquan watershed for uses that would prevent the water from returning to the Occoquan Reservoir system. The issue involves the Upper Occoquan Service Authority, or UOSA, a regional wastewater-treatment authority serving Prince William…
Court docket shows case dismissed with prejudice after parties reached a mutual agreement 2-Minute Brief WHAT HAPPENED: Manassas City School Board member Sara Brescia filed a court petition in August alleging that Board members communicated outside public view and authorized an investigation into comments she reportedly made privately. RESOLUTION: Brescia and the Manassas City School…
Manassas and Prince William County will join communities across the country Friday in marking 25 years since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The attacks killed nearly 3,000 people in New York, at the Pentagon in Arlington and near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Prince William County lost 22 residents that day, including 19 at the Pentagon and…
The Manassas Economic Development Authority met Tuesday to review several items tied to the Manassas Shopping Center, small-business support and other economic-development matters. The Sept. 8 agenda included action involving Kids & Family Dental, a Rice Hardware license item, a police activity report for the shopping center, the July operating report and the latest project…
The Manassas Utility Commission will meet Thursday to review a delay involving a substation serving Amazon Web Services, electric rates, system reliability and several utility capital projects. The meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 10 at the Public Works Facility, 8500 Public Works Drive. Dominion Energy has scheduled Feb. 9, 2027, to energize the transmission…
Manassas City Police now say three people fired weapons during the Sept. 4 shooting in Old Town Manassas that killed a 16-year-old girl. Police announced Wednesday that Xavier Wanzer, 19, of Prince William County, and Talib Davis, 23, of Manassas City, were arrested Sept. 8 with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service. Both are being…
When the Manassas Journal hired its first paperboy, Dave already had a little side venture. You may remember it. Nathan’s Dairy Bar. At first, Dave managed both. He delivered papers through the Weems and Lomond neighborhoods, waking up extra early and working late to make time for Nathan’s Dairy Bar on Mathis Avenue. Sadly, that…
Elected officials from Prince William County, Manassas and Manassas Park will meet Wednesday evening to discuss shared government services, the Judicial Center and parking garage project, and Washington Manassas Airport. The meeting is part of a relatively new regional committee created to give the three neighboring governments a regular public forum for issues that cross…