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The Lena Seikaly Quartet, Open Retail Space and the Number of the Day
Plus, reader comments on Syria and it's actor Paul Walker's birthday.

It’s Thursday, Sept. 12. Here are five things you need to know. Tell us what we need to know on the Patch message board!
1. The Lena Seikaly Quartet will perform at Workhouse Farmers' Market this afternoon.
2. You Said It: “Nevermind ever asking where our democratic representatives stand on ANY issue; just see what Obama wants and they will blindly follow him.” A reader responding to reports on the where the Virginia delegation stands on a military strike in Syria.
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3. ICYMI: Remember when Lorton’s Caribou Coffee closed in April? The space is still vacant!
4. Number of the Day: $1,600. That’s the damage done to windows at a Lake Ridge car wash. The manager told police that a disgruntled former employee broke the windows with a metal bar.
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5. Today…in History: Fast and the Furious franchise star Paul Walker turns 40 today, he was born on Sept. 12, 1973.
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