Gainesville Supervisor Pete Candland is again asking residents to sign the e-petition asking the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) to accept its staff report which recommends that the proposed Dominion Power Lines be buried rather than strung overhead.

Future scientists will learn how to capture solar energy to generate electricity and heat through new energy education program with the installation of a solar array panel at T. Clay Wood Elementary School, the first step in an energy education and training program, “Solar for Schools” which Dominion is piloting in four schools statewide.

To be a part of the first Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week, events in MD, PA or VA see http://www.chesapeakebay.net/takeaction/events

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency June 2 announced that Solutex, Inc. of Sterling, Va. has been selected as a Safer Choice Partner of the Year for its distribution of janitorial and building maintenance supplies that carry the Safer Choice label.

Again this year, in an effort to save money in utility costs, Fauquier County Public Schools will institute a four-day work week for employees who work during the summer.

Amid continued reports of bears in the area of Tyler Elementary School and PACE West School, the School Community Information Office is reissuing the information provided by Prince William County Police:

It's that time of year again when white-tailed deer fawns are showing up in yards and hayfields, and concerned citizens want to know how to help. In almost all cases, the best way to help is to simply give the fawn space and leave it alone.

The number of Virginia honey bee colonies declined between the winter of 2015 and the winter of 2016, but a warm winter may have helped more bees survive this year.