On Tuesday, November 1, 2022, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors' meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. The only expected item on the agenda will be the public hearing on Comprehensive Plan Amendment #CPA2021-00007, PW Digital Gateway Plan, according to "PWC Alerts."

The annual Great ShakeOut earthquake drill will take place tomorrow, Oct. 20, across the United State. Staff at Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region 3 wants to encourage the Whole Community to participate and learn the simple, but critical, safety steps to preparing for and staying safe during an earthquake. More than 40 million people are registered to practice earthquake safety plans, FEMA said.

While seemingly harmless, moving firewood can enable the easy movement of destructive forest and agricultural pests. When firewood is moved from one area to another, the invasive emerald ash borer, spongy moth, Asian longhorned beetle, and spotted lanternfly often “hitchhike” to destroy crops, infect more trees and sometimes even entire forests.

Nearby farmers can get paid for protecting grassland birds during their vulnerable nesting season.

Effective this Saturday, Oct. 15, residents may drop off regular household trash and recycling at the Nokesville School and Evergreen Fire Station Saturday collection sites.

Prince William County Department of Public Works reports it will be closing the county’s Solid Waste facilities on Sundays beginning Nov. 6, 2022. Sunday is the only day of the week that commercial refuse haulers, which bring in most of the disposal tonnage, do not collect residential routes and bring the collected waste to the County Landfill and Balls Ford Road Compost Facility. Closing to the public on Sundays also will give facility employees the opportunity to address deferred work and perform required maintenance and regulatory requirements.

Have PWC businesses helped or hurt the recycling game since 2021? Filling out the 2022 recycling report will help the county see how it stacks up.

FOTO regrets to announce to the 324 volunteers who signed up for the Saturday cleanup event that it has been canceled due to the expected heavy rains, both Friday and Saturday. It would make it too difficult for volunteers to go around by boat and on foot.