Latest articles by Dan Roem

• Warm temperatures mark reprieve from snow
• Early injuries rock Tigers preparing for season start
• BD girls set out to avoid 'brick wall' in post season
• School board set to keep western PW school development priority
• BD baseball team returns 7 starters, 7 seniors
• Thompson third Tiger pitcher to earn athletic scholarship
• Haymarket finds faults with VRE, BRT expansion proposals
• Tiger boys bring back gold to Brentsville
• Indians end Bobcats season 33-28
• Fimian kicks off campaign with fiscally conservative message
• Indians end Bobcats' season, 33-28
• GMS gymnasts balance club schedule, life
• Haynes takes individual championship for BD girls
• On health care, Connolly sees room to work
• Haymarket, Gainesville business leaders discuss economy with Connolly
• Bowman, Cooke to represent BHS in Fairfax
• After snow storms, local teachers rethink lesson priorities
• Sitting in first place, BHS boys face biggest test yet
• Animal control beats the snow to take care of PWC animal shelter
• Local farmers dig out fields, neighbors from snow
• Gov't officials respond to blizzard
• BHS girls look for a rebound in final week of reg season
• BD boys, girls claim district swim titles
• Gov: Snow causing "extraordinarily challenging" situation in NOVA
• VDOT to begin plowing subdivisions no earlier than Sunday
• Haymarket Senators unveil 2010 roster
• Freshman gymnasts end regular season with strong showing
• Transportation tops discussion for Haymarket
• Gainesville firefighters help save 16 in Haiti
• Fimian runs against 'career politician', federal spending in 11th
• GMS seventh grader set to compete in PWC bee
• PW to "aggressively pursue" Northrop Grumman HQ
• BHS win at Aloha Classic sets up team for playoffs
• BD, SJ freshmen end regular season with strong showing
• BD girls in driver's seat
• Herrity declares in the 11th
• Patriot HS, T. Clay Wood ES to open next year in Nokesville
• Stonewall's Smith signs on with Kentucky
• Tiger boys try to rebound
• Haymarket plans for 'ultra-conservative' budget
• SJ's Costello signs on to Radford
• Three Bobcat track stars earn top-five finishes in Md.
• Nissan Pavilion name changed to Jiffy Lube Live
• 54-38 win over Loudoun Valley puts Bobcats at 5-5
• Gainesville mom gives birth to baby New Year
• Seven Senators returning to 2010 squad
• Donations, volunteer pour into BARN
• Battlefield takes win in gymnastics
• New schools will bring much-needed relief to Nokesville
• Dulin calls it quits
• Brentsville comes up big on opening day
• Bobcat boys earn first winter win
• Improvements slated for Glenkirk in 2010
• Haymarket fills 2 council vacancies
• New-look Bobcats adjusting to young squad
• Waverly Farm extension inches closer to U.S. 15
• Tiger boys focus on intangibles as b-ball season begins
• Tiger veterans lead team to opening day win
• Haymarket Holiday Party planned for Dec. 5
• Bobcats top OP, 33-27, for first regional title
• Student athletes sign on with colleges
• Local towers take hit during rough economy
• BHS prepares for third trip to regional semis
• Coach looks back on 13-7 BHS volleyball season
• Marshall sets out 2010 agenda following Election Day win
• Miller focuses on economy, transportation after big win
• PWC Dem party chairman discusses defeat
• 10U Generals close out fall season with third-place showing
• Tiger girls heading back to states
• Marshall seeks 10th term in 13th district
• Loudoun Dem takes on Marshall in 13th
• Race for the 51st gets personal
• Osbourn rolls over Stonewall 51-19 at Raiders homecoming
• Battlefield at 7-0 with wild 20-18 homecoming win over Osbourn
• Millbrook rocks Brentsville 41-20 at homecoming
• Rain dampens BD homecoming festivities
• 10U Cannons win fall ball state title
• Immigration, corruption, payday loans among hot topics at AG debate
• Kaine touts stimulus in Gainesville
• Farm Field Days educates local kids about agriculture
• Residents discuss overcrowding
• BHS field hockey sets focus on post-season with 6-0 win over SJ
• Brentsville girls, Battlefield boys crack top five at Octoberfest
• Tigers finish first, Bobcats second at Spiritfest
• Shuryn, Vazquez to resign town council seats
• Finally: Silver Lake reopens to the public
• Shannon talks corruption, child safety
• Marshall, Bell debate transportation, priorities in race for 13th
• Raider girls pay tribute to fallen Tiger in 3-2 home win
• Battlefield stays perfect after tight match against Hylton
• Hawks mount fourth quarter comeback in 34-20 win over Tigers
