Haymarket News

For the first time, Battlefield High School's Interact Club, a group sponsored by the Gainesville-Haymarket Rotary club, received a presidential citation from Rotary International.

Moira Fathy Baker, a Haymarket resident and chief financial officer of the National Science Teachers Association, was recently chosen to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Nonprofit CFO of the Year Awards Luncheon, hosted by Tate & Tryon and West, Lane & Schlager.

Welcome to Snap! Your interactive community for posting and sharing photos has just been upgraded! Snap! is now faster and more user-friendly! Uploading photos is easy and a great way to share what's happening in your community with friends and family across the globe! Questions? Send us an e-mail . Members of the Battlefield High School's Interact ...

Today's donations bring the total in the Christmas Basket to $23,310. Bob and Kathy Marsh, Manassas, $20. Mary O'Connell, Manassas, $30, "donation celebrating she is 98 years old.&#034 Pamela Zecka, Manassas, $100, "From Pam, Anthony and Hillary in memory of Joseph S. Zecka, Jr.&#034 Ellie Marshall, Manassas, $100, "In loving memory of my son David ...

Thursday, December 24, 2009 Urban design vs. suburban design in DC Especially since the approval of the DC Comprehensive Plan in 2006, I have become an ever stronger proponent for the necessity of defining urban design as one of two or three "leading" elements of the plan, to be treated as superior to all the other elements, and to guide how the ...

The Gainesville Fire Department and Santa have once again teamed up to visit the Haymarket and Gaines-ville neighborhoods.

Gainesville, Va. - Always with their eyes and ears open for opportunities to practice the motto "Service above Self," members of the Gainesville-Haymarket Rotary Club are wrapping up another busy year that included consistently supporting PACE West School in Haymarket.

Prince William officials got to cross another road bond project off their list on Tuesday.

The Alpha Iota Zeta chapter of Phi Theta Kappa recently held its fall induction at the Manassas Campus of Northern Virginia Community College.

Chanukah, Hanukkah, Hannukah: however you spell it, Jews all over the world will be celebrating it beginning on Dec.

On Saturday, hundreds braved the first snow of the year outside BJ's Wholesale Club in Fairfax to get a live glimpse at Sarah Palin , there to sign copies of her new memoir, Going Rogue .

Thursday, 6 to 8 p.m.: The Backyard Boutique,7354 Atlas Walk Way in Gainesville, is hosting a "Holiday Gallery Night." Meet local artists and hear classical guitar music by "Tea for Two.&#034 Sunday at 10 and 11 a.m.: Battlefield Baptist Church, at 4361 Lee Highway, south of Gainesville, is hosting a concert by the Dove-award winning music group, ...

The Haymarket Town Council voted unanimously Monday to appoint Planning Commissioner Mary Lou Scarbrough and local volunteer Milt Kenworthy to fill its two vacancies.

"Celtic Art is a constantly evolving art form and has greatly influenced modern art, particularly Nouveau and Art Deco styles," says Robert Piland of Haymarket.

Parents dropping their kids off at Gravely Elementary School or commuters driving along U.S. 15 between Sudley Road and Dominion Valley may have noticed road construction at the north end of Waverly Farm Road in Haymarket.

Saturday's snowstorm has forced the postponement of two Virginia AAA football semifinals scheduled for Saturday afternoon until Sunday, a decision the schoolsa athletic directors said was reached to avoid transportation-related concerns.

Because I was upstairs at the Cronkite School building this past Monday watching Sheriff Joe get blistered by the journalism profs , then sung off the stage by the Freddie Mercury impersonators, I missed all the action taking place on the ground floor.

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Today, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Gainesville District Supervisor John T. Stirrup will hold his next Gainesville District quarterly town hall meeting at Battlefield High School, located at 15000 Graduation Drive in Haymarket.

Each year on the first Saturday of December, residents of Haymarket get together for an open-air holiday party including Christmas carols, a tree lighting, visits with Santa Claus, warmth by the fire-pits, and a 'Taste of Haymarket" featuring delicious samples of local dishes provided by Haymarket eateries and restaurants.