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/**/ 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…

Friday, March 2, 2001  Top News Tax bills to rise with values By Chris Newman Staff Writer MANASSAS – Real estate assessment notices being mailed today to the city’s 11,405 business and residential property owners will show show an average 8.85 percent increase, higher than the average 3 percent rise seen a year ago. Commissioner…

Coming home to America BY CHRIS NEWMAN Today, many immigrants to America celebrate their diversity and differences. When Harold Gero came over from Hungary in 1923, he, like his contemporaries at Ellis Island, wanted to blend in. “What has Hungary done for me? I was glad to leave it. It wasn’t my decision, but as…

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/**/ Expand, enliven museums, study says By Keith McMillan Media General News Service     MANASSAS The Manassas Museum System could receive a facelift and significant expansion if city officials back the findings of a September development study.     The plan, prepared by the PRD Group of Fairfax, suggests the museum’s main building on Prince William Street expand…

/**/ Car tax delinquents to get the boot By Trina Goethals Staff Writer Prince William residents who are delinquent in paying personal property taxes beware. The county is working together with the sheriff’s office to seize vehicles by placing a Denver boot on the front wheel of their property. The programs have been up and…