Attend NOVEC’s 2015 Annual Meeting on Sept. 16. Vote for two board directors among seven candidates. Profiles of the candidates, as provided by NOVEC, follow.

On Saturday, Sept. 12, local Boy Scouts, Prince William County Solid Waste Division and Keep Prince William Beautiful will celebrate the grand opening of a second American Flag Collection Center in Prince William County. The Balls Ford Road Yard Waste Compost Facility, 13000 Balls Ford Road, Manassas, flag collection service will be joining the service at the county landfill for citizens and businesses to retire American flags with respect.

Nokesville Business Association meeting will be on September 23rd instead of the 16th due to a scheduling problem. The meeting will be at 8:30 at the Chuckwagon Restaurant. Guest speaker will be Hal Parrish. If there are any questions you may have for him, write them down and take them with you, says Barbara Bowling, NBA president.

Prince William County VA Police Department's crime report for Monday, Sept. 7, 2015.

Experts in small business development will share best practices, and provide participants with key resources to move forward with their vision at an all-day workshop on Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Woodbridge Campus of Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA). The annual event is sponsored by a local service sorority and its foundation.

The community is invited to hear business and education views of the candidates for chairman of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors on Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. The debate is sponsored by Northern Virginia Community College and Prince William Chamber of Commerce. It will be in Howsman Hall on NOVA's Manassas campus.

Prince William County Public School officials will break ground this month for the construction of two elementary schools in Woodbridge.

Manassas VA City police department's crime report for Friday, Sept. 4, 2015.

Haymarket fashion designer Kelsy Dominick, a Battlefield High School graduate, will debut her latest collection from DiDomenico Designs during the prestigious Couture Fashion Week event in New York.

Prince William County VA Police Department's crime report for Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015.

Fauquier County Public Schools will participate in a tornado drill on Thursday, Sept. 17, at 1:30 p.m. All schools and departments in the school division will participate.

Three boys and girls will be honored by the Prince William County Office of Public Safety Communications on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2 at 1 p.m. during a “Make the Right Call” presentation. The ceremony will be held at the Sean T. Connaughton Plaza adjacent to the McCoart Government Center, 1 County Complex Court, Prince William, VA (22192) as part of Public Safety Day.