Manassas (Manassas, Virginia)

Full weekend of free music in Catonsville

2013-06-13 03:00:00

Saturday morning fun and games The Family Time Festival Series continues Saturday, June 15, with "Father's Day Frenzy," featuring food, games and live music from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the open air courtyard behind Catonsville Gourmet and C'ville Bikes at...

B-29 gets spotlight at aviation history tour at Martin airport

2013-06-03 19:16:39

Fifi is no shrinking violet. The 68-year-old warplane can't sky like it used to, and getting all the parts going in the morning takes a little more thought and planning. But Fifi — the last B-29 Superfortress still in the air — commands...

Marriott theme park, Redskins stadium once planned in Laurel [History Matters]

2013-05-31 08:05:00

Throughout its history, Laurel's location between two major metropolitan cities has made the town a target for eager developers. Two super-sized projects were proposed, one in the 1970s and one in the 1990s, and both were ultimately defeated after...

Wedded: Megan Ibbotson and Phil Neforos

2013-05-28 07:50:00

Wedding date: April 14 Her story: Megan Ibbotson, 30, grew up in Manassas, Va., and now lives in Waldorf. She is a school counselor. Her father, Peter, was a military veteran and her mother, Joanne, was a school principal. Both of her parents are...

Injuries after Tough Mudder included heart attacks, electrical shocks

2013-04-23 20:48:00

At one point Saturday, City Hospital in Martinsburg, W.Va., was so overwhelmed with patients injured on the Tough Mudder obstacle course that it had to turn people away from its emergency room. Two people who participated in the race in nearby...

Wedded: Kimberly Carlins and Sigmund Young

2013-04-19 10:50:00

Wedding date: Feb. 24, 2013 Her story: Kimberly Carlins, 32, grew up in Ocean Pines. She is a government contractor for URS Corp. in Germantown. Her father, Leo, is a repairman for Sears, and her mother, Renee, is a secretary for a nonprofit...

'The Civil War and American Art' is one of the first in a wave of regional creative projects on the conflict

2013-03-22 16:25:00

The lone Union sentry stands atop Federal Hill, outlined against an ominous orange/red sky. In the distance, the tops of the Washington Monument and several spires rise above the city, as straight and determined as the rifle held in the soldier's left...

Marie C. Vrany, secretary, had been raised in Middle River

2013-02-14 12:49:00

Marie C. Vrany, a retired secretary who once foiled a pickpocket while on vacation in London, died Sunday of complications from a stroke at Carroll Hospital Center. She was 90. The daughter of a Patapsco & Back River Neck railroader and a homemaker,...

For Lego model of historic Ellicott City, builders hit the bricks

2012-12-20 17:46:00

The beige-plastic Wilkins-Rogers Mill is unmistakable, as are the red B&O Freight House and the purple Obladi hotel. Rendered in toy building blocks, the replicas of historic Ellicott City landmarks lend an air of authenticity to the Baltimore & Ohio...

Hilda E. Uhlig, homemaker

2012-10-29 10:53:48

Hilda E. Uhlig, a homemaker and former secretary who was active in community theater, died Oct. 17 of heart failure at Carroll Lutheran Village. She was 86. Hilda Eleanor Drexler was born in Munich, Germany, and moved with her parents in 1928 to...

Wedding: Kathryn Traster weds Benjamin Hollander

2012-09-27 08:31:00

Chuck and Judy Murdoch, of Fullerton, along with David Hollander, of George, Iowa, announce the marriage of their son, Benjamin Hollander, to Kathryn "Katie" Traster. They were married in Manassas, Va., on Saturday, Aug. 18, in an outdoor ceremony. Ben...

Suzanne W. Reynolds, psychotherapist

2012-09-27 11:49:00

Suzanne W. Reynolds, a psychotherapist and management consultant, died Sept. 21 of pancreatic cancer at her son's Ruxton home. She was 70. The daughter of a career Army officer and a homemaker, Suzanne Weston Reynolds was born in Cumberland and raised in...

The defendant in the Trayvon Martin shooting, Zimmerman has been the subject of dueling perceptions: To some, he's a cop-wannabe who racially profiled and killed an innocent teen. To others, he's a vigilant neighbor who only sought to protect his community.

2013-06-08 15:23:00

Abigail Gorrell, center, 9, of the Academy of Russian Ballet in Manassas, VA, thinks through her performance during open stage Friday at the University of Hartford's Millard Auditorium. Gorrell's contemporary ballet entry in the Youth America Grand Prix, was called "Me and My Bear."

2013-03-23 00:00:00

A man reads biographer Paula Broadwell's book "All In: The Education of General David Petraeus," in Manassas, Virginia, on November 13, 2012.

2012-11-13 00:00:00