Labor Day weekend travelers can expect to see more stationary and roving patrols by Virginia State Police troopers as part of VSP’s participation in the annual Operation Combined Accident Reduction Effort (C.A.R.E.) program.

Dr. Sandra Mitchell, associate superintendent for instruction for Fauquier County Public Schools, has announced her intent to retire effective Jan. 1, 2017. She will leave FCPS to become a part-time educational leadership instructor and the program administrator for the leadership preparation program for the University of Virginia, Falls Church campus.

There was a brief precautionary evacuation Sept. 1 at Osbourn Park High School in Manassas due to a fire alarm signal. All are safe. The fire department has given the all clear and students and staff have returned to the building.

Residents of East End Mobile Home Park in Manassas are currently being notified by the property owner of a decision to close the park. Later this week the City will notify current leaseholders of a meeting to discuss the impact the sale may have on tenants of the park and how the City can help them.

Lane closures for milling and paving will occur nightly on part of Shoppers Best Way from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23 through Thursday, Aug. 25, and on portions of Featherstone Road and Blackburn Road from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 28 through Thursday, Sept. 1, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.

The State Central Committee of the Republican Party of Virginia on Aug. 27 selected a primary as the method of nomination for Governor, Lt. Governor, and Attorney General in 2017.

Five people have applied to temporarily fill the Brentsville District School Board seat while School Board Member Gil Trenum is deployed. The School Board has set a Sept.7 public hearing at 7 p.m.

US Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell has appointed David G. Brickley of Woodbridge and president of the September 11th National Memorial Trail Alliance, to a five-year term as a member of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission.