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If your childhood included fun-filled visits to Chuck E. Cheese’s or countless hours playing on Atari, then you can thank this guy – Nolan Bushnell. That’s correct, the founder of Chuck E. Cheese’s Pizza-Time Theater Chain is also the creator of Atari, Inc. – the video gaming company that is widely credited to be the forerunner to video arcades and the modern video game industry.
From Tacketts Mill:
From Stafford County Public Schools: All Stafford County Public Schools are closed today, Thursday, September 29 due to severe weather, flooding and road closures. Employees will be on Code II. Liberal leave is in effect. Administrative Offices will open at 10 a.m. Thank you,
Sherrie Johnson
From Prince William County Public Schools:
The newly released 2016 average of SAT scores for Prince William County Public School (PWCS) students was unchanged from last year, remaining above national averages. Over the past five years, PWCS student scores rose by a combined total of 17 points, largely matching the rise seen across Virginia, though falling short of the statewide average score.
Prince William County will explore three new devices in its toolbox to protect the rural land.
The Manassas City Council Candidates Forum is Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016. Candidates meet and greet begin at 5:30 p.m. and the forum begins at 6 p.m.
We’ll use these color-coded cards to indicate to the speakers how much time they have remaining to answer each of the questions posed to them by the moderator.
Photos: Don Flory
From George Mason University:
George Mason University broke ground this week on an $8.5 million, 14,000-square-foot addition to the Hylton Performing Arts Center on its Science and Technology Campus in Prince William County.
Photos: Ian Lovejoy
Following its grand opening event on Saturday, the store is set to open for regular business Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016.
Arrested on September 23:
Juan Manuel POLANCO, 27, of 1301 D Street in Woodbridge
