Manassas Park News

I had a nice chat this week with Ray Young, who has been very busy recently organizing the reunion of the Manassas Park High School Class of 1977 - the first in the city - and gathering information for a book he plans to publish next year on the history of the city.

Pam Blake, her daughter Heather and her sister Patty Hurley-Ritnour know what it's like to truly love the small community in which you lived, work and build a lifetime of memories.

Manassas Park High School students were among those in Virginia who ranked third in the nation for their achievement on advanced placement, or AP tests.

A much-needed sidewalk that residents and city officials have awaited for months will be built, thanks to award money from the Virginia Department of Transportation.

A student-run branch of Apple Credit Union is slated to open at Manassas Park High School in April.

Brown covers Fairfax County schools. Follow them on Twitter at @emmersbrown and @ksieff . Prince William County ranks among the best in Virginia in terms of job growth and has one of the highest median incomes in the country.

Editor's Note: This story will be updated throughout the day on Tuesday. A A $33.4 million proposed budget for Manassas Park City Schools includes a two percent pay raise for all employees of the school division, except the superintendent.

Eighteen-year utilities industry veteran and Manassas Park resident Tarek Aly has been named the new director of electric in the city of Manassas.

A Reston man faces narcotics charges after police said they received information that he was selling drugs in the area on Nov.

Don't count on working a breakfast stop at Taco Bell into your morning commute anytime soon.

Christina Cimino and Jessica Chaer recently found themselves in a jam for a place to live.

Editor's Note: Incident information was obtained from the Activity Report provided by Fairfax County Police Department's Public Information Office.

A Manassas man faces eluding charges after police said he drove away from officers in Manassas Park on Friday.

From the Northern Virginia Electric Cooprerative The Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative and the Virginia, Maryland and Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives are accepting applications from Northern Virginia high school seniors for higher-education scholarships.

Manassas Park's governing body made sweeping changes to several of the city's ordinances at Tuesday night's meeting.

The Manassas Park City Schools board discussed on Tuesday recent accolades within the school division, including those of a high school junior who recently wowed the masses with her oration.

A Haymarket-area man faces drug and DUI charges after police said he ran from them after hitting a parked car on Jan.

Manassas Park students and teachers are already looking ahead to warmer days and the annual Cougar Literacy Run and Health & Wellness Fair this spring.

Police are asking for help identifying a woman who is suspected of committing a series of armed robberies in Northern Virginia.

In a place like Manassas Park, where students at every one of the four schools in the city are collectively known as the "Cougars," it's hard to believe that the meaning of the word in popular culture would cause such a negative uproar , that the mascot would be changed.A But that's exactly what happened in the Canyons School District in Utah where ... (more)