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Manassas Journal Messenger | Board: Resolution, voter intimidation not related
Five Prince William County supervisors interviewed this week failed to find any correlation between the passage of the anti-illegal immigration resolution and alleged voter intimidation at Stonewall Middle School on Election Day. Prince William County registrar Betty Weimer said in an interview last week that a group with cameras was recording videos of Hispanic people…
Manassas Journal Messenger | Lane Ranger – Reader takes ‘hazardous’ situation into own hands
Dear Lane Ranger: I am following up on a letter I wrote you last fall. I complained about a terrible entrance/exit situation in front of LaPetite Academy on U.S. 1 in Dumfries. You never got back to me, so I wrote my district Supervisor Maureen S. Caddigan, who took the matter up with the Virginia…
We have a dream
DUMFRIES –The walls of First Mount Zion Baptist Church in Dumfries shook as area students demonstrated their shouting renditions of Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of peace to celebrate the civil rights leader’s 73rd birthday. “Testaments of hope … Where do we go from here?” was the theme of the 12th annual Martin Luther King…
Manassas Journal Messenger | Marshall forms committee for possible Senate run
Del. Robert G. “Bob” Marshall, R-Prince William, announced Thursday that he formed an exploratory committee for a possible run for retiring U.S. Sen. John Warner’s seat. Marshall said he formed the committee to see if there is enough support among Republicans for a viable run. He thinks there is. “I’ve been calling around to the…
Age, it’s still just a number
Last Monday was a good day for 20-somethings trying to kick start their sports careers in Prince William County. Just outside Manassas, 25-year-old former Virginia Tech defensive back Loren Johnson was introduced as the new head football coach at Stonewall Jackson High School. At his age, such a job is most ambitious. The same day,…
Manassas Journal Messenger | Nokesville Ruritans turn up heat this year with stew sale
Word has gotten out and people come from all over to get Brunswick stew when the Nokesville Ruritans get to cooking it up in 35- to 50-gallon cast iron kettles over open fires. The Ruritans, who tended the kettles and stirred the stew with wooden paddles, guessed they have held the event for the last…