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STERLING — It was 95 degrees and she’d been on the softball field for seven hours. All Ashleigh Robinson really wanted to do was crawl into the front seat of the family car and crank the air conditioner up to max. Her Fire & Ice 14-and under teammates were thinking the same thing, but they’d…

Anne Terrell is on the front line of those nurses who will, if necessary, administer the smallpox vaccine to area residents — a position which gives her little concern, she says. The Prince William Health District nurse manager gave the vaccinations 30 years ago when they were routinely given as protection against the deadly virus….

A year ago Manassas Mayor Marvin Gillum was visiting with Manassas businessman David Flach at Flach’s vacation home in Southwest Harbor, Maine. The two strolled into the tiny town and sat down on a bench to eat ice cream cones. A monument in a small park that honored the town’s past veterans caught the eye…

Ruth M. Saylor Ruth Margaret Saylor, 64, of Nokesville died Thursday, Sept. 27, 2001. Survivors include her husband, Donald Saylor of Nokesville; her children, Jeff Saylor of Clearbrook, Karen Starke of Front Royal, Troy Saylor of Manassas, Lori Saylor of The Plains and Greg Saylor of Nokesville; her mother, Marie Scrivener of Manassas; one sister,…

By KEITH McMLLAN [email protected] COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Finishing second in the 100-meter backstroke at the 2003 ConocoPhillips Summer National Championships was not even the most impressive thing that Stafford native Jeff Rouse accomplished on Friday. That he was in the water at all, after his mother Gail died from cancer a week ago at…

“La union hace la fuerza.” The union has the force. Indira “Indy” Moran believes a united community has the power to better itself. Especially in Prince William County, where the Hispanic population has almost doubled since 1990, Moran said success can’t afford a fragmented effort. “We have to come to realize that by working together…