'Our Town' Auditions, Deer Population Reduction and the Number of the Day

It’s Thursday, Aug. 29. Here are five things you need to know. Tell us what we need to know on the Patch message board!

1. Today: NOVA Woodbridge Theatre Group holds auditions for "Our Town." 

2. You Said It: “Let the people hunt good meat!” A reader reacting to word that park officials are considering various methods to reduce the deer population at Manassas Battlefield Park. Elaine wrote, “I don't favor giving the deer birth control substances to eat because I think it would just put chemicals in their bodies that shouldn't be eaten by people.”

3. ICYMI: Occoquan receives grant to install 12 bicycle racks. 

4. Number of the Day: $29 million. That’s how much the City of Fredericksburg would expect the Hagerstown Suns to invest in a new stadium if the ballclub relocates its Washington Nationals franchise. The proposal will now work its way through the City Council approval process.

5. Weather Forecast: High of 83 degrees with a chance of thunderstorms.