QUANTICO — (Press Release) The Marine Corps Heritage Foundation will host a sensory-friendly screening of Superpower Dogs this Saturday, July 27 at 10 a.m. at the National Museum of the Marine Corps. During this special screening, the theater will be dimly lit, the movie will be played at a lower volume, and viewers will be allowed to speak softly and move around, as needed.

Sensory-friendly screenings are widely used to make the viewing experience more enjoyable for individuals and families affected by Autism and other conditions.


Tonight is the next coffeehouse at Chick-fil-A Bristow, a regular event that draws talent from the Bristow area to come and perform live at the restaurant.

Tonight’s artist is Amelia Reedy, 16, a lifelong resident of Nokesville. She attends Brentsville District High School where’s she’ll be a junior this fall.


MANASSAS — Didlake Inc., a Virginia-based nonprofit, announced the purchase of the UPS Store located at the Center at Innovation, 9994 Sowder Village Square in Manassas.

Didlake connects people with disabilities to employment, education, and opportunities throughout the National Capital Region.


NOKESVILLE — Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) has declared Andrew Miller the winner of the ‘Stars and Stripes’ contest, in which applicants create unique Fourth of July field art designs.

This is the 4th annual ‘Stars and Stripes’ contest by STMA, an organization comprised of 2,700 men and women professionals overseeing sports fields worldwide and critical to athletes’ safety.


STAFFORD — Even though the high-temperature today is slated to be 100 degrees, that’s not the reason why the 15th Annual Cardboard Board Regatta won’t leave port.

Stafford County Parks and Recreation officials tell us the event that was originally scheduled for Saturday, July 20 is canceled due to low participation. The imposed deadline to sign up to participate in the cardboard boat races was July 12.


WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ford’s Theatre announced that Amanda Cline was selected to attend the Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation Civil War Washington summer teacher institute.

Cline is a fourth-grade Virginia Studies and Language Arts teacher at Richard C. Haydon Elementary School in Manassas.


Katherine Mercurio Gotthardt is a poetry and prose writer who has lived in Prince William County since 1999. She has published six books and is working on a seventh. Learn more about her at KatherineGotthardt.com, and follow her work on Facebook by searching #KatherinesCoffeehouse.

Think back to your young adulthood. Were you someone who wanted to stand out or fit in? Both? Maybe you took a winding path in the pursuit of discovering yourself or defining yourself.


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