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Greetings Manassas! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Manassas man accused of posing as officer at Woodbridge station
  • Why a Manassas man was jailed after visiting a police station
  • Teen Union soldier found at Manassas battlefield to receive Arlington burial

Also on today's calendar: 9th Annual Gene Montague Memorial 5K and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the Buffalo say when his son left? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: Partly sunny and warmer, with a high of 85 and low of 55 degrees.
  • Monday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 83, low: 56.
  • Tuesday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 81 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Virginia man charged with impersonating a police officer at a police station (wtop.com) — Police say a 45-year-old Manassas man was arrested after allegedly claiming to be an officer while trying to enter a secure parking lot at Prince William County's central police station in Woodbridge. He was later charged with trespassing and impersonating a police officer and is being held without bond pending a court date.
   

• Police Blotter: Death Investigation, Sexual Assault Reported (potomaclocal.com) — Police say a Manassas man was arrested after allegedly claiming to be an officer while trying to access a secure area at Prince William County's Central District Station. The same daily blotter details an unattended death outside a Woodbridge restaurant, a reported sexual assault at a Woodbridge Food Lion, and several fraud and public intoxication cases handled by Stafford County deputies.
   

• Young Union soldier killed at Second Manassas to receive Arlington burial 164 years later (fox56.com) — Manassas residents may be interested to know that remains of a teenage Union soldier, discovered in 2024 at Manassas National Battlefield Park, are being prepared for burial with full honors at Arlington National Cemetery. The find at a former Civil War field hospital highlights the brutal Second Battle of Manassas and connects today's Manassas landscape to the war's lingering human stories.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bison! (Thank you Judy M. for sending it in!)
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