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Editor’s note: This is the seventh in a series of profiles of local people and what being an American means to them. Tell us what it means to you to be an American by joining our forum at www.potomacnews.com. Ramzan Haq came to America from Pakistan in 1973 and became a naturalized citizen in 1979….

RICHMOND (AP) – Former Republican and Reagan military aide James Webb won the Democratic nomination for a U.S. Senate seat in Tuesday’s Virginia primary. Webb, a decorated Marine rifle company commander in Vietnam, will challenge Republican Sen. George Allen, whom he endorsed just six years ago. With more than 80 percent of the vote reported,…

The Interstate 66/U.S. 29 Sector Plan means many different things to different people: a sad ending, a bright vision for the future, a conspiracy by developers and a recipe for traffic gridlock and rampant retail. Whatever it means to the players involved in its creation, come Aug. 6 — after two-and-a-half years of work —…

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…

Mary Edwards Mary L. Edwards, 64, of Woodbridge, died Saturday, July 20, 2002, at Potomac Hospital. She was born in Petersburg and spent most of her life in Bronx, N.Y. She recently moved backto Northern Virginia and has spent the last two years in Prince William County. She was a devoted member of the Cornerstone…

Sombreros and bulls’ horns adorn the walls in Hector Bardales Sr.’s store, Cowboy Distributors, in Discount Plaza on Grant Avenue in Manassas. White, lacy communion and christening dresses hang from the ceiling above rows and rows of exotic cowboy boots made of ostrich, stingray and lizard skin. A glass display case holds nothing but cowboy…