Join the City of Manassas in celebrating 150 years as a community on April 1, 2023, from 2 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Exciting activities include poetry readings and live music. Food from local establishments will be available, and plenty of entertainment for all. A time capsule meant to commemorate life in present-day Manassas will be […]
by PW Perspective Staff From an art exhibit, to baseball, to water activities and farming, the month of April is full of opportunities to be active, learn or participate in something new. Check out some of what’s in store for April below, including a sneak peak at our next issue of Leisure. Attend an Art Exhibit […]
Editorial By Liletta Harlem Many of us read this headline on Saturday, March 25th about Jonathan Majors, a star in recently released “Creed III” and “Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania,” At the time of this article, we are yet to know what will come from the allegations. However, this is not a discussion about the […]
Last week we attended the Community Foundation’s 6th annual Shape of the Region conference on the needs of the 300,000+ adults over the age of 65 who live in Northern Virginia. We learned that only 6.5% of older Northern Virginians move each year and only 2.6% of them leave the state. An overwhelming majority, therefore, […]
by Virginia Mercury Firearm safety is about to get a little more affordable in Virginia after Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed a bipartisan bill creating a $300 tax credit meant to reimburse people who buy gun safes or other lockable gun containers. The legislation approved by the governor last week was the only gun safety measure that […]
Calls for police reform; a GoFundMe has been set up to help the family The Fairfax Democrats have issued the following statement on the Timothy Johnson tragedy. Johnson was shot and killed by two Fairfax County police offers on February 22 in the Tysons Corner area after running away from a department store. “On February […]
Nationwide — A community-based program called Debt Help For Women has already helped thousands of single moms and women who are overwhelmed with their financial obligations in life. The program is especially looking to help underprivileged Black, Brown and other minority women who live in the United States. For over 20 years, the program has helped thousands of […]
Going into any season, the hardest thing to do is overcoming an experienced opponent. This is especially true when having to go on the road, but that is what took place last week as the Northern Virginia Rampage fell to the Baltimore Hurricanes 30-0. Despite four takeaways by the defense, the offense struggled to take […]
by Denise Roosendaal As we wind down this month of March, also known as the National Woman’s History Month, I’ve been thinking a lot about Ida B. Wells. She was a woman to remember. Born into slavery in 1862 in Holly Springs Mississippi, she lost her parents to the yellow fever epidemic in 1878 and […]
Regional Mental Health Facility to be Located in Occoquan District LAKE RIDGE, VA – Supervisor Kenny Boddye (D-Occoquan) celebrated Prince William County’s purchase of a permanent home for wraparound mental health services. The site – used in recent years as a mass COVID-19 vaccination site – was already slated to be leased by the county […]
