“Executive Order 43 will empower parents with the tools they need to protect their children and sets the stage for a statewide response to reclaim childhood and ensure the next generation can thrive.”

The Manassas Museum is participating in the Blue Star initiative, welcoming military families with free admission to the museum through Labor Day, Sept. 5.

Rappahannock and Potomac Transportation Commission's Board of Commissioners will consider a staff proposal on July 7 to ease some but not all overcrowding on commuter buses from Prince William County

A new cookbook with hundreds of recipes, cooking tips, recipe notes, local history, photos of local people and of beautiful stained glass church windows has been produced by the women of Sudley United Methodist Church.

Maureen Matty, a first grade teacher in Prince William County, VA, for 35 years, has retired from Signal Hill Elementary School in Manassas

Manassas City Council has accepted a $1.4 million SAFER grant to expand firefighting capabilities by adding 12 new positions

Nokesville's Patriot High School and T. Clay Wood Elementary School banned together to hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the adjacent schools. The June 28 ceremony drew a standing room only audience of students, staff, parents and guests, filling Patriot High School’s state-of-the-art auditorium. Many dignitaries attended the evening event as well. Here, students of T. Clay Wood, which will open in the fall, ready to cut the ribbon officially opening their school.

Prince William County Police Department’s crime report for June 30, 2011.

Prince William County Police Department’s crime report for June 29, 2011.