Lorton News

It's time for my "End of Year" ABCs, with a look back at 2008. Angela Urban, our first granddaughter, arrived in March.

Monday, December 29 Washington Post - D.C. officials are planning to privatize the city ' s mental health agency, a cost-cutting move that union leaders say would put about 200 health-care professionals out of ...

"The possibilities of what we can do here at the Workhouse are only constrained by the ideas that we haven't thought of yet," states Mason.

And what she and her peers Pat Cassibry, Alan Mayer, Eleanor Carter and Allan Jose are waking up to is a vibrant community of active individuals that feel like family.

Melvin Taylor, 24 of Washington, D.C., was sentenced Friday, Dec. 12 to 192 months in federal prison and five years of supervised release for the armed robbery of Wachovia Bank in Lorton on Jan.

On Oct. 3, Robert F. Price was sentenced to a year in prison for his part in the summertime 2007 robbery of a Chantilly convenience store.

Fairfax County By Steve Cahill Source: Fairfax County Times WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17 2008 UPDATED WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17 2008 Ernie Lyles has operated a gun shop in Northern Virginia for 24 years, but he's never ...

Since it was first formed as the Federation of Lorton Communities in 1983, the South County Federation spent much of the last quarter century marshalling its resources against the old prison site on Ox Road in ...

A 24-year-old DC man will spend 16-years in prison for his role in a series of bank robberies in Northern Virginia.

Market master receives Fowler Award. Gilbert S. McCutcheon was presented the Lawrence V. Fowler Award for his longstanding volunteer service and leadership by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors during ...

Pane e Vino Ristorante e Pizzeria recently expanded to fulfill Antonino Di Nicola's dream of adjoining his restaurant with an Italian deli, where patrons can purchase his homemade sauces, breads, meat, cheeses ...

Alternative would send some families to schools farther away. Next year, the new Laurel Hill Elementary School is opening up less than a mile from subdivisions in the Lorton Valley North area.

The following are some of the art exhibits taking place in the Fairfax-Loudoun area.

Husband-and-wife team Thor Berglie and Jennifer Crawford soon will open The Soundry, a shared space for artists and musicians, at a former autobody repair shop in Vienna.

Area restaurants offer holiday dining options for the kitchen-adverse. By Derek B. Johnson For residents put off by the idea of spending the majority of their Thanksgiving Thursday parked in a kitchen, ...

Lorton, Va. - A minor accident put an end to an early morning police chase on Thursday.

Edward Lee Duncan, 93, of Winchester died Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008, at his residence.

Planners see residential components as key element as master plans are retooled.

Residents want FCPS to present more options. By Julia O'Donoghue Several South County residents were not impressed with either of the new elementary school boundary options Fairfax County Public Schools ...

The following are book events, book releases and writing workshops in the Fairfax area: Saturday, Nov.