The Haymarket Town & Country Garden Club has been busy preparing for its annual Holiday Shoppe which will be held this coming Friday, Nov. 22 from 10 to 5 and Saturday, Nov. 23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Prince William Fire & Rescue Station 15 Community Hall on US Rte. 15 in Haymarket.

A new method of testing for Lyme disease developed at George Mason University that allows for early detection for the disease in humans and pets may be available soon, according to Fairfax County supervisor Pat Herrity.

U.S. Sens. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) and Mark Warner (D-VA) April 28 reintroduced legislation to protect horses from the abusive practice known as soring - in which show horse trainers apply blistering or burning agents, lacerations, sharp objects, or other substances or devices to a horse's limb to intentionally make each step painful, forcing a horse to perform an exaggerated high-stepping gait that is rewarded in show rings.

A free Wildlife Habitat workshop will be held on Friday, May 1, 3-7 p.m., at Windy Knoll Farm, 11602 Kettle Run Road, Nokesville, VA. Want to increase species richness of your property? A wealth of wildlife love quail habitats! Come learn how to make it happen at this free workshop.

el. Richard L. Anderson (Colonel, U.S. Air Force, Retired), will present the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to surviving family members of Mr. Albert L. Jones, Sr., of Manassas, who served during World War II as a wartime member of the Auxiliary of the U.S. Army Air Forces, the Civil Air Patrol (CAP).

Prince William County VA Police Department's crime report for April 28, 2015.

Haymarket Town Police Department crime report for Tuesday, April 28, 2015.

Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) will conduct a public hearing tonight, Tuesday, April 28, starting at 6 p.m. on the draft Six-Year Improvement Program (SYIP), which allocates $12.9 billion to transportation projects over the next six fiscal years beginning July 1, 2015.

Every year since 2011, Assistant Dean of Science Ia Gomez has organized the National DNA Day celebration at NOVA-Manassas. National DNA Day commemorates the completion of the Human Genome Project in April 2003 and the discovery of the double helix in 1953. This year’s speaker was Kirk Odom who was falsely convicted of rape.