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/**/ Wednesday, February 28, 2001 Top News Speed catcher Photo by Amy Rosseti Staff Photographer Jeannette Galbraith, a sergeant with the Virginia State Police, issues a ticket for a speeder who was detected through the use of VASCAR technology. Ticketing from above: Troopers use planes to catch speeders By Nancy Carroll Staff Photographer Drivers…
/**/ Positive impact – Ordinary lives, extraordinary people By Emily Kuhl Staff Writer Before changing the face of modern geometry, mathematician Blaise Pascal suggested that, “The strength of a man’s virtue must not be measured by his efforts, but by his ordinary life.” In honor of Black History Month, the Manassas Journal Messenger profiled four…
GOP candidates tangle in Northern Virginia By Alfred M. Biddlecomb Staff Writer The race to succeed Gov. James S. Gilmore III rolled through Northern Virginia last weekend leaving a trail of bad blood and suspicion between supporters of Lt. Gov. John Hager and Attorney General Mark Earley. Both Republicans hope to succeed Gilmore, but the…
/**/ A smoother ride: OmniRide improves with more driver training By Chris Newman Staff Writer MANASSAS – Donna Lauderdale was settling into her afternoon commute on an OmniRide bus last fall when the driver told passengers the bus was breaking down and she would have to pull over. With perturbed Interstate 66 motorists whizzing by…
/**/ Obituaries October 25, 2000 Evelyn Gordon Evelyn Gordon, 64, of Manassas, died Sunday, Oct. 22, 2000. She is survived by her children, Jeffrey Davis of New Post and Julie (and Jon) Ackerman of Somerville; her mother, Mary Gordon, of Bristow; seven sisters; two brothers; and six grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 6-8…
The holiday shuffle In the midst of perhaps the most unusual school year in recent history, there is a plan in the works to preserve spring break for students in Prince William County. Full Story Metro fare increases hurt the commuting public BY DAVON GRAY It’s amazing to me how the cost of living always…