🌱 Patch AM: Is Chantilly’s favorite GameStop on the chopping block this month?

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In today's newsletter:

• Is Chantilly’s favorite GameStop on the chopping block this month?
• How is a Chantilly firm tied to a $235M Air Force deal?

Also on today's calendar: Learn to Relax Kids: Growing Calm, One Little Breath at a Time (Ages 3-7) and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one pirate say to the other? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Rain, becoming heavy, with a high of 49 and low of 39 degrees.
• Sunday: Increasingly windy, temps: high: 46, low: 28.
• Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 47 and low of 25 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Major Retailer To Shutter 10 Virginia Locations (patch.com) — GameStop is closing its South Riding Market Square store at 25050 Riding Plaza, directly affecting Chantilly-area gamers and workers. The shutdown is one of 10 Virginia closures and part of a broader nationwide downsizing as the company responds to digital gaming trends and restructures under a high-stakes compensation plan for CEO Ryan Cohen.
   

• Army Awards $9.9M Mapping and Geotechnical Contract in Hawaii (clearancejobs.com) — A major Air Force facilities contract correction notes Amentum Services is based in Chantilly, tying a long-term overseas support deal back to a local company. The same notice details new Army mapping and geotechnical contracts in Hawaii and a large Defense Logistics Agency food and fuel supply award affecting multiple states.
   

📸 Around Chantilly

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Chantilly

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★ Featured events ★

Friday February 6

• The Nation’s Gun Show – Chantilly, VA
  Dulles Expo Center, 4320 Chantilly Shopping Center, Chantilly
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday January 10

• Learn to Relax Kids: Growing Calm, One Little Breath at a Time (Ages 3-7)
  Brahma Kumaris Center, 14020 Thunderbolt Place, Suite 200, Second Floor, Chantilly, VA
  1:30 pm

Sunday January 11

• Women and Finance: Consciousness and Wealth (A Free Event)
  Brahma Kumaris Center, 14020 Thunderbolt Pl, Suite 200, 2nd Floor, Chantilly, VA
  12:30 pm
• Ghost Doctors Winter UFO Adventure At The Smithsonian Air and Space Udvar-Hazy Center...Look up!
  14390 Air and Space Museum Pkwy , Chantilly
  3:15 pm
• Winter Gear Swap
  Chantilly Regional Library , 4000 Stringfellow Rd , Chantilly
  4:30 pm

Monday January 12

• Chantilly Library Books and Brews Book Club
  Bunnyman Chantilly , 14140 Parke Long Ct , Chantilly
  7:30 pm

Saturday January 17

• Dementia Man: An Existential Journey
  Chantilly Regional Library , 4000 Stringfellow Rd , Chantilly
  2:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday January 10

• NVAD General Meeting and Bingo Game
  Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf & Hard of Hearing Persons , 10467 White Granite Dr Suite 312 , Oakton
  9:30 am
• Ice Skating Cutie
  Pinot's Palette , 12976 Highland Crossing Dr ste d , Herndon
  12:00 pm
• CC Reserved
  Virginia Run Home Owners Associates , 15355 Wetherburn Ct , Centreville
  1:30 pm
• Chantilly Library: New Year 2026 Journey Within for Freedom from thoughts
  Chantilly Regional Library , 4000 Stringfellow Rd , Chantilly
  4:00 pm
• Beginners Guided Meditation- Chantilly Library: New Year 2026
  Chantilly Regional Library , 4000 Stringfellow Rd , Chantilly
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Jetro Restaurant Depot posted a job opening for Front End Supervisor in Chantilly. Apply here.
• Leidos posted a job opening for Electronic Warfare Operator in Chantilly. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Chantilly here.

🗞 Nearby News

Centreville

• Planning commission backs new express Flagship Carwash for Dranesville area (ffxnow.com)
• FCPS finalizes school boundary recommendations ahead of public hearing (ffxnow.com)
• OBITUARY: Alice Erlene Englebright (williamsonsource.com)

Herndon

• Man who killed 14-year-old in Herndon set to be sentenced (wjla.com)
• Morning Notes for January 9, 2026 (ffxnow.com)
• Joyce Spencer: Community news for Friday, Jan. 9 (herald-dispatch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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