During the Feb. 2 Manassas City Council meeting, Mayor Harry "Hal" J. Parrish II delivered the State of the City of Manassas address in a video message to city residents–welcoming new businesses, highlighting activities, noting volunteer efforts and the city's first resident survey and underscoring the hiring of a city economic development director.

On February 26th at 7 pm, Gainesville Marque resident and author, Frank Fuerst, will be speaking about his 17-year journey as caregiver for his wife, June, an Alzheimer’s patient. As a result of that journey, Frank wrote the prize-winning Alzheimer’s Care With Dignity, a book he would have liked to have had during June’s illness.

Beginning 8 a.m. tomorrow, Thursday, Feb. 5, all Novant Health facilities including the hospital in Manassas will lift visitor restrictions that were put in place Jan. 2, according to a news release. During the height of this flu season, Novant asked the community to keep visitors younger than 18 years old out of its hospital facilities.

Scouts and their families will be participating in a circuit hike (about 4 miles) through the City of Manassas Feb. 7, weather permitting with stops at five churches. Participants will donate food and will pick up trash along the way. At each stop a church representative will conduct an interactive discussion with the youth about two of the Ten Commandments along with a brief introduction to their particular religious denomination.

Virginia Department of Transportation's I-66 Public Information Meeting that was scheduled for tonight, Jan. 27, at Bull Run Elementary School in Centreville has been cancelled due to inclement weather. Still scheduled are the Jan. 28 info session at Battlefield High School in Haymarket and the Jan. 29 info session at VDOT headquarters in Fairfax.

The effort to kill the $12.1-million appropriation needed to bury power lines along US 1 in Woodbridge came to a halt Jan. 13 when Prince William Board of County Supervisors voted it down at a public hearing in McCoart Government Center.

Manassas VA City Police Department's crime report for Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015.

On January 14th at 10:54PM, Prince William County police officers responded to a residence located in the 5600 block of Northton Ct in Woodbridge (22193) to investigate a stabbing, according to Officer Jonathan Perok, police department spokesman. The victim was transported to an area hospital where he died as a result of his injuries, Perok said.

On Jan. 12 at 7 p.m. approximately 1,000 residents attended a town hall meeting that was held at Battlefield High School regarding Dominion Virginia Power's proposed Haymarket substation and 230kv project.

Manassas VA City Police Department's crime report for Monday, Jan. 12, 2015.

Jonathan Way was elected Vice Mayor of Manassas on January 5, 2015, by the Manassas City Council for a 2-year term He follows Andrew Harrover who did not run for re-election in November, 2014.

Some members of the Virginia General Assembly's money committees will be at the Hylton Performing Arts Center on the GMU campus in Manassas at 10 a.m. tomorrow, Wednesday, Jan. 7, to hear from the public on the Governor's proposed amendments to the 2014-16 biennial state budget.