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29 April 2009 at the FPC by Ben Chang
“I think it is important to retire as early and as often as possible,” says …
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A home near Windy Run.
From left are Josh Stevens, Jeff King, and Sam Rank.
This being a presidential election year, the Capitol Steps show is likely to feature The …
This photo is of my husband, Tom O'Hare, and one of our sons, Kilian. Taken …
Milo Miller is a golden doodle who likes to fetch things.
The Family with Larry Kopp, Alan Freedman, Alex Smith and Frank Cocuzzi have been performing …
New members Doris and Steve Hallerman take a twirl on the floor.
Club president Peter Zeranski and his wife Laura.
Carol and Ken Hoggard
The Lee boys’ lacrosse team’s three junior captains, from left, Andrew Senft, Damian Pulos and …
With a team-best 37 goals this season, junior attackman Andrew Senft has shown a nose …
Former Seahawks’ star Mia Christensen recently earned collegiate All-American honors as a standout swimmer at …
The Chantilly Lace U-10 travel softball team went undefeated during the USSSA Spring Fling Tournament …
The Southwestern Youth Association Xplosion, a U-12 travel softball team, won the USSSA fastpitch tournament, …
A junior on South County’s softball team, Stephanie Sbardella and her family have been very …
Front row, Emily Hemmingson, Kiran Kestenbaum, Michael Bradford, Mace Smith, Michael Steiner; back row: Kelsey …
Entertainers perform for young attendees at KidFest 2008.
From left are John Miller, Hero, with his ‘parents,’ Maddy Goubeaux, Domina, and Jesse Free, …
Terrific in togas are, from left, Blaine Cytryn, Marcus Lycus; Jeremy Tuohy, Pseudolus; Jesse Free, …
Pseudolus and Lycus with the courtesans.
The film ‘Noodle’ concerns a widowed flight attendant whose life is thrown for a loop …
Old Point Bar (New Orleans) by Rob Rudick will be for sale.
McLean coach Mike Anderson
Dan Coughlan, Frank Howard, and Mike Scott. Coughlan and Scott are proposing a minor league …
Frank Howard signed autographs at Dulles Little League Opening Day in the Kincora tent.
Frank Howard addresses the Dulles Little League on Opening Day. He was there courtesy of …
Andy Viands, right, and his Centreville teammates celebrate the second baseman’s third inning home run …
After making a mechanical adjustment during batting practice, Centreville senior Will Fuka crushed a pair …
With a career-best 13 strikeouts, junior pitcher Ryan Ashooh earned his fourth victory of the …
Ian Huang, the Lake Braddock boys’ tennis team’s No. 1 singles player, is 5-1 so …
Lake Braddock junior Brett Jones has played quality tennis at the No. 4 slot, helping …
AJ Price emerged to become one of the metro area’s top receivers during his senior …
While at South Lakes, AJ Price played football, basketball and ran track and field.
2007 Oakton High graduate Ashley Abed was part of an Anderson University women’s basketball team …
Jeff Allen (54) started all 12 games at center for the winning Elon University football …
Langley High graduate and Elon football offensive lineman Jeff Allen
The women in the village dance during the show’s opening number, ‘Tradition.’
Performers end up at the stage’s edge following the exuberant song, ‘Tradition.’
arah Russell, left, appears as Yente the matchmaker and Zach Sheldon as villager Avram.
