PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
All after school and evening student and community activities are canceled due to the potential for severe weather beginning at 6:30 p.m. School Age Child Care (SACC) will close at its regular time.
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Author: Potomac Local News
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MANASSAS, Va. — Vpstart Crow Productions will open its 2012-2013 season with the farcical, dark comedy, “Arsenic and Old Lace”, by Joseph Kesselring, on Friday, Sept. 28 at 8 p.m. in the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas.
The production runs from Friday to Sunday, Oct 7, with Friday and Saturday shows at 8 p.m., and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. The Pay-What-You-Can preview performance is on Thursday, Sept 27 at 8 p.m.
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A tornado watch is in effect until 7 p.m. for the Potomac Communities.
The National Weather Service issued the alert as strong storms are forecast to blow through the area today, bringing heavy wind and rain.
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The Court Appointed Special Advocates of Prince William and Fauquier cpunties, better known as CASA, decked out the Harris Pavilion in Old Town Manassas on Sept. 8 for their “Evening Under the Stars” fundraising gala. The black-tie event is their largest fundraiser normally nets the organization at least $120,000, and is attended by 1,000 people.
The first guest to this year’s event was Mother Nature, who brought unwanted wind and rain which destroyed tents, tables, and prompted the overall cancelation of the event.
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STAFFORD, Va. — Officials are slated to make an emergency exception to noise rules for high occupancy toll lane construction on Interstate 95.
Stafford County officials tonight will vote on a proposed amendment to the county’s noise ordinance that limits daytime noise to 65 decibels, 55 decibels at night. Work to extend two express lanes down the center median of I-95 from Dumfries to North Stafford will exceed 80 decibels, according to a county report.
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By KJ MUSHUNG
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — President Barack Obama will come to Woodbridge this Friday to speak at a grassroots rally at the G. Richard Pfitzner Stadium.
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STAFFORD, Va. — George Allen brought his Virginia Voices tour to Stafford on Monday where he listened to defense industry, business and community leaders voice their views and concerns about the $500 Billion defense cuts scheduled to begin January 2.
At a defense roundtable organized by Stafford County Supervisor Ty Scheiber, Allen met with leaders representing a variety of regional interests, including local defense contracting companies, small businesses, the Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce, and the Stafford County Board of Supervisors.
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By KJ MUSHUNG
STAFFORD, Va. — Tim Kaine and Anne Holton kicked off a volunteer neighborhood canvass in Stafford on Saturday, Sept. 15 at a campaign field office near the Stafford Hospital. Kaine is a former Virginia governor who is running for senate against George Allen, another former governor. Allen also used to be a Virginia senator and is looking to reclaim that title.
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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Prince William County’s top officials will not meet at scheduled on Tuesday.