PWCS has met the challenge of making a school budget readable and understandable, so say examiners for the Association of School Business Officials (ASBO) International, for the 22nd consecutive year.

2017 Fireworks Spectacular hosted by Virginia Gateway shopping center will be held on Saturday, Nov. 18 between 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. at Route 29 and Linton Hall Rd.

On Nov. 16, the co-founders of KO Distilling in Manassas rang a merchant ship’s bell celebrating the completion of a $900,000 expansion which has more than tripled their production capacity and will create more jobs.

On Tuesday, Nov. 14, the Flory Small Business Center, Inc. in partnership with Stratford University in Woodbridge will facilitate a Start-Up Small Business Workshop presented by Linda Decker, President and CEO of the Flory Small Business Center, Inc.

The number of turkeys raised in Virginia this year is expected to total 17 million, according to the Virginia office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service. The finding is from a Sept. 1 survey conducted in major turkey-producing states.

Starting Nov. 15, Fuquier County Public Schools will offer a series of monthly workshops for employees of community preschools and day care facilities and for child care providers who service preschool-aged children.

Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-1) along with Federal Communications Commission Chairman, Ajit Pai, will hold a Broadband Task Force Meeting to resolve rural broadband access issues in the First District of Virginia on Monday, Oct. 30, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Northern Neck Electrical Cooperative, 173 Pine Street, Warsaw, Virginia 22572.

STIHL Inc.will construct a state-of-the-art, 80,000-square-foot administration facility, which will combine the finance & controlling, sales & marketing, legal, and customer & technical service teams under one roof, as well as add a new museum and brand experience center--all in Virginia Beach, where its corporate headquarters have been for 40 years.