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.

Virginia Cooperative Extension will host a Canning Class on Wednesday, Oct 16 at 5:30 pm in the Community Room at St. Benedict Monastery, 9535 Linton Hall Rd, Bristow. Space is limited, there are 5 seats remaining.

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.

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.

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.