🌱 Patch AM: Into The Woods and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Building The Dream Together Job Fair at Jefferson-Houston PreK-8 IB School
• Merritt Academy Winter Open Campus/Open House
• Into The Woods at Workhouse Arts Center

Today's riddle: My dog used to chase people on a bike a lot. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 53 and low of 38 degrees.
• Wednesday: Cloudy, temps: high: 52, low: 31.
• Thursday: Becoming windier and colder, with a high of 36 and low of 17 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lorton

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★ Featured events ★

Monday January 19

• Building The Dream Together Job Fair
  Jefferson-Houston PreK-8 IB School, 1501 Cameron St, Alexandria
  10:00 am

Saturday January 24

• Merritt Academy Winter Open Campus/Open House
  9211 Arlington Blvd, Fairfax
  9:30 am

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Other local events

Sunday January 25

• Into The Woods
  Workhouse Arts Center , 9518 Workhouse Wy , Lorton
  2:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday January 13

• Play and Learn
  Potomac Community Room Potomac Library -
  10:00 am
• Spanish Circle Time/El Circulo de Cuentos en Español
  Dumfries Library -
  10:30 am
• Toddler Story Time
  Haymarket Gainesville Library - Haymarket Gainesville Community Room
  10:30 am
• Read Aloud and Craft with Earth Quest
  Montclair Library - Montclair Community Room
  10:30 am
• Family Story Time
  Lake Ridge Library -
  10:30 am
• Casual Crafters
  Independent Hill Library -
  11:00 am
• Just-Wanna-Read-MY-Book Club
  Manassas City Library -
  11:00 am
• Rapid HIV Testing and Prevention
  Potomac Community Room Potomac Library -
  1:00 pm
• LEGO Club - Montclair
  Montclair Library - Montclair Community Room
  5:00 pm
• School Board Regular Business Meeting
  School Board Regular Business Meeting , 9027 Center St , Manassas
  6:00 pm
• Busy Hands Social Club
  Central Library - Community Room
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• A new kitty showed up last night at my house.
  Is anyone missing this Black and White guy with white socks? Lorton Station Road. (Nextdoor Lorton Station)
• Hi- I am looking for someone to help move two couches and a washer and a dryer inside the house and to move the old sofas and washer and dryer to a storage unit.
  The sofas and the washer and dryer are already sitting in the truck. We just need help unloading them into the house and move the old ones to the… (Nextdoor Pohick Rd)

• IICRC posted a job opening for Restoration Contents Cleaner in Lorton. Apply here.
• Giant Food posted a job opening for PT Service Clerk - Front End - 0741 in Woodbridge. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lorton here.

🗞 Nearby News

Woodbridge

• What's happening this week: Jan. 15 to Jan. 21 (princewilliamtimes.com)
• Voters head to polls Tuesday in House District 23 special election (potomaclocal.com)
• Motorcyclist Killed in Nokesville Crash (potomaclocal.com)

Fort Belvoir

• VDH: Child with measles visited Fort Belvoir medical center (ffxnow.com)

Mount Vernon

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I took its bike away.
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