Gainesville Supervisor Pete Candland will hold three meetings with residents in the next week to discuss the proposed Prince William County budget. The meetings are April 7 in Heritage Hunt, April 9 in Manassas and April 13 at the Haymarket Gainesville Library.

On the afternoon of Jan. 3, Karen Shumake, a senior park ranger with the Prince William County Department of Parks and Recreation Department, heard police dispatch go out about an injured hawk located at the intersection of U.S. 29 and University Blvd. Immediately, Shumake realized that she didn't have a safe way to safely capture the hawk that could do real damage with its beak and talons. Fortunately, she got some help from a passing motorist and Steven Neff, a county animal control officer.

Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue (DFR) will honor and recognize 43 employees who have been recently promoted on Friday, April 8, beginning at 10 a.m. in the auditorium of the A.J. Ferlazzo Building, 15941 Donald Curtis Drive, Woodbridge.

Residents interested in learning about the U.S. 1 widening project between Featherstone Road and Mary's Way filled the community room, and then some, at the Potomac Community Library during a March 23 community meeting.

City of Manassas has been named a 2015 Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation in honor of the City’s commitment to effective urban forest management. To celebrate this accomplishment and in honor of Arbor Day, on April 22 at 10 a.m. the public is invited to attend a program at Nelson Park at 8915 Grant Ave., Manassas.

Upon arrival, firefighters observed a fully involved vehicle in the driveway with fire extending into the garage and minor smoke damage to the master bedroom located above the garage.

The Committee of 100 will host a discussion March 17 at 7:45 p.m. at the Wyndam Garden Hotel, 10800 Van Dor Lane, in Manassas on how Prince William County should choose locations for future schools.

The public is invited to attend a citizen's information meeting from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on March 23 to get input and discuss the proposed widening of U.S. 1 between Featherstone Road and Marys Way. The meeting will be held at Potomac Community Library, 2201 Opitz Boulevard in Woodbridge.