Local residents are still needed to host members of a group of French students (mostly boys) who have signed up to come to this area for three weeks in August to experience the "American Way of Life" through LEC (Loisirs Culturels A IÕEtranger), a Paris-based organization that promotes international friendship via family homestays.

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.

Organizers of the State Fair of Virginia are accepting applications from Virginia-based performers for the event’s local music venue, the Triple Crown Amphitheater at The Meadow Event Park. One-hour slots are available on each day of the fair’s 10-day run Sept. 27-Aug. 6. There is no fee or payment involved.

It’s official! The City of Manassas has been designated the World Record Holder from Guinness World Records for the largest game of Red Light/Green Light. On May 4, 2013 the City of Manassas Neighborhood Services attempted the world record for this game during the Big Day of Serving 2013.

Governor Bob McDonnell has announced a partnership between the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) allowing DMV to issue birth certificates at customer service centers beginning March 1, 2014. DMV can already look up the information. Death, marriage, divorce records will become available Jan. 1, 2015.

Colonel (Ret) Byron L. Cherry, Ph.D.* has been named to the Norfolk State University Board of Visitors by Virginia's governor Robert McDonnell.

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.