Guaranteed game-day loser: Sunday’s Super Bowl brings impaired driving warnings
FROM Va. State Police 02/10/23 / Breaking News / Health & Safety / People & Places / Police & Fire Beat / Transportation /
Virginia State troopers will be stepping up patrols during and following the Super Bowl to deter, detect and arrest drunk drivers. No game or drink is worth losing a life over.
Nature is for everyone: Black and brown faces in America’s wild places
FROM PW Conservation Alliance 02/25/20 / Nature and the Outdoors /
On Saturday, March 21, Nature is for Everyone: Black and Brown Faces in America's Wild Places, an event with morning and evening venues, with author, photographer, and outdoor advocate Dudley Edmondson will be held at Prince William Forest Park in the morning 10 a.m.-noon and then at Northern Virginia Community College, Woodbridge, beginning at 6 p.m.
Words to Learn By—Annual Scrabble fundraiser March 7 at Linton Hall School
02/04/20 / Nonprofits / Religion / Benefit Event /
A Scrabble® Scramble night to benefit BEACON for Adult Literacy will be held on Saturday, March 7, from 6 to 9 p.m., at Linton Hall School (9535 Linton Hall Rd. in Bristow. Registration for a team of four players is $120. To register, visit beaconliteracy.org or contact
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Soup-er Bingo Jan. 25 to benefit Haymarket Regional Food Pantry
FROM Haymarket Regional Food Pantry 01/19/20 / Good Eating / Haymarket / Health & Safety / Money & Taxes /
The Haymarket Regional Food Pantry will host its Soup-er Bowl BINGO Fundraiser and Food Drive on Saturday, Jan. 25 from 3 to 5 p.m. at Alvey Elementary located at 5300 Waverly Farm Dr, Haymarket, VA 20169.
Noted insect expert to discuss new book and wildlife preservation strategies Feb. 23
01/03/20 / Breaking News / Books & Libraries / Nature and the Outdoors /
Professor and award-winning author Doug Tallamy will be speaking and signing copies of his new book "Nature's Best Hope" on Sunday, Feb. 23, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Manassas Park Community Center, 99 Adams St., Manassas Park.
Langston Hughes’ Black Nativity Dec. 6 at Hylton Center
FROM The Creative and Performing Arts Center (CAPAC, Inc.) 12/03/19 / Creative Arts / Dance / Music /
Black Nativity is a soul stirring musical production that is the signature theatrical piece of acclaimed poet Langston Hughes. Hughes chronicles the original story of the Nativity through scripture, verse, music and dance.
Volunteers are needed in the greater Prince William community
By Mary Foley, Volunteer Prince William 08/17/19 / Nonprofits / Volunteering /
Can you help? Volunteers are needed to drive people to medical appointments; to teach reading, English, computer skills, financial skills, math, citizenship & more; to help with a youth triathalon and a golf tournament and to coach Girls on the Run; to help an Army museum get ready to open; to pick produce on Sundays; to pickup & deliver meals; to garden a road buffer and more.
Sharpen parenting skills with upcoming Cooperative Extension classes
FROM Virginia Cooperative Extension 07/20/19 / Education / Kids Konnection /
The latest parenting class schedules and the Parent Education Registration Form are at http://www.pwcgov.org/parenting.
Activities on Tuesday, Aug. 20 for children up to age 12 at Manassas Mall
06/18/19 / Manassas / People & Places / Just for Fun / Kids Konnection /
Manassas Mall has partnered with local organizations to host summertime Tykes Tuesday, a free, family oriented summer fun program for kids 12 and under from 11 a.m.-noon in the At Home Court near Walmart. The final Tykes Tuesday is Aug. 20.
Mother-Son costume dance May 10 at Dale City VFD
04/23/19 /
The first annual Dale City Volunteer Fire Department Mother Son Dance! will be on Friday, May 10, from 7 to 9 p.m. in DeSanto Community Hall, 13511 Hillendale Dr., Woodbridge VA, 22193.
Today's Obituaries
Half-staff flags in memory of Va. Tech shootings in 2007
Governor Glenn Youngkin ordered that the flags of the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Virginia be flown at half-staff on all state and local buildings and grounds in the Commonwealth of Virginia in memory and respect of the 16th Anniversary of the Virginia Tech shooting. Some 32 people were killed in this incident.
Pat Conroy dies; former mayor of Town of Occoquan
Pat Conroy, who served four consecutive two-year terms as mayor of Occoquan, from July 1998 through June 2006, recently passed away in Florida.
Kim Hosen, leading conservationist in Prince William County
As the defender of Prince William County’s natural places, green spaces, and especially the rural crescent, her legacy lives on through all of us. Her deep understanding of smart growth made it possible to elevate protecting special places, connecting people to nature, according to a statement from PWCA. Please visit her newly installed plaque at Merrimac Farm Wildlife Management Area, to whisper thoughts, condolences, and hopes for conservationists that follow in her footsteps.
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