Linton Hall News

"Remember these icons?" read the poster at Linton Hall School's cafeteria en-trance. Photos of Fabian, Frankie Avalon, Sophia Loren and Marlon Brando greeted grandparents at the Grandpar-ents' Nifty Fifties Day Ice Cream Party - as did Principal Liz Poole dressed as Elvis.

The Nokesville Ruritan Club's Brunswick Stew Day has been rescheduled for Saturday at 11 a.m. While this has been a traditional fundraiser for about 22 years, the day has grown into Nokesville's fall festival.

Who doesn't like a good field trip? Fourth-grade students from 16 schools across the county, gathered at the Prince William Fairgrounds last Tuesday and Wednesday for one-on-one time with livestock and farmers.

The Fauquier Bank officially opened its ninth branch recently in the Bristow Center.

A man was struck and killed Wednesday morning on Metro's Orange line. A spokeswoman with the transit agency said the unidentified man was on the tracks when he was hit about 11:20 a.m., when he was struck by a six-car train that was pulling into the station.

Updated: Train operator among four killed in train crash Metro now says at least four people have been killed in a train collision on the red line, in the worst crash in the system's 33-year history.

Robin Hood and his Merry Men recently visited Osbourn Park High School near Manassas - but some of them came via the Brentsville area.