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5 days ago | insidenova.com | Kari Pugh

A man who is on Virginia's sex offender register for a similar crime n 2018 is accused of entering an assisted living facility in the Manassas area June 20 and raping an 85-year-old resident. Benjamin Alex Dinarte, 32, of Manassas, allegedly entered the facility at 9852 Fairmont Ave. at 6:50 a.m. through an unsecured rear door and entered the room of an 85-year-old woman, Prince William County police Master Officer Renee Carr said in a news release.

1 week ago | insidenova.com | Cameron Delean

Lining the walls of the art gallery on the second floor of The National Museum of the Marine Corps is the retelling of the Marine Corps history through artwork. The museum in Triangle is about to open a temporary exhibition, “United States Marine Corps: 250 Years of Dedication, Determination and Courage,” featuring 91 original works of art honoring the Marine Corps. The exhibition opens to the public June 27.

1 week ago | insidenova.com | Emily Seymour

A Weems Elementary School student won the inaugural Virginia School Boards Association Statewide Art Contest. The student, Kingston Rosner, is a fourth grader at Weems Elementary School in Manassas. His original piece, titled “What’s in My Head,” was selected as the elementary school winner from the other first-place regional winners across Virginia, according to a Manassas school system news release. Rosner won first place in the association’s Northeastern Regional Art Contest in May.

1 week ago | insidenova.com | Grace Schumacher

Though weather forecasts threatened rain throughout the day, spirits remained high as families, friends and neighbors filled the streets of Old Town Warrenton with music, dancing and fellowship on June 14 to celebrate the fifth annual Fauquier Juneteenth Festival. Hosted by the nonprofit Fauquier Juneteenth, the daylong event drew an estimated 3,000 people to the historic Main Street lined with more than 60 vendors, food trucks and activity booths.

1 week ago | insidenova.com | Emily Seymour

State Sen. Tara Durant announced Wednesday her intention to run for Congress, aiming to unseat Rep. Eugene Vindman in the 7th District in next year's election. Durant, a Republican from Stafford County, calls herself a “conservative fighter” on her campaign website. “I worked with Governor Glenn Youngkin to deliver results for Virginia families, fight inflation, cut taxes, protect our schools and grow our economy,” Durant wrote on her website.