Nokesville News

Birders, here's a local opportunity to see Ovenbirds, Yellow Warblers, Yellow-rumped Warblers, American Goldfinches and Great Blue Herons: It's on July 19 at the Merrimac Farm Wildlife Management Area, beginning at 7:30 a.m., and it's being put on by the Prince William Conservation Alliance.

The Commonwealth Community Trust has established the CCT Charitable Fund Award to pro-vide 50 Virginia residents who live with disabilities and who meet federal poverty guidelines a maximum award of $250 for equipment, medication or services.

The Rev. Dr. Justin Allen will be the new pastor of Asbury United Methodist in Nokesville, the church announced this week.

Jeannie Heflin does more than sell at the Nokesville Farmers' Market - she invites the public to see the source of her fresh produce and eggs in Haymarket at the Cedars Farm.

Classic Concept Builders Inc. is building 14 single-family homes at Liberty Oaks in Nokesville.

Now that the Prince William County Park Authority has control of Silver Lake, department officials need to figure out exactly how they will open it to the public.

Arrests Possession With Intent to Distribute Marijuana, Possession of Alcohol by a Minor, occurred on June 21, 2009, around 7:21 p.m. in the 11200 block of Chatterly Loop in Manassas.

The organizers are from Nokesville, and the event will be in Bristow, but a concert Saturday will be all about Sudan.

This summer, rising first- through eighth-graders are invited to attend a cheerleading camp at Brentsville District High School, 12109 Aden Road.

Maybe he wanted to be saved. On Sunday, a black bear was spotted on the property of the St.

Nokesville resident John Hinkle will offer a free dance lesson at the Harris Pavilion in Old Town Manassas on June 28 from 2:30 to 3 p.m. Hinkle has run his business from home since 1994.

It seems like every one or two years, groups of local residents unite to fight a particular commercial development that they say will be detrimental to the community.

The donkeys will be out Tuesday for the Democratic primary, and we all long for a bull market, but it was a black bear that had things hopping on Feather Lane on Wednesday.

Pablo Teodoro, Nokesville Farmers' Market manager, and the market community recently offered a thank-you to Chuck Leggett for voluntarily creating and managing a new market Web site at sites.google.com/site/nokesvillefarmersmarketsite. The site includes coming attractions, a calendar and announcements.

Some people find their calling and just run with it. Take Nokesville native Austin, who established the charity Farthest Corners to help displaced and perse-cuted people on the Burma-Thailand border.

Farthest Corners, a Nokesville-based missionary organization providing humanitarian aid to the people of war-torn Burma and those in refugee camps in Thailand, will host a benefit concert June 13 at 6 p.m. at Greenwich Presbyte-rian Church, 15305 Vint Hill Road.

'Tis the season for twilight polo once again ... and this put some young Nokesville riders in the mood to try their hands - or, should we say, mallets - at the sport.

Due to budget reductions for the next fiscal year, the hours for the Neighborhood Libraries will be reduced as of June l, 2009.

Is it still safe to drive around here? Usually, it's traffic volume that's the problem: too many cars, not enough road.

Two fatal crashes investigated Police are investigating fatal crashes in Dumfries and Nokesville.