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The Lorton Arts Foundation is pleased to announce the inaugural season of its own Workhouse Theatre. Based in the Workhouse Arts Center’s newly renovated building W-3, it is one of only three professional theater companies in Northern Virginia. Workhouse Theatre will launch its season with the play ART from January 20-February 26, 2012.

ART, a play that raises questions about art and friendship, concerns three long-time friends, Serge, Marc and Yvan. Serge buys a large, expensive and completely white painting. Marc is horrified, and their relationship suffers considerably as a result of their differing opinions about what constitutes “art”.

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Virginia Commerce Bank earnings rise
Arlington-based Virginia Commerce Bancorp Inc. reported strong earnings for the fourth quarter and 2011 with improvements in asset quality, reports The Washington Business Journal.

Metrorail extension gets $116M federal funding
The Metrorail extension project will get another $116 million in federal funding this week, Virginia Congressional members announced, reports The Washington Business Journal.

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Va. Republicans push conservative bills
Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell warned his Republican brethren to take it slow this month as they took control of the state Senate. “Don’t be arrogant, don’t overreach, don’t fight,” he told them. If the flurry of legislation they’ve introduced is any indication, Virginia’s most conservative Republicans aren’t holding back, reports The Washington Post.

Mental health evaluation sought for East Coast Rapist suspect
The lawyer for the suspected “East Coast Rapist” has asked a Prince William County court to order a mental health evaluation for the man allegedly linked to sexual assaults dating back to the 1990s, reports The Washington Post.

By Kristina Schnack Kotlus

Woodbridge, Va. —With cold weather setting in, the drop-in shelter run by the Christian Cooperative Council of Ministries is looking for donations of necessary items.

At first glance I thought this license plate read pumpkin pie, but as I came closer I noticed the driver had a healthier obsession:”pumping iron”.

“Fe” being the chemical symbol on for iron, I had to admit my high school chemistry teacher was right: the Periodic Table of Elements did in fact finally come in handy!

The Rappahannock Area Health District met the comprehensive preparedness benchmarks required by Project Public Health Ready (PPHR), which is a unique partnership between NACCHO and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

“We are proud to have been recognized by Project Public Health Ready for our high level of preparedness,” said Dr. Brooke Rossheim, RAHD Health Director. “We will continue to improve our ability to quickly and effectively respond to any public health crisis in the district.”

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Hometown soccer hero sidelined at Olympic trials
Ali Krieger will be sidelined six to eight months after sustaining tears to the medial collateral and anterior cruciate ligaments in her right knee Friday in the United States’ first game of the 2012 CONCACAF Olympic Women’s Qualifying tournament in Vancouver, Canada, reports Insidenova.com.

What to call that road, bridge?
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell wants to sell the rights to name the state’s highways, bridges and other infrastructure to private companies or anyone else who can pay to raise money for road maintenance, reports The Washington Examiner.