• Shannon talks corruption, child safety in AG race
• Stonewall volleyball focuses on basics to start '09 season
• Local residents grill Conolly on health care
• Health care debate hits home
• Liberty tops SJ for first field hockey win
• Candidates lob rhetorical bombs in 50th
• Battlefield takes football, volleyball and field hockey openers
• Connolly talks immigration, health care
• Merrifield Garden Center showcases 'state of the art' facility
• Animal control still answers 'nuisance' calls
• Young Brentsville team aims to rebound after tough 2008
• New Warrenton studio sticks with analog in the age of digital
• Stonewall seeks first winning season since '04 with slew of veterans
• Senators win the VBL championship
• Rodeo brings back pro bull riders to county fair
• Senators one win away from taking the Cup
• Obama, Kaine rally for Deeds in McLean
• Clashing views lead to problems between GDLL, Cannons
• Animal Control to drop 'nuisance' wildlife trapping cases next month
• Decline in commercial property values tougher in eastern PW than than western end
• Fireballer Adams brings extra heat to 10U Blaze
• Gainesville Cannons bring home two tournament wins
• Rural routes and broken bones: training at the Antioch fire station
• Hopkins finds happy medium in baseball, life
• With town council absent, Stutz and Weir talk development
• Liddle earns state Player of the Year honors
• Five Senators take the field at VBL All-Star game
• Haymarket councilman begins training for Iraq
• Gainesville seniors fall in playoffs
• Coles takes out Gainesville softball All-Stars
• Injury at Hopewell's Landing brings pleas for community design changes
• Park Authority lays initial plans for Silver Lake
• Senators dip back under .500 with four-game skid
• 9U Generals win championship, finish seventh at states
• GDLL Marlins prep for post-season
• Former Senators ink deals with MLB clubs
• Proposed asphalt plant withdrawn in Bristow
• SJHS sisters step up for Shamrocks in pursuit of national bid
• McDonnell goes door-to-door in Manassas
• Haymarket rebounds, wins 3-out-of-4 to reach .500
• Bristow residents speak out against proposed asphalt plants
• Tiger athletes make all-region teams
• Battlefield coach reflects on team's first state run
• Senators open season with big hopes, even after two losses
• Candidates make pitch to county Dems as primary nears
• Water main breaks on Sudley Road
• Road ends in state quarters for Bobcat girls lax
• Kent-Robinson, Thigpen grab state golds
• Black's 13Ks leads Bobcat girls back to states
• Softball loss knocks last Brentsville team out of playoffs
• Make it three: Battlefield softball clinches return to states
• Potomac Falls tops Tiger boys in overtime 2-1
• Battlefield clinches second state berth
• Heritage girls eliminate Brentsville from regions
• Softball regional semis moved to Thursday
• Brentsville, Battlefield teams win and lose in first round of regions
• Tigers take district crowns in baseball, softball and boys soccer
• Battlefield softball, baseball win district tournaments
• Loudoun Dem takes on Marshall in 13th
• Tigers end Cougars season with 12-2 romp in district semis
• Battlefield, Brentsville send seven teams to district tournament finals
• Near-no-hitter from Williams propels BHS past SJ 3-0
• Bobcat girls plow through Blue Devils 17-2 in playoff opener
• Battlefield boys win district track title, girls finish second
• Battlefield, Brentsville teams capture district crowns
• Changes in LID construction frustrates homeowners
• Rishell takes on Miller for third time in 50th
• Miller gears up for reelection run in 50th
• Tiger girls top Cougars 3-0, improve to 15-0
• Topped-ranked 10U Generals best Cannons at weekend double-header
• Dost leads Brentsville to 15-0 victory
• Findlay scores twice to lift Tigers to 12-0 before loss to Sherando
• Bobcat girls plow through OP 20-3 as regular season winds down
• Haymarket proposes 28 percent tax increase
• Klumpp scores three in 8-0 Bobcats win
• Local metal band tastes the big time
• Local band tastes the big time
• Stimulus funds bring in $9.8M for VRE
• GDLL kicks off spring season at new park
• Bristow racer prepares for 2009 ISCARS series
• Lingamfelter faces no challenger in 31st
• PWC candidates file for House of Delegates
• Town Center settlement targeted for end of April
• Raiders blank Eagles 19-0 in boys lax
• Federal stimulus money preserves, for now, more than 300 PWC school jobs
• BHS boys take first, girls second at county track meet
• Bobcat girls stay perfect with 2-1 win over Raiders
