09/17/16 / Transportation / Warrenton / Just for Fun / Kids Konnection / Parks & Recreation /
Fauquier County Parks and Recreation is hosting Touch-A-truck 2016 on Saturday, Sept. 17, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Warrenton Community Center, 431 E. Shirley Avenue.
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From Prince William County Police Department 09/12/16 / Health & Safety / People & Places / Police & Fire Beat / Transportation / Parks & Recreation /
September is Bicyclist and Pedestrian Awareness Month in Virginia and, as fall temperatures lure more people outside for recreation, the Prince William County Police Department encourages County residents to share the road.
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FROM VIrginia Department of Conservation and Recreation 09/07/16 / State Government / Nature and the Outdoors / Parks & Recreation /
Natural Bridge, one of the iconic and historic sites in the United States, and 1343 surrounding acres will become the 37th Virginia State Park during a public ceremony at 10 a.m. on Sept. 24.
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08/23/16 / Breaking News / Federal Government / People & Places / Woodbridge / Parks & Recreation /
US Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell has appointed David G. Brickley of Woodbridge and president of the September 11th National Memorial Trail Alliance, to a five-year term as a member of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission.
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08/22/16 / Education / Health & Safety / People & Places / Kids Konnection / Parks & Recreation /
People from across the county will have their first opportunity to discover, inspect and try out the new Prince William County Public Schools Aquatics Center at a free grand opening celebration, Saturday, Sept. 10 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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07/30/16 / People & Places / Parks & Recreation /
The new River Mill Park at the end of Mill Street in Occoquan will celebrate its grand opening on Saturday, July 30, with a family friendly event from 10 a.m. to noon.
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By RANDI REID, Observer staff 07/01/16 / Local Government / Parks & Recreation /
Prince William County's Department of Parks and Recreation is asking residents to take a one-question online survey by July 15 to assist in future planning of county parks and recreation services.
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FROM Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation 06/30/16 / Breaking News / State Government / Nature and the Outdoors / Parks & Recreation /
Some 604 acres of the 900-acre Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship land preserve, donated by the Robert and Dee Leggett Foundation to the Old Dominion Land Conservancy, were acquired June 14 by Virginia's Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). The plan is to use the acreage located in western Loudoun County for a new Virginia State Park.
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