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Press Release
Former Poet Laureate of Virginia Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda and former Daily Press Poet Laureate Bill Glose will present “Poets Laureate on Art and War” at Osbourn Park High School, 8909 Euclid Ave., Manassas, on Saturday, February 14, from 1 p.m. to 3: p.m.
Appealing to lovers of the arts, Kreiter-Foronda’s readings and presentation will come from her latest book, The Embrace, and focus on the art of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. Glose will feature his current book, Half a Man, and focus on his life as a paratrooper and combat platoon leader in the Gulf War.
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Update Feb. 2
The I-95 South lane closures on the Dale Boulevard collector/distributor lanes scheduled for tonight has been RESCHEDULED for tomorrow night (Tuesday, Feb. 3) due to the high winds being forecast tonight. The 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM time frame still applies, as does everything else in the release below that was sent out Friday.
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The Prince William County Service Authority is beginning a major water and sewer main construction project along Davis Ford Road in February.
The new water main will help improve the reliability of the water system in the Occoquan Forest residential community while the new sewer main will convey wastewater from the community to the H.L. Mooney Advanced Water Reclamation Facility in Woodbridge for treatment.
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Famed fiddlers Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy are joined by their children to present an afternoon of Celtic music and dance in “Visions from Cape Breton and Beyond” at the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas on Sunday, March 1, 2015 at 4 p.m. A pre-performance discussion, free to ticketholders, begins 45 minutes prior to the performance in the Hylton Center’s Buchanan Partners Art Gallery. Novant Health is the 2014-2015 Hylton Presents Season Sponsor.
This Celtic family celebration will include world-class fiddling, spectacular step dancing and family fun! Together on stage, native Nova Scotian MacMaster’s Cape Breton style fuses with Leahy’s Irish-Scottish roots and Lakefield, Ontario upbringing, and their children represent the next generation of Celtic music. Married in 2002, Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy are raising a family of six to do what they do best: fiddle and step dance. Natalie MacMaster started fiddling as a 9-year-old, and Donnell Leahy, a fiddler of the sibling octet Leahy, began fiddling competitively as a 4-year-old. Their careers have been filled with awards and acclaim, and the Canadian couple continue to perform, tour and co-host the annual Leahy Music Camp in the summer.
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Canine Companions for Independence – a national non-profit organization that provides assistance dogs for children and adults with disabilities, is proud to announce that Haymarket, Virginia residents Susan and Bruce Pfeffer recently began raising an assistance dog in-training for Canine Companions for Independence.
Puppy Comfort is a specially-bred labrador retriever who will one-day know over 50 commands, and be matched with a person with disabilities.
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James Glenn Warner, 44, of Manassas, Virginia, was arrested today and charged with soliciting bribes from executives working for a private company on a contract that Warner managed out of the Pentagon.
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Dumfries is home to one of the nation’s top McDonald’s restaurant managers.
Jason Thomas recently received the Ray Kroc Award, an annual performance-based award that recognizes the top performing McDonald’s restaurant managers in the country.
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The Department of Parks & Recreation will hold three summer job fairs during the month of February. Parks & Recreation have 500 seasonal job opportunities available for 14 locations across the county.
“Seasonal job opportunities offer flexible hours in both indoor and outdoor working environments,” said Lisa Frankel, Human Resources Specialist at Parks & Recreation. “We have open positions for life guards, camp counselors, food & beverage concessions and grounds maintenance technicians.” The Department of Parks & Recreation is the largest employer of youth in the county.