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Marshall, Rollison debate sales tax authority at Manassas forum By Chris Newman Staff Writer Delegate Jack Rollison, R.-Woodbridge, and Delegate Bob Marshall, R.-Manassas faced off in a panel discussion before the Prince William Committee of 100 on Thursday at Il Monastero Restaurant on the question of whether the General Assembly bills to increase sales taxes…

/**/ Expand, enliven museums, study says By Keith McMillan Media General News Service     MANASSAS The Manassas Museum System could receive a facelift and significant expansion if city officials back the findings of a September development study.     The plan, prepared by the PRD Group of Fairfax, suggests the museum’s main building on Prince William Street expand…

Putting safety first — Experts get an early start testing fireworks By Nancy Carroll Staff Writer Cindy L. Davis/Staff Photographer Spotsylvania County Fire Marshall Philip Sullivan unloads fireworks while others burn in the background. Fireworks with names like Space Party and The Hatfields & McCoys underwent a safety test Wednesday at the Public Safety Academy…

    Selma: March into History Forty years ago,  thousands of marchers trekked from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., to demand that African-Americans be permitted to vote. Because of their courage and sacrifices, the South – indeed the nation – was transformed. The Voting Rights act that grew out of that bloody march comes up for renewal in two years….

/**/ Manassas budget passes first vote By Chris Newman Staff Writer MANASSAS – The City Council passed the fiscal 2002 budget totaling $185.9 million Wednesday, with a 5 percent increase in general-fund expenditures, pay raises for city employees of up to 6 percent, and a $1 million investment in roads, park facilities, technology and buildings…

/**/ Positive impact – Ordinary lives, extraordinary people By Emily Kuhl Staff Writer Before changing the face of modern geometry, mathematician Blaise Pascal suggested that, “The strength of a man’s virtue must not be measured by his efforts, but by his ordinary life.” In honor of Black History Month, the Manassas Journal Messenger profiled four…