MANASSAS A Manassas couple know exactly where they will be at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 19 in front of their television watching their daughter-in-law compete in the 2002 Winter Olympics Games. Betty and Ron Knowles and a houseful of guests will be eagerly watching the womens bobsled competition as their sons wife, Ildiko Strehli, competes…
A two-prong attack was launched Thursday by legislators pushing for new dollars for roads and transit with referendum plans for a half-cent sales tax in Northern Virginia and 11/2 cent sales tax in Hampton Roads, or a one-cent increase in both regions. Delegate John A. “Jack” Rollison, R-52nd, and Sen. Martin E. Williams, R-1st, of…
Supporters of a sales-tax referendum for education say a recent poll shows strong support for such a tax hike statewide — not just in Northern Virginia. A bipartisan private poll released Tuesday found 61 percent of 805 registered voters statewide — excluding Northern Virginia — support a half-cent, sales-tax increase for school construction, said George…
A Manassas man pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to bank fraud in connection with a long-running scheme to defraud three senior citizens and their banks out of about $944,000, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Alexandria said. Larry Carlton Henderson, 49, entered the plea in U.S. District Court. He befriended three senior citizens he knew…
MANASSAS — Groundbreaking is expected later this month for a four-story office building next to the downtown Manassas Post Office, complete with underground parking, a restaurant and retail space. The completed project would make the building one of the largest structures in Old Town Manassas. The 26,000-square-foot building will serve as the new headquarters for…