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Tuesday, February 27, 2001  Top News From Battle Street to Bourbon Street By Bennie Scarton Jr. Staff Writer Amy Drewry/Staff Photographer People gather outside to listen to a band playing jazz at last year’s Old Town Manassas Mardi Gras Festival and Sidewalk Parade.   OLD TOWN – The spirit of Mardi Gras will come to…

    The case against Gerardo Lara Gerardo Lara holds a cross during a recess in Prince William Circuit Court in Manassas on Wednesday April 13, 2005, where he was on trial for the murder of his estranged wife, Marissa Lara. (Photo Ana Pimsler / Potomac News/Manassas Journal Messenger) Gerardo Lara confers with his lead…

Dumfries hires interim manager BY AILEEN M. STRENG p>It’s not a permanent solution for Dumfries, but it does help. Full Story Bank robbery suspect arrested BY DANIEL DREW e m/ms Prince William police charged a 44-year-old Dumfries woman in the March 14 robbery of the Marumsco Plaza First Union bank at 13891 Jefferson Davis Highway,…

/**/ Wednesday, February 14, 2001  Top News Senate kills bond proposal: Bill would have funded GMU’s Prince William campus By Alfred M. Biddlecomb Staff Writer RICHMOND – A state Senate budget committee killed a cluster of bond proposals Tuesday that offered millions for the construction of a science center at Belmont Bay and a new…

/**/ 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…

/**/ 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…