Join Prince William Virginia Cooperative Extension tomorrow--Wednesday, Sept, 18, at 6 p.m., as the local Extension office in Manassas hosts Alyssa Marini, a PhD student at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Diagnostic & Research Laboratory, specializing in vector-borne diseases with a focus on ticks and mosquitoes in Maine.

Need an idea for the $10 a week "Buy Local" challenge? The Virginia Department of Agriculture says to look for Virginia Grown horticulture products at a nursery or greenhouse nearby.

The local law enforcement/hospital take-back initiative in conjunction with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency was held April 28 to prevent pill abuse and theft. According to the DEA, the initiative seeks to stop prescription drug abuse as well as accidental poisonings and overdoses.

A Memorial and Tribute Service, including a candlelight vigil, for fallen law enforcement officers who lived, or served, in greater Prince William County will be held May 9 in Prince William County VA.

How Virginia should spend $10.5 billion on transportation modes of all descriptions over the next six fiscal years will be the subject of a public hearing on May 3 at 5:30 p.m. at tee VDOT office in Fairfax VA

Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries wildlife specialists remind local residents that a bear is a wild animal, and that it is detrimental to the bear, as well as illegal in Virginia, to feed a bear under any circumstances. Even the inadvertent feeding of bears is illegal including allowing bears access to unsecured trash or birdfeeders.

Prince William County Employees credit union will reopen May 1 at a new location in Old Town Manassas VA.

Law enforcement officials from Prince William County VA Special Victims Unit will speak in Manassas on Thursday, April 26, at Soroptimist International of Manassas' noon luncheon on "How to Protect Women and Girls from Abduction."

If your child will be attending kindergarten in Prince William County VA Schools this fall, the countywide registration is this Thursday, April 26 at the school your child will attend.