• Stonewall boys slug Battlefield 20-4
• Questions linger in run-up to Haymarket budget vote
• At Youth For Tomorrow, weathering the 'economic tsunami' is about more than money
• McDonnell focuses transportation pitch on private sector
• New auto shop in Gainesville adapts to changing business climate
• Population shifts influence diversity changes at Bull Run MS
• Manassas-based Generals No. 1 in nation
• Down two aces, Brentsville draws a third in win over Potomac Falls
• Haymarket struggles with growing pains
• BD boys place third at states; Relay team captures gold
• Younger Tiger team aims for return to states
• Town Center settlement date delayed again
• Stonewall girls lose regional championship
• Gar-Field eliminates Battlefield boys from playoffs
• BD's Kent-Robinson takes first, SJ's Thigpen second at states
• McDonnell focuses transportation pitch on private sector
• Buzzer-beating block by Big Bo boosts Bobcats by Raiders 50-49
• Martino earns second straight state title
• Proposed expansion of 29 raises concerns in Gainesville
• Moran outlines transportation plan in run-up to primary
• Skyline stuns BD girls, eliminates Tigers from playoffs
• Kettle Run mounts late surge to knock out Tiger boys 55-54
• Battlefield group takes top spot at state civics competition
• Democrats line up challengers for House of Delegates seats
• Commercial Construction Picks Up near Gainesville Intersection
• County political, business leaders deal with curtailing economy
• Battlefield comes up big at districts
• Bobcat gymnasts take second at district championship
• McAuliffe Pitches Green Jobs to Spur Economy
• Haymarket mill rate expected to increase, actual payments to hold steady
• Haymarket officers receive valor awards
• SJ wrestlers prepare for post-season
• Win over Sherando keeps Tiger girls tied for second
• Haymarket Council approves $2.3M sale of Town Center
• Battlefield swimmers out-race SJ
• Bobcats, Raiders take first place at Aloha Invitational
• Tales from the inauguration: A first-person perspective
• Stonewall girls remain perfect in district
• Lawmakers react to Kaine's address
• Planning Commission recommends Kennedy plan for approval
• Warner, Connolly start terms in Congress
• Latest sale date for Town Center Jan. 26
• Tiger swimmers top Cougars
• Martino, Psihas win big at Battle at the Bridge
• 2008: the year in sports
• Clutch free throws lift Tiger girls to second win
• Gainesville graffiti defendant undergoing competency evaluation
• Bobcat girls, boys sweep at invitational meet
• Clutch foul shots provide Tiger girls with 53-49 win ovef Judges
• Local business owners battle tough economy
• Haymarket jeweler brings flair for Celtic designs to Sugarloaf festival
• Brentsville, Battlefield take charge at Dudley Martin classic
• New Salvation Army building in Manassas more than typical thrift store
• Bricks mount up for Battlefield in OT loss to Potomac
• Haymarket targets Dec. 17 vote on Kennedy project
• Schumacher becomes first BHS player to earn lax scholarship
• Brentsville girls shift focus to defense for 08-09 season
• Tiger boys enter season with chance to control own destiny
• In wake of election, PW legislators assess red-to-blue shift
• Bobcat marching band racks up superior ratings, opportunities
• PW softball stars commit to Div. I-A universities
• Battlefield ends regular season undefeated
• Raiders win homecoming 28-20; Thigpen named homecoming king
• Brentsville District wins district cheer title
• BRMC pulls Silver Lake proposal
• McCain supporters rally for Republican, against Obama, media in Woodbridge
• Stewart “disappointed” in McCain on illegal immigration
• Battlefield claims a wild win over SJ
• ‘Forever on the Dance Floor’, music themes dominate Brentsville homecoming
• Skyline deep ball too much for Tigers at homecoming
• Relentless pursuit powers Battlefield over Liberty, Fauquier
• Bobcats take control of first place; Tigers ripped at homecoming
• Thigpen returns with four TDs in first Raider win of season
• Residential rezonings plummet while county considers Comp Plan update
• As housing market slows, impact hits local government, businesses
• Haymarket council outlines opposition to county Comp Plan
• Brentsville gives up 17 point lead in 33-23 loss to Millbrook
• Gainesville Grizzlies: More than just a sports club
• Bridge collapse injures man, closes parts of 29, 66
• No settlement likely over Silver Lake
• Local metal band makes it big with national record deal
• Ingram leads Battlefield with monster backfield attack
