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Every seat in the McCoart Administration Center was filled Tuesday night with residents who wanted to say something about traffic problems on Davis Ford Road. Solutions to the problem ranged from lowering the speed limit from 45 mph to 35 mph, to adding traffic lights and to making it a toll road. Supervisor Mary K….

When a band playing Nissan Pavilion announces it’s about to play its final number, concert goers have a big decision to make. They can either run for the parking lots while making an escape just as the band begins its encore, or they can enjoy the rest of the show and wait two hours before…

For the Potomac News JPR A new day of freer flowing, less stagnant downtown roadways is nearly upon the city, Manassas City and Norfolk Southern officials both promised last week. Now the only point of dispute is over the definition of “nearly.” With two miles of double tracking completed last summer and a new crew…

A controversial rezoning decision wasn’t reached at Monday’s night’s Manassas City Council meeting. That decision will wait until Oct. 31, when the tie-breaking vote of Mayor Douglas Waldron will be heard. Charlotte, N.C.-based developer Raley Miller Properties LLC wants to develop a triangularly shaped property at 9906 Grant Ave. for retail and office use. The…

A 17-year-old who lives at Youth for Tomorrow was charged with starting a fire Saturday evening at the residential group home for at-risk teenage boys, said Battalion Chief C. Hadden Culp, Prince William Fire and Rescue spokesman. “A resident was charged with arson in connection with that fire and he’s being held at the Juvenile…

The campaign season now holding us by our collective throat provides a panoply of examples of both hypocrisy and inconsistency. Voters are inundated every day by the signs of the season, along the highways and in their mailboxes. On this page, many writers offer little more than platitudinous irrelevancies. They tout a long list of…