The National Park Service has announced it will begin issuing annual passes to active duty military personnel and their dependents at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 19 to show appreciation for those who serve in the U.S. military. In Prince William County VA military personnel may obtain the passes at Prince William Forest Park near Quantico and Manassas National Battlefield Park.

A May 23 meeting has been called for 7 p.m. at the Evergreen VFD to get community input for the new Prince William County library that will be built in Gainesville District.

For moms on Mother's Day and for Dads on Father's Day, the Manassas Museum, home of history in this small, unique Virginia city, is offering free admission.

The local law enforcement/hospital take-back initiative in conjunction with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency was held April 28 to prevent pill abuse and theft. According to the DEA, the initiative seeks to stop prescription drug abuse as well as accidental poisonings and overdoses.

A Memorial and Tribute Service, including a candlelight vigil, for fallen law enforcement officers who lived, or served, in greater Prince William County will be held May 9 in Prince William County VA.

How Virginia should spend $10.5 billion on transportation modes of all descriptions over the next six fiscal years will be the subject of a public hearing on May 3 at 5:30 p.m. at tee VDOT office in Fairfax VA

Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries wildlife specialists remind local residents that a bear is a wild animal, and that it is detrimental to the bear, as well as illegal in Virginia, to feed a bear under any circumstances. Even the inadvertent feeding of bears is illegal including allowing bears access to unsecured trash or birdfeeders.

Law enforcement officials from Prince William County VA Special Victims Unit will speak in Manassas on Thursday, April 26, at Soroptimist International of Manassas' noon luncheon on "How to Protect Women and Girls from Abduction."