Monday, May 21, 2012
Police arrested two men after executing a search warrant at the Manassas motel.
"The following information was supplied by the Manassas Park Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction." Detectives working with a special, multi-jurisdictional drug team made two arrests and found drugs in a motel room in Old Town Manassas after executing a search warrant. Officers with the Prince William-Manassas-Manassas Park Narcotics Task Force executed the warrant in Room 40 at Olde Towne Inn, located at 9403 Main Street, on March 28. Police said they didn't publicize details of the search at the time because they needed to protect their ongoing investigation into drug deals in the area. During the search and investigation, police discovered marijuana, oxycodone, drug paraphernalia …
Thursday, May 17, 2012
City Council votes to allow a local funeral home to build, operate pet and human crematoriums despite some residents' concerns.
The Manassas City Council voted this week to allow a local funeral home to add a crematorium for both humans and pets on its premises, according to a recent report on InsideNova.com. The vote comes over two months after the agenda item requesting a special use permit that would allow Pierce Funeral Home to build and operate a crematory on its property on Center Street first came before council. Council continued to delay the vote so the city could gather more information on mercury emissions and hear from citizens after a series of public hearings on the topic prompted at least one resident of the nearby Lee Square community to raise concerns about the safety surrounding mercury emissions. Council Members also received emails from …
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate answered questions in appearance at AOL's Dulles office.
U.S. Senate hopeful Tim Kaine said the federal government should chip in for the Silver Line Phase 2 — but that the commonwealth also needs to pay a bigger share than the $150 million it has promised to ensure it gets built as scheduled. "What we are seeing in Washington is an anti-investment mentality," Kaine (D) told a group at AOL's Dulles headquarters Thursday. He said he worked with the Bush and Obama administrations to get $900 million for the first phase and the next phase has centered on who pays for it. "I believe it is a project of federal significance because it links Dulles with the most important capital city in the world," he said. "But when it comes to the state being a meaningful participant, Virginia has fallen short too. …
Monday, May 14, 2012
The candidate for U.S. Senate and former Virginia governor will answer questions in Dulles at AOL this Thursday. George Allen, Kaine's likely challenger, spoke at AOL May 4.
Tim Kaine, the Democratic candidate for the open Virginia U.S. Senate seat, will appear at the AOL campus in Dulles Thursday at 1 p.m. to speak with AOL employees and other guests. George Allen, a former U.S. Senator and former Virginia governor, appeared at AOL May 4, and Patch covered the forum, asked questions submitted by readers and invited a few readers to join the program. Patch will be covering the forum and inviting a few readers from each Patch to attend in person. If you'd like to attend the event, send an email to patchpolitics@aol.com with your name, address and telephone number. What Would You Like to Ask Tim Kaine? Tell Us in the Comments! Patch editors will be questioning Kaine at the event, and we'd like to know what we …
Friday, May 11, 2012
Residents are encouraged to leave one bag of non-perishable food at their mailboxes on Saturday for their mail carriers to pick up and donate to a local food pantry.
Letter carriers all over the U.S. will be looking to pick up more than just mail this weekend. Saturday is the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, an initiative of the U.S. Postal Service and the National Association of Letter Carriers. Residents can do their part by leaving at least one bag of non-perishable food at their mailboxes or wherever their mail is normally left. The carrier will pick up the food and take it to a local food bank. To raise awareness for the event, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe and National Association of Letter Carriers President Frederic Rolando are scheduled to appear at a press conference today at 9:30 a.m. in the District at NALC headquarters. More than 49 million people in America struggle to feed themselves …
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Will Obama's announcement hurt his chances to carry Virginia in 2012 as he did in 2008?
Facing pressure to take a stand, President Barack Obama on Wednesday said he supports same-sex marriage. In an interview with ABC News’ Robin Roberts, Obama (D) described his “evolution” on the issue through talks with friends, and reflection on military personnel and members of his own staff who, he said, “are not able to commit themselves in a marriage,” adding that “at a certain point I’ve just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get married.” Excerpts of the interview are scheduled to appear on ABC’s World News with Diane Sawyer on Wednesday evening. The full interview is scheduled to appear on ABC’s Good Morning America on Thursday morning. …
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
New map feature includes drop-down menu for Blackberry users.
The Virginia Railway Express recently debuted changes to the mapping feature in its Rail Time system, a program used by riders to track the whereabouts of trains on the Manassas and Fredericksburg Lines. VRE officials were prompted to make the change to Rail Time after Microsoft canceled MapPoint—the mapping feature Rail Time used—in December, VRE spokesman Mark Roeber said this week. Microsoft customers like VRE were then required to migrate to Bing in order to continue providing maps for services like Rail Time, he said. VRE made the changes available to the public this week after converting its account to Bing and making some changes to its scripts and code so the Bing maps can work well with the system. Officials said the 9-year-old …
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Mitt Romney stopped by female-owned Exhibit Edge in Chantilly to speak about small businesses and the economy.
George Allen is running for U.S. Senate. The former Virginia governor faces a Republican primary June 12.
George Allen, the favored Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, dropped by the Aol Dulles campus Friday and talked to employees and readers of the Internet giant about his ideas for the future of technology and innovation in the U.S. “We talk about America being the world capital of innovation. You all here with Aol are leaders in innovation,” Allen told a crowd of about 50. Allen highlighted an internal Aol initiative to help spouses of armed forces employees find good-paying jobs. He said he wants to bring jobs to spouses of armed forces employees and to all Americans. "America is open for business," he said. “The American people are the hardest-working, most creative folks in the world," Allen said. "It’s not their fault that we have …
Friday, May 4, 2012
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Michele
1:34 pm on Saturday, May 19, 2012
I had mine replaced due to health concerns. I am allergic to thimersol which is the mercury based perservative in the flu shot (and other vaccines). Didn't want to take chances. more ›