News

MANASSAS — It’s a sure sign of spring in Manassas — the farmer’s markets are back.  

The Thursday Farmers opened Thursday, and it features produce three vendors, authentic olive oil from Italy with Taste of Old Country, all-natural body products with Della Terra Organics and Peruvian delights with Dolce Amore Sweets.


Event

StoryWorx: Workhouse's First Ever FREE Book Festival
Sat, Nov 14 | 11 a.m.–5 p.m. | Lorton, VA

Meet bestselling authors Angie Kim (Happiness Falls), 4× NFL Pro Bowler Ken Harvey (first-ever dramatic reading), and Emmy-winning WUSA9 anchor Wisdom Martin, plus Marcie Atkins, Omar Abed, Ellen R.B. Smith, and more for panels, signings, poetry, and workshops. Kids' Corner features author readings, crafts, and storytime. Browse the artisan market, catch a live Upstart Crow podcast, and explore the Workhouse galleries and artist studios—all part of Second Saturday.


Business

DALE CITY —  (Press release) Care Net Pregnancy Resource Centers will host a grand opening and open house of its new pregnancy Medical Center, First Care Women’s Health, on Tuesday, April 16 from 3 to 5 p.m.

The event will be at the new location, 13189 Centerpointe Way, just off Prince William Parkway at Hillendale Center in Dale City.


HAYMARKET — (Press release)  The Prince William County Service Authority is hosting a public information meeting about the Bull Run Mountain and Evergreen Drinking Water Supply Project on Wednesday, April 17, at 7 p.m.

The meeting, which will be held at Evergreen Country Club, 15900 Berkeley Drive, in Haymarket, will include a presentation by Service Authority representatives about the water project as well as a question-and-answer session.


Features

FREDERICKSBURG – (Press Release) UMW Theatre will close its 2018-19 season with The Country Wife by William Wycherley.

Performances will be April 11-13 and April 17-20 at 7:30 p.m., and April 14 and 20 at 2:00 p.m. in Klein Theatre, duPont Hall at the University of Mary Washington. Guests may also attend the Pay-What-You-Can Preview performance on April 10 at 7:30 p.m. The box office opens at 5:30 p.m. and tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis.


DALE CITY — Police say they have one of two suspects in the robbery of in Dale City.

On April 9, detectives with the Prince William police Robbery Unit continued to look into an armed robbery that occurred in the 13100 block of Hillendale Drive in Dale City on February 22 after they got new a new lead on one of the suspects.