A letter has been sent to the Woodbridge High School community and is posted on the school's website, http://woodbridgehs.schools.pwcs.edu/

K9 teams from Federal, State and Local government agencies met to work their dogs on drug and bomb sniffing exercises. Training included working with two VRE trains and using two 34-passenger airplanes provided by Capital Aviation.

Fauquier County school division anticipates that the high school graduation window for the three high schools will be Thursday, May 19, 2016 through Monday, May 23, 2016.

Prince William County VA Police Department's crime report for Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016.

The second Community Input session on the proposed PW Parkway Elementary School at Chinn Park has been re-scheduled to Jan. 7, 2016, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Gar-Field High School.

The next VEX robotics competition for middle school students will take place on Saturday, Jan. 9, at Patriot High School in Nokesville. The all-day event will begin at 8 a.m.

Novant Health’s Virginia operations joined UVA Culpeper Hospital Jan. 1 to form a regional health system. Each entity, Caton Merchant House, Cancer Center, Culpeper Medical Center, Haymarket Medical Center and Prince William Medical Center is now preceded by the name Novant Health UVA Health System.

he Elementary School Naming Committee will hold two community meetings on Jan. 19 and on Jan. 25 to receive name suggestions for the “Ferlazzo” Elementary School, currently under construction in Woodbridge.

Shortly before 1 p.m. on Jan. 4, 2015, Manassas City Police, in collaboration with Town of Warsaw Police, charged Ben R. TAULBEE, Jr (36) for robbery and grand larceny after he was apprehended without incident in Warsaw, N.C. TAULBEE is awaiting extradition back to Va., where he has a pending court date in General District Court.

Prince William County VA Police Department's crime report for Monday, Jan. 4, 2016.

Through the 2015 Pesticide Disposal Program 62,261 pounds of unwanted pesticides were removed in Virginia localities including Prince William County, Manassas and Manassas Park. Participants included agricultural producers, licensed pesticide dealers and pest control firms, golf course operators and homeowners.

Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) has announced the meeting schedule for the Agency’s State Managed Pollinator Protection Plan to give stakeholders an opportunity to provide input on the development of the plan. The closest meeting to Prince William/Manassas is Jan. 26 in Warrenton.