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Manassas council hears three interim-mayor candidates and makes no appointment

By PLN News
Ralph J. Smith, Tom Osina and Mark D. Wolfe
Ralph J. Smith, Tom Osina and Vice Mayor Mark D. Wolfe, the three Manassas City Council members who asked Monday to be appointed interim mayor. Credit City of Manassas.

Manassas City Council heard from Ralph J. Smith, Tom Osina and Vice Mayor Mark D. Wolfe on Monday and made no interim-mayor appointment. Council has until Nov. 14.

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Manassas says goodbye to the mayor who asked to be remembered for showing up

By Uriah Kiser
Mayor Michelle Davis-Younger and Delbert Parks hold a framed city proclamation in Council Chambers after her final Manassas City Council meeting on Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. Parks, a Micron vice president in Manassas and Davis-Younger’s husband, spoke during public comment. Her resignation takes effect Wednesday. (Photo courtesy City of Manassas / Facebook)

Michelle Davis-Younger spent her last night as mayor listening to other people tell her who she had been.

They called her Mayor Parks. She called herself Mrs. Parks. The city website still says Davis-Younger. The letter on file says she is done Wednesday, Sept. 30 — three months earlier than the December exit she announced in February, and two years short of the term she won in 2024.

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Manassas officials hear First Friday safety ideas after Sept. 4 teen killing

By Potomac Local News
Tatiana Calderon, of Manassas, speaks at the city council meeting on Sept. 21, 2026.

Manassas City Council spent Monday night on what a November First Friday might look like after the city and Historic Manassas Inc. already paused the October event. There was no vote.

Vice Mayor Mark D. Wolfe presided. While not present Monday, Mayor Michelle Davis-Younger remains in office through Sept. 30.

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