Manassas city officials are considering two bids from organizations that want to take over management of the Loy E. Harris Pavilion in Old Town. Since the pavilion’s opening in December 2001, the structure has been run by nonprofit Historic Manassas Inc., which has a $185,000 contract with the city for the present fiscal year. But…
Two men were shot at 11:20 p.m. Thursday in the parking lot of a 7-Eleven at 13897 Telegraph Road in a continuation of an argument that started earlier that day at a nearby restaurant, said 1st Sgt. Kim Chinn, a Prince William police spokeswoman. Police, backlit by street lights, formed silhouettes in the fog as…
Police seek suspects in assault of woman A 30-year-old woman was assaulted in her home at 11:17 p.m. Thursday in the 15000 block of Cherrydale Drive in Dale City, said 1st. Sgt. Kim Chinn, a Prince William police spokeswoman. The woman heard a knock on her door and opened it, when a man forced his…
An 80-year-old Lake Ridge woman died in a 9 a.m. fire Friday, one day after another Prince William County woman was burned severely in a blaze. Harriet Lucille Clark-Drake died in her 12232 Dapple Gray Court bedroom, the room to which the fire was confined, Battalion Chief C. Hadden Culp, Prince William fire and rescue…
Manassas children’s book author Ann Berry, 67, died Sunday at Fairfax Hospital from complications of a long illness. Berry and her daughter Sarah Berry March gained national recognition in the 1990s with “The Original Goody Pie Kids’ Adventure,” a book in which children discover their superhuman ability to melt even the cruelest heart. The Goody…