🌱 Patch AM: Lorton principal accused of turning school funds into personal spending money

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• Lorton principal accused of turning school funds into personal spending money

Also on today's calendar: 82nd Waterford Fair and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Very warm with periods of sun, with a high of 89 and low of 60 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Cooler, temps: high: 65, low: 59.
• Sunday: Rain, with a high of 65 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Former principal charged with embezzling $8,000 in school funds for 'personal expenses,' Fairfax County police say (wtop.com) — A Lorton resident and former Hayfield Secondary School principal has been charged with felony embezzlement after Fairfax County police say he used nearly $8,000 in school funds for personal expenses. He turned himself in, was released on unsecured bond, and has been suspended while detectives continue investigating and seek additional information from the public.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lorton

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★ Featured events ★

Friday October 2
• 82nd Waterford Fair →
  Waterford Foundation, 40222 Fairfax St, Waterford
  10:00 am
Saturday October 3
• Children's Consignment Sale →
  7600 Ox Rd, Fairfax Station
  8:00 am
• Newberry Station Community Yard Sale & Market →
  6812 Newington Rd, Lorton, VA 22079,
  8:00 am
• Historic Sydenstricker Schoolhouse Celebrates National Miniatures Month →
  8511 Hooes Rd, Springfield
  9:00 am
• Haunt: Dark Encounters →
  Workhouse Arts Center, 9518 Workhouse Wy, Lorton
  12:00 pm
Saturday October 10
• Marian Homes, Inc. 2026 Casino Night Gala →
  The Tower Club Tysons, 8000 Towers Crescent Dr, Vienna
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday October 3
• FMZBC 7th Annual Healthy Start Mind & Body 5K Run/Walk & Kids Fun Run →
  Lorton VA
• Girls Varsity Cross Country
  Fulton High\/Middle School Fulton High/Middle School
  7:45 am
• Miles for Migraine DMV →
  Laurel Hill Park Central Green, 8780 Lorton Road, Lorton
  9:00 am
Sunday October 4
• 3rd Annual An Evening of Melanin Magic III: The Jazz Scholarship Experience! →
  Old Hickory Golf Club LLC, 11921 Chanceford Dr, Woodbridge
  3:00 pm
Monday October 5
• Uncle Ping's Street Foods at Fair Winds Brewing →
  Fair Winds Brewing Company, 7000 Newington Rd, Lorton
  12:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• Tree Rescue at Laurel Hill Park Central Green →
  Laurel Hill Park Central Green, 8780 Lorton Rd, Lorton
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Looking for someone handy for a Wall TV job.
  We just need to switch two TVs between existing wall mounts (the mounts are already installed) Plus mount one additional small TV on the wall. Please… (Nextdoor Pohick Rd)

• Sunbelt Rentals, Inc. posted a job opening for Equipment Rental Specialist in Lorton. Apply here.
• KFC posted a job opening for Team Member in Woodbridge. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lorton here.

🗞 Nearby News

Fort Belvoir

• CECOM ASIC Secures, Accelerates Tactical Comms (army.mil)

Franconia

• Potbelly Opens in Franconia, Virginia (qsrmagazine.com)
• FCPS Employee Charged with Embezzlement (fcpdnews.org)

Springfield

• Windscreen designs for Route 1 bus rapid transit stations approved (ffxnow.com)
• New Jersey Partners With BoatUS Foundation to Track Abandoned Boats (thefishingwire.com)
• 4 wanted in Springfield jewelry store robbery (wtop.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig?" — Because he was such a boar! (Thank you Theresa H. for sending it in!)
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