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Around Town: Headlines from around the area

PotomacLocal.com’s Around Town this week takes a look at headlines from around the Potomac Communities:

Hunt for a rapist continues
One year later, police are still looking for the man believed to have raped two girls, ages 16 and 17, while another girl watched, behind Glendale Plaza in Dale City on Halloween in 2009, Insidenova.com reports.  DNA evidence later collected from the scene linked the crime to 12 other attacks on 16 other women along the east coast.

High fashion
A sophomore at Northern Virginia Community College’s Woodbridge campus has an eye for fashion, and big dreams of taking her love for clothes and studying in New York City, the NOVA Fortnightly reports.

Those generous folks in Lorton

Despite the down economy, Lorton Path reports residents in the Lorton community donated more to political campaigns this year than they did in 2006.