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July 16, 2009

Neighborhood News: Tour welcomes early ‘birders’
Neighborhood News: Tour welcomes early ‘birders’

Get up with and visit the birds tomorrow! Merrimac Farm's bird tour will start at 7:30 a.m.

Earth-friendly horse farm
Earth-friendly horse farm

Some horse farms could be friendlier—friendlier to the environment, that is.


July 14, 2009

Nokesville man faces sexual battery trial

A Nokesville man faces trial in September on charges of sexual battery involving juveniles.


July 09, 2009

Go bird spotting in Nokesville
Go bird spotting in Nokesville

Birders, here’s a local opportunity to see Ovenbirds, Yellow Warblers, Yellow-rumped Warblers, American Goldfinches and Great Blue Herons:

Community events for July 10

Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Nokesville Farmers' Market is open. It’s at 13005 Fitzwater Drive.

Neighborhood news: Disabled residents may apply for charity fund awards
Neighborhood news: Disabled residents may apply for charity fund awards

The Commonwealth Community Trust has established the CCT Charitable Fund Award to pro-vide 50 Virginia residents who live with disabilities and who meet federal poverty guidelines a maximum award of $250 for equipment, medication or services.


July 02, 2009

Community events for July 3

Nokesville Horse Society will have a meeting at 4540 Sudley Road in Gainesville.

Neighborhood news: Farmers’ Market seller invites public to her garden
Neighborhood news: Farmers’ Market seller invites public to her garden

Jeannie Heflin does more than sell at the Nokesville Farmers’ Market.


June 25, 2009

Community events for June 26

» Tuesday at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday Morning Storytime for children ages 3 to 5 will be held at the Independent Hill Neighborhood Library.

Neighborhood news: Volunteer for Tiger’s tourney
Neighborhood news: Volunteer for Tiger’s tourney

The Prince William chapter of the American Red Cross seeks volunteers for the concession stands at the 2009 AT&T National golf tournament hosted by Tiger Woods.

Five Orphans Project started in Nokesville
Five Orphans Project started in Nokesville

The organizers are from Nokesville, and the event will be in Bristow, but a concert Saturday will be all about Sudan.


June 18, 2009

Community events for June 19

Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Brentsville District High School’s cheerleaders will host a fundraising car wash at the Chick-fil-A.

Neighborhood news: Cheerleading camp is on
Neighborhood news: Cheerleading camp is on

This summer, rising first- through eighth-graders are invited to attend a cheerleading camp at Brentsville District High School, 12109 Aden Road.


June 16, 2009

Asphalt company cancels bid

Asphalt company GRR Land of Virginia, LLC has pulled its application for a proffer amendment and special use permit after receiving an enormous backlash from surrounding communities.


June 14, 2009

Youth for Tomorrow in Bristow holds graduation
Youth for Tomorrow in Bristow holds graduation

“I will always remember that Youth for Tomorrow rescued me from a series of unbearable circumstances,“ she said during Thursday’s 23rd graduation ceremony at the Youth for Tomorrow New Life Center in Bristow.


June 13, 2009

Brentsville: Former congressman provides rules to live by
Brentsville: Former congressman provides rules to live by

The faculty of Brentsville District High School was met with cheers and applause as they proceeded to their seats at Nissan Pavilion Thursday.


June 11, 2009

Bristow/Nokesville community events

Tuesday Morning Storytime for children ages 3 to 5 will be held at the Independent Hill Neighborhood Library

Bristow/Nokesville community events

Tuesday Morning Storytime for children ages 3 to 5 will be held at the Independent Hill Neighborhood Library.

Man helps sisters create a place of peace
Man helps sisters create a place of peace

Not many places on Linton Hall Road offer a place for meditative solitude. Yet, the Sisters at the Benedictine Monastery seek to do just that with labor, love and volunteers.

Neighborhood news: Nokesville man offers dance lessons
Neighborhood news: Nokesville man offers dance lessons

Nokesville resident John Hinkle will offer a free dance lesson at the Harris Pavilion in Old Town Manassas on June 28.

Neighborhood news: Nokesville man offers dance lessons
Neighborhood news: Nokesville man offers dance lessons

Nokesville resident John Hinkle will offer a free dance lesson at the Harris Pavilion in Old Town Manassas on June 28.


June 10, 2009

Black bear tries to go to church
Black bear tries to go to church

Black bears are roaming in Prince William County, and one showed up for church services in Haymarket this Sunday.


June 04, 2009

Neighborhood News: Farmers’ market gets new Web site
Neighborhood News: Farmers’ market gets new Web site

Pablo Teodoro, Nokesville Farmers' Market manager, and the market community recently offered a thank-you to Chuck Leggett for voluntarily creating and managing a new market Web site at sites.google.com/site/nokesvillefarmersmarketsite.

Nokesville-based charity takes risks
Nokesville-based charity takes risks

Some people find their calling and just run with it.

Bear-ly there
Bear-ly there

The donkeys will be out Tuesday for the Democratic primary, and we all long for a bull market, but it was a black bear that had things hopping in Nokesville.


May 28, 2009

New CVS open in Bristow

A new CVS/Pharmacy is now open at Bristow Center in Bristow.

Neighborhood news: Listen to Mozart’s ‘Requiem’
Neighborhood news: Listen to Mozart’s ‘Requiem’

The entire 240 members from all choirs in Hylton High School’s Choral Department will present Mozart’s “Requiem” tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the school auditorium.

Riders try out their mallets in Nokesville
Riders try out their mallets in Nokesville

So they set out for the Middleburg Polo Academy on a beautiful afternoon recently.


May 26, 2009

Plan for asphalt companies meets resistance
Plan for asphalt companies meets resistance

The plans to hear a special use permit matter involving an asphalt company has been put on hold thanks, in part, to an overwhelmingly negative response from area residents.


May 21, 2009

Bristow/Nokesville community events

» Thursday at 10:30 a.m., Miss Glenna’s Storytime for ages 3 to 5 will be held at the Nokesville Neighborhood Library, 12993 Fitzwater Drive. The topic is vacation/travel tales.

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