Sharon Clark, a public health nurse with the PW Area Agency on Aging, said the classes help people with diabetes learn to live with their condition. "Members of this class will learn all kinds of tools to use in managing their diabetes."

Friends of the Occoquan (FOTO) will hold the fall Occoquan River cleanup on Saturday, Oct. 14.**We are in need of boaters to help assist along the waterways at the various sites. Contact FOTO at 703-624-7124 if you can help us out!**

Prince William County Police Department's crime log for Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017.

Staff and students have returned to the building at Marsteller Middle School in Bristow Oct. 10 following a precautionary evacuation.

Marsteller Middle School, 14000 Sudley Manor Dr., Bristow, has been evacuated as a precaution due to the fire alarm and smoky haze in building, according to Irene Cromer, supervisor of community relations for Prince William County Public Schools.

Fauquier County Public Schools will participate in an earthquake drill on Thursday, October 19, 2017, at 10:19 a.m. The drill is part of the sixth annual Great SouthEast ShakeOut, a multi-state simultaneous earthquake drill in which participants practice the recommended action to take during an actual earthquake.

Prince William County's Community Services Board will host its annual afternoon of Mental Health Awareness at the Dr. A.J. Ferlazzo Building in Woodbridge on Wednesday, Oct. 11, from 3 to 7:30 p.m. to educate, inspire and dispel myths about mental illness.

The Prince William County Office of Housing & Community Development (OHCD) reports that itwas recently notified that it will receive $3.1 million through federal grants to assist area residents who are in need of decent housing, a suitable living environment, and aid in economic opportunities for low and moderate-income persons.