Manassas Journal Messenger On-Line

    Golden Anniversary Information THERE IS NO DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING INFORMATION, HOWEVER, THREE WEEKS BEFORE THE WEDDING ANNIVERSARY IS SUGGESTED. ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE RUN IN FIVE-YEAR INCREMENTS BEGINNING WITH THE 5OTH ANNIVERSARY. THE PHOTOGRAPH AND THE ANNOUNCEMENT WILL RUN AFTER THE ANNIVERSARY DATE IN A MONDAY EDITION OF THE FLAIR SECTION (WE WISH WE COULD…

    Selma: March into History Forty years ago,  thousands of marchers trekked from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., to demand that African-Americans be permitted to vote. Because of their courage and sacrifices, the South – indeed the nation – was transformed. The Voting Rights act that grew out of that bloody march comes up for renewal in two years….

By Bennie Scarton Jr. Staff Writer For placing his own life in jeopardy to save the life of a pilot who was trapped in the wreckage of his airplane, Manassas Police Officer 1st Class James J. Morris was one of 33 public safety heroes honored on Thursday. Morris, along with a group of Prince William…

Marshall, Rollison debate sales tax authority at Manassas forum By Chris Newman Staff Writer Delegate Jack Rollison, R.-Woodbridge, and Delegate Bob Marshall, R.-Manassas faced off in a panel discussion before the Prince William Committee of 100 on Thursday at Il Monastero Restaurant on the question of whether the General Assembly bills to increase sales taxes…

/**/ Wednesday, February 28, 2001  Top News Speed catcher Photo by Amy Rosseti Staff Photographer Jeannette Galbraith, a sergeant with the Virginia State Police, issues a ticket for a speeder who was detected through the use of VASCAR technology. Ticketing from above: Troopers use planes to catch speeders By Nancy Carroll Staff Photographer      Drivers…

Putting ‘fun’ in reading fundamentals: Tyler Elementary School’s Family Literacy Night brings the classroom into the home By Emily Kuhl Staff Writer GAINESVILLE – Reading is not a problem for the students at Tyler Elementary School in Gainesville. In fact, school librarian Nancy Thaete said an average of about 300 books are checked out each…