In the first edition, readers will discover several public services the Clerk's Office offesr at the courthouse and within the community. This issue highlights programs available to residents, outlines the processes for obtaining public services, and shares upcoming community events.

Dominion Virginia Power and Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative announced on Feb. 28, 2013, that the utilities are seeking community input on plans to upgrade transmission lines serving Fauquier and Prince William counties to improve reliability.

NOVEC employees and contract crews are prepared to restore electric service if snow-heavy trees and branches fall onto power lines and knock out power.

Due to the impending snow event, the City of Manassas will declare a snow emergency effective at 8 p.m. tonight, Tuesday, March 5. Vehicles parked along designated snow emergency routes will be subject to towing and fines.

Students here and around the world will be tuning in to a Webcast this Friday, March 8, for a program on wetlands and why they matter to migratory birds, filmed in Panama by Prince William County Schools staff.

By 4 a.m. Wednesday, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) says it will deploy more than 4,000 salt trucks and plows throughout northern Virginia in preparation for up to a foot of wet, heavy snow.

Del. Richard L. Anderson (R-Prince William) will join nine other citizens on the newly-created Virginia Commission on Military Installations and Defense Activities, according to an Executive Order that Governor Bob McDonnell issued over the weekend.

Manassas VA City Police Department's crime report for Monday, March 4, 2013 includes report of another threatening note left at a city residence and recovery of a stolen vehicle.