Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin was due to lay a wreath at the Pentagon Group Memorial Marker at 10:30 a.m. today, Sept. 11, 2024, the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and the Twin Towers in New York City.

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On Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024 members of the community are invited to join members of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors and others in a remembrance ceremony to honor and remember those who died during the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001. The ceremony will take place at 9:30 a.m. at the 9/11 Liberty Memorial Fountain, 1 County Complex Ct, Woodbridge, Va.

Virginia's lieutenant governor, Winsome Earle Sears, a native of Kingston, Jamaica, and a former member of he House of Delegates, announced Sept. 5, that she is a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of Virginia in 2025.

The expansion will support Canon’s new initiative to scale a unique method of isolating natural silk protein to create a solution with applications for multiple industries. Canon Virginia, which has been in Newport News for 40 years, will retrain 30 employees to staff the new line.

There is no admission charge. Free parking is available in the Virginia War Memorial surface lot and parking deck at 621 South Belvidere Street, Richmond, VA 23220. The Virginia War Memorial will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for visitation and the documentary film, A New Century, A New War, will be shown all day in the Memorial’s Reynolds Theater.

Patterson most recently was Library Services Director for the City of Thousand Oaks in California and has previous experience, including Deputy Library Director in Greensboro, NC, as well as Library Director at Ascension Parish Library in Gonzales, LA, and at Albemarle Regional Library in Winton, NC.

Prince William County Government will conduct a Dumster Day Cleanup & Paper Shred Event this coming Saturday, Sept. 7, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Haymarket Elementary School 5500 Learning Ln, Haymarket, VA 20169.