An American Life

DUMFRIES Forest Park graduate Orrin Johnson and his Coast Guard family have only lived in this area two years, so the outpouring of support they have received in the last three months has astounded them. Orrin, 18, has been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He is nearly halfway through a series of 12 chemotherapy treatments scheduled…

Forest Park junior Beth Fahey wasn’t surprised by the performance of Potomac junior Jill Porto on Saturday at the Great Meadow Invitational. Porto, a sophomore, pulled away from Hylton senior and 2001 Group AAA state runnerup Jemissa Hess to win the race in 19 minutes and six seconds. Fahey ran 23 seconds behind Porto, whom…

• The Manassas City Council will have a work session Wednesday to talk about a proposal to turn the old Town Hall on Center Street into a museum exhibiting the history of the Manassas Volunteer Fire Company. Former Manassas volunteer firefighters Woody Merchant and James Robinson brought this idea to the council in February. From 1999…

Prince William County will grow by more than 60,000 people in the next five years, fueled by an influx of Hispanic residents who will make up two out of every ten people in the county by 2010, according to recently released county statistics. The growth in the Hispanic population will be concentrated in Woodbridge and…

MANASSAS — Loudoun County will now be picking up the tab for some of the investigations regarding child abuse complaints against Prince William County employees at its juvenile residential facilities, the Molinari Emergency Shelter and Detention Home. Since 1991, Manassas, Manassas Park and the county have had an agreement that one jurisdiction would conduct investigations…

The City of Manassas has received an environmental accolade for the second year in a row. The city won the 2003 Businesses of the Bay Award for its water treatment plant on Glenkirk Road in Nokesville. “Businesses of the Bay is a great program and it’s a nice way to reward localities for positive efforts…