Nokesville News

On the day before Christmas, Ralph Benson walked 5.2 miles, gave directions to countless lost souls, prayed spontaneously with a few dozen others and helped some guy find his connecting flight to Tokyo.

In other words, a pretty typical workday, if you happen to work as the senior chaplain at Dulles International Airport on one of those hectic, get-outta-town-at-all-costs days like Thursday.

A retired Army chaplain who lives in Nokesville, Va., Benson did what he does four days a week, holiday or no holiday: He spent about 10 hours roaming the ramps and corridors of Dulles, serving his 'flock.' Which in this case includes about 36,000 airport employees and tens of thousands of travelers, many of whom seemed more in need of gate information than spiritual guidance.

For more than 100 years, citizen scientists throughout the United States have volunteered their time to count birds for the Audubon Christmas Bird Count.

Robert Scott inflected his voice upward as if he was about to give a candid response about not knowing where the trailers at Brentsville District High School would end up once they're removed in 2011.

Throughout the process of creating a pay-for-performance plan, there have been objections to the timeliness and potential effectiveness of such a system, especially from the Prince William County Education Association.

WOODBRIDGE, Va. - Our cameras were there to capture it all Tuesday when Prince William police kicked down doors and arrested 38 people in a sweeping series of drug busts.

Three themes came out at the Prince William County Park Authority's hearing Wednesday on the seven soccer fields proposed to be built on the WIITA tract on Rollins Ford Road in Nokesville: "We need the fields," "Put the fields somewhere else" and "Why only soccer?&#034 The WIITA tract is named after the Wiita family, which gave the land to the ...

Today's donations of $675 bring the total in the Christmas Basket to $7,320. Ronald G. Mason, Manassas, $100 Bruce Ward and Suzanne B. Springfield, Woodbridge, $75 Mark P. and Sallyann P. Keehan, Woodbridge, $100 Marian D. Cline, Nokesville, $100 "Bless the Salvation Army and the News & Messenger for helping the poor ! Merry Christmas to all.

It was color, food, music and dancing when Bristow's Victory Elementary held its second annual heritage night, an evening celebrating the cultures of the children at Victory.

The Park Authority will hold a public hearing to gather input on the design for Nokesville's Rollins Ford Park or, as it is better known, the WIITA Tract.

Join St. Paul United Methodist Church today at 6:30 p.m. as they decorate our sanctuary and prepare our hearts for the Advent season.

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.

"Remembering that we don't have to go far to find and help those in need," was the message that accompanied a $250 Christmas Basket contribution from Ron and Marie Smith of Nokesville.

Man charged with going wrong way on U.S. 15 A 41-year-old Gainesville man was arrested on several charges after a car was spotted going the wrong way on U.S. 15 on Nov.

Mark your calendars and enjoy the holiday activities at the Nokesville Church of the Brethren starting Sunday, when the church will hold its Family Christmas Craft Night and Chrismon Tree Lighting Ceremony.

Prescription Fraud , occurred on November 22, 2009, around 4:00 p.m. at a pharmacy located in the 5500 block of Merchants View Square in Haymarket.

The deadline for suggested names of the county's 11th high school is Friday, November 20.

Federal real estate help will be the topic Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. as a Homeowners Assistance Program officer from the Army Corps of Engineers will discuss the HAP program.

Arrests Possession of Burglarious Tools, Petit Larceny, Intoxicated in Public, Tampering With Auto, occurred on November 4, 2009, around 2:20 a.m. in the 13800 block of Gilbert Road in Dale City.

The sun rose over South Run Riding School on a beautiful fall day in Nokesville.

Buy tickets now for the Nokesville Business Association fundraising spaghetti dinner to be held Nov.