It’s My Town 03-30-01
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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…
/**/ Thursday, December 21, 2000 Top News Transportation tops budget issues By Alfred M. Biddlecomb Staff Writer Plans to continue phasing out the car tax, despite a slump in the economy, are getting mixed reviews from lawmakers in Richmond where another fierce debate seems to be brewing over Northern Virginia transportation needs. Gov. James…
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…
/**/ Big top times — Tigers, trapeze artists and tiny horses come to town By Lucy Chumbley Staff Writer Tonight, while Prince William sleeps, 36 tractor-trailers will pull into the Woodbridge Senior High School parking lot under cover of darkness. At twilight’s first gleaming, a crew of 100 – plus three elephants – will raise…
Travel Virginia: Guide to going places Top Travel Destinations: Blue Ridge Appalachia – Blue Ridge – Shenandoah Valley – Fredericksburg/Northern Virginia Chesapeake Bay – Tidewater/Hampton Roads – Central Virginia Buddy Mays / Virginia Tourism Corporation The Blue Ridge Parkway connects Shenandoah National Park and Skyline Drive. Blue Ridge Parkway America’s most scenic drive” stretches along…
/**/ Obituaries March 1, 2001 James Ryland Button James Ryland Button, 37, of Manassas died Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2001 at Inova Cameron Glen Care Center, Reston. He was preceded in death by his father, William Ryland Button Jr. and his daughter, April Katherine Button. Survivors include his mother, Beverly Button, of Manassas, one sister and…