Join Prince William Virginia Cooperative Extension tomorrow--Wednesday, Sept, 18, at 6 p.m., as the local Extension office in Manassas hosts Alyssa Marini, a PhD student at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Diagnostic & Research Laboratory, specializing in vector-borne diseases with a focus on ticks and mosquitoes in Maine.

Anews release said that When We All Vote will turn National Voter Registration Day on Sept.17 into an entire Week of Action from Sept. 16-22. Volunteers will host 100 voter registration drives across the country to get their communities registered.

Optimum Technologies LLC, which provides space flight hardware design, manufacturing, integration and test, and other space mission systems services and program management, will invest $999,000 to expand its Loudoun County Satellite Manufacturing Facility. The expansion will create 40 new jobs.

On Monday, September 16, at 7 p.m., Coles District Supervisor Yesli Vega invites Prince William County residents to attend a Multi-District Town Hall at Unity Reed High School with Supervisors Gordy (Brentsville District) and Weir (Gainesville District) to discuss community safety and affordable housing legislation.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin joined Prince William County government officials, executives from American Type Culture Collection (ATCC), the Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade Caren Merrick, and on Thursday, Sept. 12 to break ground on ATCC’s new state-of-the-art biosafety laboratory in Brentsville District. The non-profit plans to invest $54.6 million to build the new laboratory and create 75 new jobs, with an average annual salary of $92,933.

Beginning today, Thursday, Sept. 12, the newest section of University Boulevard between Edmonston Drive and Sudley Manor Drive is finished and ready for use.

Coles Supervisor Yesli Vega reports that Tuesday's work session on Sept. 10, 2024, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors unanimously voted to extend the payment deadline for individual Personal Property Tax from Oct. 7th, to Dec. 5th, 2024, which is the same day the Real Estate Tax is due.