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October 13, 2008

Crash slows I-95 north
Crash slows I-95 north

Two left lanes were reported blocked this morning on Interstate 95 as Fire and Rescue crews responded to an accident.

Magazine ranks Manassas top place to live

Masters Athlete, a national magazine, has named Manassas as one of the top 10 places in the United States to live for senior or “Master’s” baseball and softball players.


October 12, 2008

Spotlight on Manassas/Manassas Park

Manassas/Manassas Park news

Lane Ranger: Access to shopping center remains closed
Lane Ranger: Access to shopping center remains closed

Dear Lane Ranger

Will Prince William County turn blue?

Virginia’s red-state status is in question

Magazine ranks Manassas top place to live

Masters Athlete, a national magazine, has named Manassas as one of the top 10 places in the United States to live for senior or “Master’s” baseball and softball players.

Welcome to your new News & Messenger!
Welcome to your new News & Messenger!

As we previously announced, the Potomac News and the Manassas Journal Messenger are now combined into one newspaper seven days a week. - Your Guide to the Redesign

Re-enactors bring Civil War back to life
Re-enactors bring Civil War back to life

Civil War re-enactors and history buffs alike converged in Bristow on Saturday at the same spot Union and Confederate troops did just 145 years earlier.

Benefit held to help free a boy with cerebral palsy
Benefit held to help free a boy with cerebral palsy

A Woodbridge-based charity group that was inspired by Sage is working to raise the money for an umbilical cord blood stem cell transplant.

Feder wants to fix housing crisis in Manassas

Judy Feder knows all about the housing crisis that has rocked the city of Manassas and she wants to make a difference there.

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Police blotter

Cop briefs

Cop briefs

Magazine ranks Manassas top place to live

Masters Athlete, a national magazine, has named Manassas as one of the top 10 places in the United States to live for senior or “Master’s” baseball and softball players.

Police search for stolen Taser
Police search for stolen Taser

Police say a Dale City neighborhood could be in danger after an officer’s stun gun was stolen during a fight. 


October 11, 2008

State ACLU seeks OK on voting in political T-shirts

The ACLU of Virginia urged the State Board of Elections Friday to allow voters to wear T-shirts featuring political messages, or political buttons, when they vote on Nov. 4.

Pain likely in new state budget
Pain likely in new state budget

No matter what options they propose in January, when the General Assembly returns to Richmond, lawmakers say pain is unavoidable.

Festival celebrates refuge’s milestone
Festival celebrates refuge’s milestone

What better place to take his 6-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son to experience nature than to a wildlife refuge.


October 10, 2008

Candidates’ reps woo senior citizens

With less than four weeks until polls open Nov. 4, members of the Greater Manassas AARP, Chapter No. 4759 in Manassas were given the opportunity to learn what the two presidential candidates have in store for them.

Manassas Ballet Theatre eyes a move
Manassas Ballet Theatre eyes a move

Dancer Hannah Bontrager discovered the Manassas Ballet Theatre after moving from Oregon to Northern Virginia with her husband a month ago.

Catons Crossing enlargement begins

Groundwork has started on a 200-unit apartment complex that will be part of a larger Catons Crossing development in Woodbridge, according to the Texas-based developer constructing the project.

Driver in fatal wreck goes to prison

At times, Lisa Martin had difficulty speaking through her tears as she talked about her daughter, Hannah Leigh Boyd, who was killed in a car accident on Braemar Parkway in Bristow in November.

Police blotter for Oct. 11
Police blotter for Oct. 11

Prince William police reported the following incidents:

Police briefs for Oct. 11
Police briefs for Oct. 11

Dale City man charged with cocaine possession

GPS systems are favorites among thieves

Recent strings of car break-ins have residents paying more attention to their portable GPS systems.

GPS helps locate stolen phone

Thieves stole a Woodbridge man's cell phone, but he knew how to get it back.

Montclair man hits DC lotto for $200,000
Montclair man hits DC lotto for $200,000

In late June, Jon Miller won $200,000 playing Powerball, said Vanessa E. Newton, a spokeswoman for the D.C. Lottery.

Community briefs

Celebrate fall at Octoberfest Golf Tourney

Panel: Palin abused power in ‘troopergate’ scandal
Panel: Palin abused power in ‘troopergate’ scandal

A legislative panel finds the Republican vice presidential candidate violated Alaska’s ethics law.

Crime reports on Metro flirting with record
Crime reports on Metro flirting with record

The number of crimes reported on the Metro system is flirting with a record high. What do you think?

570 layoffs may just be the start
570 layoffs may just be the start

Future cuts, including in schools, health care, are likely

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