Manassas Journal Messenger | Manassas councilman will vye for Mayor

When Marjorie Childs leaves for work to drop off her daughter at school every morning, she knows it’s going to be a long commute, even though she’s not traveling very far. She said it usually takes her at least 20 minutes to move one-quarter of a mile down Old Carolina Road because of backups from…

Prince William Police reported the following incidents: — Two houses under construction at the end of Gunston Hall Road, near Forest Park high School, were burglarized between Oct. 16 and 8 a.m. Tuesday. There was no sign of forced entry to one of the homes where a refrigerator, worth $833, was stolen. At the second…

The Pentagon is creating a new G.I. In a move that some analysts are calling the most important change in military recruitment since the end of the draft, the Defense Department is developing a short-term enlistment category of 18 months. The idea is to encourage college graduates who normally would not consider a military career…

The Westminstrels Choir invites the public to a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. The title of the eighth annual Christmas program put on by the Westminster at Lake Ridge Retirement Community, is “Repeat the Sounding Joy.” This sacred program features the Westminstrels, a group of 35 residents and staff who will be singing familiar,…

RELATED Traffic & Transportation Dear Lane Ranger: As I ride up and down Interstate 95 seven days a week, I am constantly amazed at how wrong the information displayed on the overhead signs is. They say that traffic is slow when it isn’t. They say there is an accident on the shoulder when there isn’t. They…

Republicans were taken to task by President Bill Clinton in the late 1990s for dragging their feet on his nominations to the federal bench. The majority GOP, though not necessarily correct in holding up the nominations, said they had serious questions about some of the alleged activist judges being nominated. The Democrats, watching their numbers…