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Manassas Journal Messenger | Hasbro honors local youth
For 1212-year-old Manassas resident Austin Elder, helping others and doing the right thing just comes naturally. So naturally, in fact, that many times Austin doesn’t realize he is doing anything that deserves recognition, his mother Laura Elder said. “He just does whatever needs to be done,” she said, “It’s an automatic thing for him.” When…
Manassas Journal Messenger | Immigration advocates fast
Under a drizzling sky in downtown Richmond, Ricardo Juarez of Woodbridge began fasting. A pin stuck to his leather jacket that says “no one is illegal” in Spanish hints to his cause. He began a two-day fast in Virginia’s capital on Friday and planned to sleep in a church that night before he and other…
Manassas Journal Messenger | Supervisor Hill’s son gets year in jail
William J. Hill was sentenced to a year in prison Tuesday by a Circuit Court judge who told him to stop using the problems of his youth as an excuse for recidivism. “Somewhere along the line you should have gotten the message,” said Judge Joseph Spruil. Hill is the son of Prince William County Supervisor…
Manassas Journal Messenger | Scouts help clean park
Car loads of Scouts, armed with black plastic trash bags, sprinted to the banks of the Potomac River at Leesylvania State Park Sunday to clean up debris left by Hurricane Isabel. “We had about 125 Scouts, boys and girls, come out to help us today,” said Deb Oliver, Prince William spokeswoman. The scouts and their…
Manassas Journal Messenger | Police raid motel meth lab
A methamphetamine lab in a Super 8 motel room north of Manassas was broken up after drug manufacturers were ratted out Tuesday by an informant, Prince William police said. Acting on a tip from a sheriff’s deputy in Smyth County, officers and federal agents entered rooms 274 and 272 at the motel on Wednesday, where…
Manassas Journal Messenger | Get in holiday spirit by volunteering
Good morning Prince William and happy Thanksgiving week. Let’s give a big cheer to the House of Mercy for opening its shop in Manassas. This building continues to provide services and comfort to needy families in the community. It was the Securing Emergency Resources Through Volunteer Efforts Inc. food closet for years, then the Habitat…
