Bull Run News

Kick up your heels when Va.-based, award-winning bluegrass band "Nothin' Fancy" will perform a special concert at Bull Run Unitarian Universalist Church on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. "Nothin' Fancy" formed in September of 1994 to compete in the East Coast Bluegrass Championship in Crimora.

Come sing, clap and tap along with local award-winning singer, songwriter and guitarist, Oh Susannah!, as she performs her music for children and families on Wednesday, Dec.

The Leesburg National Guard unit, which traces its heritage to the town's Colonial Militia, was honored, along with all U.S. military veterans, last week with a ceremony on the grounds of Dodona Manor, the former home of Gen.

It's one thing to erect a Christmas tree. It's another thing entirely to erect a giant cartwheeling gingerbread man or 10 electrified lords a-leaping. "You wouldn't believe how tall some of these suckers are," said Sherilyn Preston, after a wrestling match with an 8-foot-tall gumball tree, part of the Candyland exhibit at Virginia's Holiday ...

One hundred and nine years is a long time to be in business, but that is how long the company now known as R. Jackson Ratcliffe Inc.

Superintendent of Schools Steven L. Walts has named 41 Prince William County schools as "Schools of Excellence" in the Division's annual school awards program.

Congratulations to the following Battlefield High School Orchestra students who were selected to play at the Senior Regional Orchestra concert Nov.

Planning for the 150th anniversary of the First Battle of Manassas during the Civil War is progressing.

Thursday, 7 to 8 p.m., Battlefield High School is holding an information night for students and parents interested in learning more about the school's IT Speciality Program.

Bull Run Women's Connection will hold "One Man's Junk is Another Man's Treasure" on Nov.

The Friends of the Manassas Senior Center invite the community to enjoy an old-fashioned bazaar and rummage sale Nov.

Birchdale Recreation Center located at 14730 Birchdale Ave. in Dale City, will host Mother's Mart, a flea market for gently-used children's items, on Nov.

Memoirs Writers meet the first Tuesday morning of each month at Bull Run Regional Library.

Today from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.: The Prince William County-Greater Manassas Chamber of Commerce will host a fundraiser at Bertucci's Italian Restaurant in Gainesville.

Thursday, 2 to 6 p.m.: The Marque at Heritage Hunt, at 13550 Heathcote Boulevard in Gainesville, holds its weekly farmers market.

Bull Run Regional Library will offer a program on adopting dogs Thursday at 7 p.m. October is Adopt-a-Shelter Dog Month and Suzette Kapp of the Prince William County Animal Shelter will present a program on how to adopt a dog.

There is the beginning of an idea for a community library in Manassas Park. Library Systems and Solutions Inc., a library management company, wants to open and run a library in City Center if the city council agrees to go in on the deal.

Enjoy an evening of praise, worship and music tonight at Good Shepherd United Methodist Church at 6 p.m. Music will be provided by a choral group, "Voice of Africa," and the beautiful voice of Kamah Thoronka.

Tonight, 7 p.m.: Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Gainesville will host speaker Christopher West, who will speak on the subject "God, Sex and the Meaning of Life.&#034 Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.: The Gainesville Ruritan Club will hold its third annual Pumpkin Pandemonium event.

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