Do you remember playing Intellvision, which had gaming graphics more reminiscent of a cyan or magenta checkerboard?
The was the first gaming console my uncle owned when we were children, making it, by default, the first gaming console I played. One of the first of its kind developed by Matel in 1979, Intellivision and Atari were the first video games I remember before the Nintendo Entertaiment System brought Mario and changed everything.
STAFFORD, Va. — The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s assistance in helping to identify the individuals responsible for the shoplifting of over $7,000.00 worth of electronics from the Walmart store at 217 Garrisonville Road on Friday, March 23.
On Friday, March 23, Sgt. Rebecca Losiewski responded to the Wal-Mart on Garrisonville Road for the report of a shoplifting incident. Loss prevention personnel of Wal-Mart told Sgt. Losiewski that in the early morning hours of March 23 a male suspect was spotted in the electronic section briefly but was seen entering and exiting the store numerous times. He was also seen waiting in or around the suspect vehicle. The second male suspect was seen entering the store and going to the electronic section.
Giant American flag hoisted on Route 1 in Woodbridge
WJLA-TV reports Prince William County drivers watched a giant American flag get hoisted up along the Jefferson Davis Highway.
Dale City winter farmers market big success
WTOP.com reports It was only a test run but this was the final weekend for a pilot program — an outside winter farmers market in Dale City. And although winter never really came this year, the question is will the winter market be returning next year?
If you have outdoor potted plants or other vegetation, watch out: It’s going to get cold.
A freeze watch is in place tonight through Tuesday morning as temperatures are expected to drop into the low 30s. The watch comes after an extended period of unseasonably warm days with temperatures hitting in the 60s, 70s, even 80 degree marks.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — The Prince William Conservation Alliance (PWCA) will be sponsoring a series of eight free workshops created for everyone interested in protecting clean water resources from Northern Virginia to the Chesapeake Bay.
The program, called Stream Stewards, starts Sunday, March 25 at 1:00 with a tour of two streams in distress. Participants will meet at Hylbrook Park at 2440 Prince William Parkway, in Woodbridge.
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — It was a busy night for rescue crews in Falmouth who helped pull three stranded swimmers to safety.
Rescue volunteers from the Falmouth station were called about 8 p.m. after three swimmers became stranded in the Rappahannock River on a rock about 40 feet from shore. After speaking with the victims, crews learned they were not injured.
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — A biplane landed at Stafford Regional Airport on Thursday afternoon escorted by a U.S. Coast Guard HH 65 Dolphin Helicopter.
Officials at NORAD, charged with watching the skies over the Nation’s Capital, said an Ultimate 200 Biplane crept into restricted airspace over Washington just after 5 p.m. Thursday. A Coast Guard helicopter was scrambled which intercepted the plane and escorted it to the airport in Stafford County, according to a NORAD press release.
Update
Beginning at 7 p.m., motorists will be restricted to one lane on eastbound Route 610 near the on-ramp to northbound I-95 and may encounter brief delays on the ramp.
Prince William climate change case takes center stage
The Washington Post reports Now that Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s investigation into climate research has been tossed out of court, a similar case in Prince William County targeting the same ex-University of Virginia scientist moves into the spotlight.
Prince William supervisor Nohe puts brakes on rural area development
The Washington Post reports A proposed development for Prince William County’s rural area won’t move ahead, after the district’s supervisor elected to halt it on Tuesday.
NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — A hotel guest in North Stafford got more than he bargained for on a recent trip, according to a website called “The Bedbug Registry.”
A posting on the website was apparently made by a guest who stayed at the Comfort Inn Quantico on Salisbury Drive, off Va. 610, about March 16. The writer states he found five bedbugs in his room “crawling on the fitted sheet” as he was making his bed.
