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Dean Meyers, 53, fatally shot Wednesday night at a gas station in Prince William County, spent most of life working in Manassas. His first job out of Penn State University was as a rookie engineer with R.B. Thomas Engineering, 9401 East St., Manassas, where he worked for a number of years before joining Dewberry &…

A few weeks ago, I was conducting an administrative hearing. One of the attorneys couldn’t conduct a proper witness examination and provoked numerous sustained objections (meaning, the attorney was asking improper questions). We were in a break, and given the less formal nature of the proceeding, the hearing officer remained in the room. For about…

Mismanagement within the Prince William Park Authority is costing county tax payers millions of dollars and the accumulation of gaffs and missteps over the past few years alone require a specific remedy. Members of the Prince William Park Authority Board and its executive director should tender their resignations to the Prince William Board of County…

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…

Both of Prince William’s Democratic senators were sitting on hefty bank accounts coming into October, but Republicans showed signs in the latest finance reports they will hit one hard down the stretch. In the 36th Senate race, Democrat Sen. Linda T. “Toddy” Puller, is well financed, but Republicans see the first-term incumbent as vulnerable after…

NOKESVILLE — Friday night’s reception for Brentsville wrestling coach Thad Kiesnowski filled most of the seats on the Tigers’ home side. But it was more than just the packed home stands that reminded everyone of what Kiesnowski has meant to Brentsville. Looking down from the gym’s far corner were the Tigers’ seven Class A state…