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A sentimental tune played by the Marine Corps Band set the scene for a day of remembrance at Quantico National Cemetery on Monday. About 700 people attending the 20th annual Memorial Day Ceremony were told not only to salute those fallen from many wars of the past, but to look on to the men and…

Mark Reddington just wants to visit his brother across the street, and maybe have some fun in Old Town Manassas like many other young adults in the area. But his wheelchair can’t hop the curb on the opposite side of the street from his Sudley Road home, and he’d like some reprieve. “I’m trying to…

Convicted child rapist Russell John Smith cut his wrists Thursday night — half a day before his sentencing — with a piece of tin foil he got from a juice carton. At his Friday sentencing in Prince William County Circuit Court, his lawyer Myron Berman pointed to the marks on Smith’s wrists as one example…

The Richmond City Council has so much free time on its hands that its mayor is ready to push a resolution condemning U.S. military action against Iraq. In a meandering resolution introduced earlier this week, Mayor Rudolph C. McCollum Jr., stated that the U.S. should not go to war when America’s cities are in such…

The Prince William Public Library System is fully Internet accessible at its four full-service libraries: Bull Run, Central, Chinn Park and Potomac. Internet surfers are able to access the system’s catalog and electronic resources from their home or office computer at?http://www.pwcgov.org/library. Bull Run Regional Library, 8501 Ashton Ave., Manassas, (703) 792-4500. The newest facility features…

Historic Manassas Inc. runs the city’s visitor bureau, markets the virtues of its downtown and organizes major city events. But now the 17-year-old nonprofit, which receives a significant portion of its funding from the city of Manassas, says it wants to keep the public and news media out of its monthly board meetings. HMI’s board…