• Tiger girls come back from 0-2 deficit to snatch 3-2 win over Handley
• Tough housing market brings problems for local area
• Battlefield perfect through four after shutout of Stonewall
• Irvin scores twice, assists once in 3-2 Bobcat field hockey win over LHS
• Broad Run beats down Brentsville 53-13
• Battlefield volleyball attackers too much for Liberty
• Battlefield at 2-0 with shutout win over Gar-Field
• VRE continues work on westward extension study
• Brentsville drops home football opener to Freedom 22-14
• New-look Raiders prepare for opener with key players hurt
• Brentsville girls win first match of season
• New trailers bring extra students, issues to Brentsville
• Falcons come back from 24-21 deficit twice to sweep Raiders
• Biden stumps at GMU PWC
• Bobcat girls sweep Eagles in district opener
• Tiger volleyball team off to slow start, dropping first three matches
• Planning for Route 234 extension to Dulles riding rocky road
• Young Brentsville boys team sets out to defend state title
• Tiger girls hoping for national bid in cross country
• Funds, environment two major drawbacks to creation of controversial road
• Settlement date for Haymarket Town Center pushed back again
• Battlefield preps for hopeful return to title
• 76,000 flock to county fair
• Future state funding for new road construction projects hangs in balance
• Discoveries at George Mason spur economic development at Innovation
• Soccer coach Rohr splits with Brentsville after 18 years
• 9500 Liberty screens first version of illegal immigration documentary
• Bruised, broken and beaten, Senators clinch playoff spot
• Gainesville Wegmans scheduled to open in early November
• Senators manager Shields resigns; Fecteau takes reigns
• GDLL seniors win district tournament, berth to states
• District 10 Little League senior finale moved to Monday
• State declines to reimburse Haymarket for flood damages
• Back from Iraq, Cole gives a look at life inside the Green Zone
• Haymarket Town Council appoints members to new positions
• Gainesville girls come back 27-9 to force winner-take-all title game
• Battlefield grad to continue basketball career in college
• Two GDLL all-star teams remain in post season
• 10U Cannons finish ninth out of 97 teams in national tournament
• Road linking Gravely ES to U.S. 15 still a ways off
• Traffic light (finally) installed at Gallerher Road and Route 55
• Senators head into all-star break with shot at playoffs
• Gainesville District Little League all-stars enter post-season
• Bobcat baseball bigs show up-and-comers the way
• Proposed development south of Haymarket ‘indefinitely suspended’
• Senators skid continues with loss to Rebels
• Former Battlefield standout Herbek returns to Haymarket with Senators
• After .500 start, Senators drop 5 of 6
• Haymarket rectifies $194K budget shortfall
• Haymarket considers in-person absentee-voting station
• Youth For Tomorrow graduates largest class
• Stonewall Jackson graduates exit to the sounds of joy
• Poquoson ends Brentsville's quest for state title in quarter finals
• Bobcats lose state tournament title in overtime to Rams
• Battlefield softball one hit short in state final
• Obama draws thousands to Nissan Pavilion
• Two Battlefield teams to play state semi finals Friday in Chantilly
• Bobcats take first round of state tournament in rain-out win
• Bobcats, Tigers each claim regional championship
• Brentsville boys, Battlefield girls heading to states
• Brentsville claims three out of four district tournament titles
• Tiger boys earn trip to district championship
• Brentsville girls shutout Millbrook in soccer semis
• Sutphin outduels Roy as Bobcats end Falcons season, 3-0
• Barbour, Carpenter bring hurt to Warren County in 18-1 Tiger victory
• Tigers outslug Wildcats 9-4
• Undefeated Tigers roll past Central in district tournament opener
• Aflaki lights up Culpeper for Battlefield
• Top-seeded Brentsville teams sweep district quarter final opponents
• Battlefield out slugs Stonewall 13-3
• Bobcat softball team clinches first place in district
• School Board adopts budget; western PW high school still on track
• Democratic candidates debate illegal immigration
• Battlefield pounds Culpeper 19-5 in girls lax quarter finals
• Battlefield softball takes sole control of first place
• Incumbents, Edwards, Leake elected to Haymarket Town Council
• Battlefield's Sutphin outguns Culpeper's Beall in 1-0 pitchers' duel
• Battlefield dominates at SeaPerch
• Brentsville District at top of district in three sports
• Haymarket council challengers prepare for May 6 election
