With areas of expertise ranging from health and physical education to teacher education, psychology, economics, biotechnology and biology, new professors have joined the teaching staff at the Manassas campus of Northern Virginia Community College. Most live in northern Virginia, two in Prince William County.

Prince William County VA was honored Sept. 12 for its commitment to addressing the challenges facing its youth through education and safety initiatives, by being recognized as one of the "Nation’s 100 Best Communities for Young People" for the third year.

Prince William County has solicited entries in a design competition to add to its 9-11 memorial- Liberty Memorial at Freedom Park - using four steel beams acquired from the destroyed World Trade Center. The board of supervisors will be making a selection from one of a dozen submissions, from around the country and from both design companies and individuals, according to Tracy Gordon, assistant to the county administrator.

The new Telegraph Road Park and Ride Facility in Woodbridge VA opened today with 553 parking spaces, including 23 designated for handicapped, and a ribbon cutting ceremony with the Prince William Board of County Supervisors and Sean T. Connaughton, Virginia Secretary of Transportation. The facility is being used for a two-year comparison test of LED fixtures from five manufacturers with standard lighting products.

From trail and park cleanups and beautification projects to collecting food and toiletries for shelters and veterans, all 35 of Virginia's state parks will offer public service opportunities for the Sept. 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance.

After a brief evacuation as a precaution, the Prince William County Fire Department has given Vaughan Elementary School students and staff the "all-clear" to reenter the school building in Woodbridge.

Prince William County VA Police Department's crime reports for Tuesday, Sept. 4 include felony child abuse in the case of an eight-month-old baby left strapped in a child's seat in the back seat of a abandoned car that was running, the alleged strangulation of a 16-year-old by a family member and the alleged stabbing of a family member by an 18-year-old.

Students and staff have been evacuated from Elizabeth Vaughan Elementary School on York Drive in Woodbridge VA as a precaution, according to the Prince William County Schools community relations office at 12:42 p.m.