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The town of Dumfries is once again looking for a new town manager. After Ron Waller, 64, handed his letter of retirement to the Dumfries Town Council recently, the council decided Tuesday to begin advertising the position. “We’ve begun talking about the transition,” said Dumfries Mayor Melvin “Mel” Bray. If a new manager is not…

There are stories about some groups that wager in what’s called a “death pool.” Participants usually put up some money (like a football pool) and dole out winnings based on who predicted which celebrities will die during a certain year. There have undoubtedly been participants who have picked Bob Hope or Buddy Ebsen this year….

By TED GRUSZKOWSKI [email protected] Cathy Cooper, Hazel McLeary and Kerm Helmer were named 2003 Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America Bowling Industry Service winners at the recent BPAA Board of Directors meeting held in Chandler, Ariz. Cooper, Anderson, Ind., president of the Young American Bowling Alliance and USA Bowling and one of the BPAA’s representatives to…

Students were seeing double at Parkside Middle School’s library when a luncheon was held for 15 sets of twins and a set of quadruplets. Sixth- through eighth-grade identical, fraternal twins mingled over pizza and soda while being honored for their birthrights Friday. Dwight Edmonds, Parkside Middle School’s guidance director, who has a twin brother, found…

A Manassas woman defrauded in excess of $100,000 from Sallie Mae, using a youth football league bank account as a cover, according to a lawsuit filed in Prince William Circuit Court last week. Sallie Mae claims Johnessa Deane Bass, 33, used the money to pay for personal airline tickets for herself, her husband Willie Bass…

Lost in the hoopla of Friday night’s Stonewall Jackson-Brentsville match was the result. The Raiders earned a decisive 41-22 over their closest non-district rival. The win came at Brentsville’s Senior Night, a night that was also the final home dual meet for Tigers coach Thad Kiesnowski. Stonewall jumped out to a 17-0 lead on a…