Article: In Mantua, Potatoes take the cake: Cooks have their eyes on the prize at festival celebrating village roots.

Article: Mantua
Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World;      700+ words ...MANTUA MANTUA. Surrounded on three sides by lakes formed by the Mincio River, the city of Mantua was almost impregnable militarily. The duchy of Mantua spread across the fertile Lombard plain. The prosperity of the city came from textile manufacturing ...

Article: Reclaiming Mantua: Area rebounds from '90 fuel ...
The Washington Times;  October 19, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... the house in Fairfax's 1,500-home Mantua subdivision. Most prospective buyers ... half a mile down to the subdivisions of Mantua and Stockbridge. On Tovito Drive, which ... relations. The U.S. EPA often refers to Mantua as a success story in the use of new technologies ...

Article: River Hill's Mantua Learns Not Many People Are Perfect
The Washington Post;  March 1, 2007 ;     619 words ...River Hill sophomore Scott Mantua didn't need to look far for somebody who understood his situation. In fact, Mantua, a 103- pounder, needed only to look to the edge of the wrestling mat. As Mantua tried to extend his career undefeated ...

Article: River Hill's Mantua Is Now in the Spotlight
The Washington Post;  December 20, 2007 ;     571 words ...As River Hill junior Scott Mantua began pounding on La Plata's Mike Garrow, Mantua's coach, Brandon Lauer, kept shouting at him to let Garrow escape so Mantua could immediately take him down and score more points. Several times, Mantua ...

Article: Mat domination: River Hill sophomore Scott Mantua, 22-0 ...
Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD);  January 17, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Graham Jan. 17--River Hill's Scott Mantua appears to be a typical 15-year-old ... Snowboarding and fishing are fun, too. But when Mantua gets on the wrestling mat, that all changes ... light to wrestle last year as a freshman, Mantua has been quick to make an impression in ...

Article: Mantua Residents Put Down Roots
The Washington Post;  January 29, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... set back from sidewalk-free streets, Mantua looks more like a rural neighborhood than ... Drive north on Prince William Drive from Mantua's southern border, Little River Turnpike ... raising children. Thyfault Clark said the Mantua Swim & Tennis Club helps hold the neighborhood ...

Article: After Oil Spill, Life Is Good Again in Mantua
The Washington Post;  August 5, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... secret remained buried in the earth beneath Mantua, its only clues a strange odor and rainbow ... estate agent Bill Rakow. "I call it `Mantua Magic.' " The source of anguish for ... sewers and back yards in a portion of the Mantua neighborhood east of Fairfax City. The ...