Sec. 22-169 of the Prince William County Code requires all businesses and non-residential properties located in Prince William County to annually report their recycling activities to the Department of Public Works by February 15 for the previous calendar year.

Due to snow accumulation and pile-up, Manassas Park City officials ask that residents hold their trash until next week, at which time it will be picked up by Patriot Disposal.

Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) reports that interstates and primaries in northern Virginia are mostly in passable condition, and crews are making significant progress on secondary roads and subdivision streets.

"The dry snow is a blessing," Larry Shaffer, NOVEC vice president of Electric Systems Operations was quoted as saying in a press release. "Wind is blowing snow off trees and branches, keeping most of them intact and off power lines. If we were getting wet snow and ice, we'd be dealing with a lot more outages."

Saturday trash and recycling collection services held at the Old Nokesville ES and Evergreen Fire Station have been cancelled for Saturday, January 23 due to the inclement weather.

With the cold temperatures finally setting in and an impending snow storms on the horizon you may be rushing about buying toilet paper and bread, thinking about cuddling up by the fire and either hoping for or dreading school closures. While we are all preparing. we would like to remind the community of some of the overlooked dangers of the frigid temperatures and the toll of snow removal.

Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative is preparing for snow that weather forecasters say could reach Northern Virginia on Friday, Jan. 22. "If we get heavy wet snow or ice, we could have trees and branches falling on power lines and causing outages," Larry Shaffer, vice president, System Operations, was quoted as saying in a press release.

Prince William Board of County Supervisors discussed concerns at its Jan. 12 meeting over Dominion Virginia Power's request to discharge of water from its coal ash ponds at Possum Point. The Board directed County staff to attend the Virginia Water Control Board meeting on Thursday, Jan. 14 at 9:30 a.m. and brief the Board on any relevant information arising from the meeting.