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OWL Volunteer Fire Deparment reuniting families

Published February 17, 2016 at 9:02PM

For Occoquan-Woodbridge-Lorton Volunteer Fire Department, saving lives is just in a day’s work. Sometimes those lives aren’t even human.

While the engine crew from station 14 was retrieving dinner, they spotted a beautiful husky who was without his family. “We saw him walking around the parking lot and we just walked up to him and he came right to us. He was very well behaved and friendly, so we knew he had a family,” said Firefighter Chris Weber. Although wearing a collar and tag, the veterinarian listed was out of business. “We took him to Old Bridge Animal Hospital but he did not have a chip.”

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The Painting Ladies upcoming summer gallery exhibitors

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Published February 17, 2016 at 9:01PM

The Painter’s Journey from June 21 to July 29.

The Painting Ladies – Nancy Brittle, Janie Mosby, Chris Smith and Kathleen Willingham explore life in rural communities. Their works in oil, water and photography depict a sense of place through landscape, still life and figurative art. They believe in working together with unique voices and variety of media as complements to one another.

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Manassas Art Guild displays in The Hall

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Published February 17, 2016 at 9:00PM

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Paintings from the Manassas Art Guild are on exhibit in The Hall at City Hall through March 11, 2016. Prices range from mixed media, acrylics, watercolors and quilling. The Manassas Art Guild is an organization that was set up to promote participation and appreciation of the visual arts.

Artists participating in this exhibit include: Maureen Guillot, Herald Grandstaff, Laura Lavarnway, Janet Hansen Martinet, Stephanie McGhee, Ann Null, Connie Ryman, and Marti Whitehead.

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Manassas Symphony to perform ‘From the British Isles’

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Published February 17, 2016 at 8:58PM

The Manassas Symphony, under the baton of Music Director James Villani celebrates the music of English composers with From the British Isles. The performance will be held in Merchant Hall of the Hylton Performing Arts Center on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at 7:30 pm. The concert includes music by Malcom Arnold and Frank Bridge, and it closes with Vaughan Williams’ rhapsodic Symphony No. 2 (A London Symphony).

The concert features MSO Principal Cellist Diana Chou who takes center stage for a performance of Elgar’s Cello Concerto in e minor, Op. 85. Diana received her Bachelor of Music Education from Ithaca College and a Masters of Music in Orchestral Conducting from Houghton College. She is establishing a reputation in Northern Virginia as a dynamic performer, educator, and conductor.

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Citizen Police Academy accepting applications

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Published February 17, 2016 at 8:56PM

Do you wonder what it would be like to be a police officer? How do they make the decisions they make? What does a detective do? How are they trained?

The Citizen Police Academy gives citizens an overview of the Prince William County Police Department. Graduates of the course will have a better understanding of the operation of the Department, and a greater awareness and appreciation of the challenges and decisions faced by Prince William County police officers each day.

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Plant NoVa Natives Recognizes Kim Hosen and the Prince William Conservation Alliance

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Published February 12, 2016 at 11:07AM

The Plant NoVA Natives Campaign presented Kim Hosen, Executive Director of the Prince William Conservation Alliance, with its first ever “Plant NoVA Natives Champion Award” in recognition of her work to preserve and improve environmental quality in the county.

Hosen and the PWCA have used plants native to the region to transform the landscape surrounding the Stone House Nature Center into the Merrimac Farm Conservation Landscape Garden.

Obituaries

Doris Riley Hinderliter

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Published January 30, 2016 at 11:36AM | Updated March 31, 2017 at 1:54PM

Doris Riley Hinderliter, 88, of Fredericksburg, passed away Friday, January 29, 2016 at Mary Washington Hospital. She was a graduate of Stafford High School and then worked at Quantico Marine Corps Base.

Here she met her future husband, James Hinderliter, who was serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. They were married for 53 years. She served as a dedicated volunteer for many years at Potomac Hospital in Woodbridge.

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Bach to Rock Music school ribbon cutting

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Published January 21, 2016 at 10:16AM

In order to commemorate the grand opening of Bach to Rock Music School in Bristow, we have scheduled a ribbon cutting ceremony on February 1.

The ribbon cutting will begin at 11:30 a.m. at Bach to Rock Bristow located on 9070 Devlin Road, Suite 100, in Bristow.

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Monza donates more than 100 coats to SERVE

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Published January 14, 2016 at 3:17PM | Updated January 14, 2016 at 4:52PM

Alice Pires, Monza owner, donates coats to SERVE of Manassas, Va.

Monza of Historic Manassas collected more than 100 gently used coats to donate to SERVE in exchange for a $10 Monza or Carmello’s gift card and free hot chocolate and coffee during the Greater Manassas Christmas Parade.

“We appreciate all the support to help SERVE provide coats to those in need,” said Alice Pires, owner of Monza and Carmello’s in Historic Manassas, Va.

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Vancampen, of Manassas, now a Virginia State Trooper

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Published January 8, 2016 at 6:17PM

Photo: Mary Davidson

On Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, the Virginia State Police graduated 74 new Troopers and one Special Agent Accountant at its Academy in North Chesterfield County. Upon receiving their diplomas, members of the 123rd Basic Session finish a rigorous 28-week training session. The new troopers have received instruction in more than 100 different subjects spanning hundreds of hours. Academy training includes such areas as crime scene investigation, survival Spanish, judicial procedures, self defense, cultural diversity and firearms.

All six graduates from Northern Virginia are returning home for their final phase of training, which begins Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, when they report to their respective duty assignments. Each will spend the next six weeks with a field training officer learning his or her new patrol area and day-to-day duties.