How to start a Neighborhood Watch program and other crime prevention strategies that can help communities avoid crime will be the subject of an Aug. 28 evening workshop at Prince William County government's Development Services Building.

Prince William County is celebrating Park and Recreation Month during July with special activities throughout the park system, family-fun theme nights at the waterparks and the department's Facebook Photo Contest.

Prince William County's Department of Public Works, Neighborhood Services Division, will host an informational session for the County’s faith-based community on roadside advertising signs and temporary activity permits on Monday, July 22, from 10 a.m. to noon.

Those interested are invited to attend a meeting and informal discussion on Tuesday, July 23, beginning at 5 p.m, in the Old Prince William County Courthouse (9248 Lee Avenue, Manassas). Look at maps illustrating suggested new precincts, boundary changes in others, the new voting locations and talk with voter registration officials.

The City of Manassas Police Department will be submitting a grant application to the Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs under the FY 2013 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program for $19,079. Details of the application are explained.

Moody’s, Fitch Ratings and Standard & Poor’s assigned Prince William County their highest possible ratings for the upcoming sale of $32.1 million General Obligation Bonds and $69.3 million in Special Obligation School Financing Bonds.

The American Red Cross found temporary housing for a Manassas VA family when a pan with grease unattended on a hot stove caused a fire that destroyed the kitchen and spread smoke throughout a three-story townhouse on Laurelwood Court.

Plans for the Pyramid Center, a mixed-use development which would include rerouting Prince William Parkway at Buckhall Road, were pulled from the June 18 agenda of Prince William Board of County Supervisors by the applicant who said he has "some unfinished work to do with (county) planners and the neighbors."