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/**/ Wednesday, January 24, 2001 Top News Hornets sting foes: ‘Incredible season’ for girls By Randy Jones Staff Writer MANASSAS – In the soccer rich Manassas area, being the first at something is a rare achievement. But the Manassas Hornets – an under-17 girls travel team – accomplished not one, but two firsts this…
Putting safety first — Experts get an early start testing fireworks By Nancy Carroll Staff Writer Cindy L. Davis/Staff Photographer Spotsylvania County Fire Marshall Philip Sullivan unloads fireworks while others burn in the background. Fireworks with names like Space Party and The Hatfields & McCoys underwent a safety test Wednesday at the Public Safety Academy…
/**/ Schools struggle with gas prices By Diane Freda Staff Writer Area school systems are scrambling to find ways to pay for a sharp spike in heating bills caused by an unusually cold winter and increases in gas prices. While cold weather appears to have temporarily gone, the effects of one of the coldest winters…
Public Square Where Richmond Comes Together Public Square Social Networking Online Monday, Nov. 13, 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. PUBLIC SQUARE BLOG Times-Dispatch publisher Tom Silvestri blogs on issues up for discussion at the newspaper’s community Public Square series. Come join the dialogue. PAST PUBLIC SQUARES • Affordable Housing • Iraq…
/**/ Friday, November 3, 2000 Top News Burn ‘expert’ convicted of perjury By Patrick Wilson Media General News Service MANASSAS Gary S. Stocco, the New Jersey man accused of lying about his credentials during court testimony in Prince William County, entered guilty pleas on Thursday to felony charges of perjury and obtaining money through false…
Putting it together Local scrapbookers help others preserve family memories BY CHRISTIAN CZERWINSKI When Heather Lukes looked back on 75 years of family pictures and memories, she dreamt of a way to preserve them for the next generation. Not content with letting the pictures fade away into obscurity, Lukes decided to create a family scrapbook….