• Battlefield athletes to continue sports careers in college
• Kirby strikes out 11 Eagles in Stonewall softball win
• As technology changes, students find new ways to beat the system
• As Battlefield and OP clash for first place, Stonewall holds steady third
• Baltimore, Johnson step down from coaching posts
• Haymarket incumbents vie for re-election
• Firefighters quell barn blaze near Lake Manassas
• Linton Hall Road widening due to wrap up in summer 2009
• Breakaway churches score first-round win against Episcopal Church
• Gainesville little leaguers take NOVA tournament
• Falcons soar past Bobcat lax team
• Top-seed Krissy Davis pulls off lone Raider win in 8-1 loss to Liberty
• Scott strikes out 15 in no-hitter versus Falcons
• Haymarket Town Center re-approved; Ellie Cole appointed to council seat
• Board rejects Park Authority, BRMC on Silver Lake
• Sutphin throws fifth shutout of season
• Bobcats earn second place in weekend softball tournament
• Through competition, Robocats turn into engineers
• Marshall takes aim at Gilmore in U.S. Senate run
• Stonewall ties Gar-Field in girls soccer
• SJHS softball pitcher hurls no hitter
• Brentsville boys lax tops Potomac Falls
• Tiger coach O'Neill shifts focus from soccer to lacrosse
• John Cole resigns from council to move along Kennedy deal
• Haymarket residents speak out about Kennedy deal
• Tiger girls take out Eagles on opening day, 8-5
• Battlefield, Stonewall Jackson score softball victories
• Kennedy resubmits Haymarket Town Center deal
• From gold medals to ghosts, The Winery at La Grange has its share of stories
• Sutphin, Black bring contrasting styles on softball diamond for Bobcats
• Scott, Crouse return to the mound for Battlefield one last time
• Brentsville girls' season ends in state quarterfinals
• Cinderella season ends for Battlefield in regional opener
• Tiger girls heading to states
• Kennedy opts out of $2.3M Haymarket Town Center development deal
• Tiger girls hang on at regions to clinch state berth
• Potomac stuns Stonewall, region with 60-59 win
• Battlefield boys eliminated from playoffs with loss to GW-Danville
• Raider girls take district championship; Battlefield boys fall short
• Battlefield boys clinch regional berth with win over Culpeper
• Brentsville girls win district tournament
• Tigers taking winning ways through playoffs
• Fauquier knocks Battlefield girls out of playoffs in OT, 37-31
• Morres breaks record at state swim meet
• Stonewall, Battlefield compete in St. Jude's drive
• Lady Bobcats put up surprising fight against undefeated Raiders
• Company offers $10K for fuel truck theft conviction
• Battlefield boys take out Stonewall 47-29
• Stonewall Jackson, Battlefield send gymnasts to states
• Brentsville girls end regular season perfect in district
• Holy Trinity finally opens to public
• Battlefield boys send seven to states
• Raider wrestlers gear up for post-season
• Merrimac Farm sold to state, preserving land from developers
• VRE takes closer look at westward plunge
• Bobcats send two, Raiders send one to regions
• Former homeless tell their stories to Brentsville High students
• Bobcats send two, Raiders one to gymnastics regions
• Tiger boys take out Colonels in Nokesville 62-55
• Brown, Hammel end gymnastics regular season with a bang
• Raider swimmers qualify for regions
• Brentsville boys, girls advance to regions with district titles
• Weir rejoins Haymarket Town Council
• Sudley Park slated for fall opening
• County approves 210 new Haymarket houses
• Bobcat swimmers come together to take out Raiders
• Battlefield girls take 10 golds at home track meet
• Prince William gets first snow fall of 2008
• Western PW officials talk transportation, development with residents
• Weir resigns from Haymarket Town Council
• Sparks fly as Haymarket Town Council debates $2.3M property deal
• Bobcat gymnasts gaining on Yellow Jackets
• Battlefield rally falls short against Stonewall
• Raider girls devastate Battlefield 80-29
• Haymarket approves $2.3M property deal
• Mason leads Brentsville over Central in overtime, 66-57
• Tiger girls on top of district as second half of season begins
• Battlefield collapses in second half, loses to Gar-Field 66-51
• Bob Marshall declares Senate bid
• Raider girls win, boys lose at tournaments
• Battlefield girls win first-ever tournament, beat Briar Woods 38-26
• 2007 High School Sports Year-in-Review
• Raider gymnasts show signs of potential two weeks into winter season
• Raider girls trounce Falcons 81-39
• Raider boys beat Fauquier 52-46