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QUANTICO, Va. — There was some commotion at the entrance of Quantico Marine Corps Base this afternoon, as well as on base.

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MANASSAS, Va. — The folks at the Sears store at Manassas Mall want a formal agreement with the local bus agency for riders who park their cars in their lot.

For years, the agency, the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission, has been sending buses bound for Washington to the parking lot outside the store to pick up commuters who park their cars in the. The whole time, the practice has been informal, according to PRTC.

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — The Potomac Nationals (5-1, 4-0) captured their fifth championship in franchise history with a 5-1 victory over the Myrtle Beach Pelicans (3-4, 0-2) on Wednesday night. LF Randolph Oduber’s first inning home run was the difference in the game as the P-Nats pitching staff retired the final 19 Pelicans batters they faced.

Potomac’s DH John Wooten was named as a unanimous MVP for the Mills Cup Championship Series. Wooten hit three home runs and collected eight RBIs in the series.

MANASSAS, Va. — Over 1,100 ninth and tenth grade students at Osbourn High School (OHS) started the first day of school with a brand new Asus Transformer T100 Hybrid tablet thanks, in part, to a grant offered by the Virginia Department of Education– a trailblazing move being applauded by educators who say such devices are expected to replace traditional textbooks in the years to come.

Manassas City Public Schools (MCPS) began implementation of the first of three phases of the OHS e-Backpack Digital Learning Initiative in the spring of 2014.  Aimed at bringing more 21^st Century technology into the classroom, the primary goal of the initiative is to provide both students and teachers with the digital tools needed to access real-time resources that support collaboration, creativity, critical thinking and communication in the classroom. 

MANASSAS, Va. — Officers and three new board members were elected to the Habitat for Humanity Prince William County Board of Directors for Fiscal Year 2015.

New board member, Bob Anderson, is the President/CEO of Metro Sign & Design, Inc., in Manassas Park, which he founded in 1984. Anderson has served as the past president of the Prince William Greater Manassas Chamber of Commerce; past president of S.E.R.V.E., Inc.; past president of Virginia Sign Association; past president of the Center for the Arts of Greater Manassas and Prince William County; past president of the Rotary Club of Manassas; and is the current president of the Manassas Park Education Foundation.