The City of Manassas will mark Earth Day with a Spring RecycleFest on Saturday, April 1, from 8 a.m. to noon at the Manassas Transfer Station, at 8305 Quarry Road, in Manassas.

Office of Facilities Services for Prince William County Schools will hold a March 9 public meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. at Gainesville Middle School to share information on a new location of the proposed 13th high school.

National Geographic Society announced the election of Dr. Ángel Cabrera to its Board of Trustees. Cabrera, president of George Mason University, joins two other new Board members named the week of Feb. 27.

DALE CITY – Lane closures will occur along northbound and southbound I-95 between Cardinal Drive and the Dale City cars-only rest area Monday, March 6 - Thursday, March 9 for inspection of the bridges over Neabsco Creek, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.

Despite the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) budget cuts to the Adopt-A- Stream program statewide, the Prince William Soil & Water Conservation District reports that it is continuing the Adopt-A- Stream program at the local level. If you can help or for more information, contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Several stream cleanup events are planned in April.

Pile driving resumed today, Feb. 28, 2017, along US 1 in Woodbridge for construction of the new bridge over Marumsco Creek just north of Marys Way. The procedure and noise will last from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. for approximately two weeks, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.

Friends of Rural Crescent Energized (FORCE) will hold an informational update meeting on the proposed mosque at the corner of Schaeffer Lane and Vint Hill Road in Nokesville. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at the Nokesville Volunteer Fire Department on Marsteller Drive.

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond ruled on Feb. 17 in favor of the Commonwealth's 30-year moratorium on mining uranium in the Commonwealth. The majority of a three judge panel found that nothing in the federal Atomic Energy Act preempts the state's ability to regulate and restrict conventional uranium mining within its borders, according to a news release from the office of Attorney General Mark Herring.