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First Row: MIchael Bradford; Second Row: Kelsey Kolbe, Mace Smith, Emily Hemminson, Scott Anderson, Kiran …
The work of Chris Rollins, a Great Falls studio artist and photographer, will be on …
Lee’s Frank Holloway Jr. had 16 points and seven rebounds for the Suburban All-Stars Thursday, …
With a game-high five assists, Lake Braddock’s Dominic Morra directed his Suburban All-Star team’s offense …
Though he arrived late, W.T. Woodson’s Stephen Stepka still had an impact at the Capital …
After an impressive showing at a recruiting showcase, Bishop Ireton senior Frankie Zare was able …
Bishop Ireton shortstop Frankie Zare was a second team all-WCAC selection last year and is …
Mount Vernon seniors Shaquille Thomas (right) and Johnathon McMillon (left) have received lots of attention …
Mount Vernon senior Johnathon McMillon (left) got a scholarship to run at Virginia State University …
Washington Nationals’ Executive Chef Phil Bucco surveys the selection of new food items available at …
Stan Kasten, Nationals team president, noshes on a half-smoke during the April 3 unveiling of …
A signature item available at Nationals Stadium for the first time this year is The …
The new menu includes a variety of burger options, including a veggie burger and a …
Front Row: Emily Hemmingson, Kiran Kestenbaum, Michael Bradford, Mace Smith, and Michael Steiner; back Row: …
No. 1 singles player Dawn Xiang, a junior, is 5-0 this season for Robinson’s girls’ …
Almost halfway through district play, the Robinson girls’ tennis team is 5-0. The Rams, behind …
South County’s Michelle Nguyen has gone 60-0 against Patriot District foes during a prolific tennis …
In the Virginia AAA state semifinals last spring, South County’s Michelle Nguyen was dehydrated and …
Rajashree Ranganathan will present her formal solo dance debut in an Indian classical dance form, …
The cast of "Heroes."
'Tattoo' Tom Mitchell returns to the Patriot Center May 2 Fighting in his daughter's memory …
John McGillicuddy, left, is hitting .385 this season for W.T. Woodson’s baseball team. His twin …
Last Saturday during the ‘Battle for Little River Turnpike,’ John McGillicuddy’s fifth-inning, two-run triple broke …
X.B. Cox III, with wife Kelly to his left and daughter Jordan to his right, …
W.T. Woodson’s Rachel Obregon, a junior attack on the girls’ lacrosse team, lines up a …
W.T. Woodson senior Becca Geist has shifted between low defense and midfield this season but …
In her first year in charge of W.T. Woodson’s girls’ lacrosse program, Meaghan O’Leary has …
The women show off their skills.
With a starting lineup beset by injuries, the Lake Braddock boys’ soccer team has been …
The Lake Braddock boys’ soccer team, playing three games in three days, finds itself with …
McLean High football players, from left, CJ Rogers, Michael Shipley and Kyle McColgan will be …
Signed with James Madison University, senior defensive end Jordan Stanton had 83 tackles and four …
With 5,872 career passing yards -- the 14th-most in Virginia AAA state history -- West …
A senior linebacker on Centreville’s football team, Holland Anderson, in order to showcase himself, recently …
LeighAnne Baxter, a senior on Robinson’s girls’ soccer team, earned a scholarship to Richmond after …
The Sbardella family traveled more than 1,200 miles one weekend.
Preston Whaley receives a Washington Redskins football at this past Saturday’s Football Skills and Drills …
Mike Breslin Jr. was able to convince his dad to let him participate in the …
A lineman, Andrew looss, 12, used Saturday’s Skills and Drills Camp to improve his pass …
Junior Erin Cafferky stars as Wild West sharpshooter, Annie Oakley in West Springfield High’s production …
The Langley High girls’ lacrosse team, under coach Richard DeSomma, will host Liberty District opponent …
Senior midfielder Cortlyn Bristol, a William & Mary-signee, has nine goals and three assists for …
Trying to fend off some late-game calf issues, Katie Menzie has been an integral part …
Outfielder Anna Blessing, waiting for her pitch, is one of two returning Broad Run players …
In recent years, catcher Haley Johnson (9) and since-graduated pitching sensation Caitlyn Delahaba (10), shown …
This season’s Broad Run High softball team might not be the dominant team of recent …
Robinson’s Drew Courtney and Stephen Hardy celebrate during last year’s Virginia AAA state tennis tournament, …
Fairfax senior Sidarth Balaji, ranked No. 21 in his age group by the United States …
In his career, Robinson’s Drew Courtney won three Virginia AAA state singles titles, four doubles …
Herndon coach Sean Lanigan, right, shown here shaking hands following the Hornets’ district tournament title …
Madison High boys’ tennis player John Fenninger follows through on a backhand shot. The Warhawks …
Madison High senior first baseman Rachel Daul, pictured, and the Warhawks were set for a …
Westfield’s Danny Thorpe needed only 67 pitches -- 45 strikes -- to toss a two-hit …
The Springfield Youth Association Wildcats, a U-13 girls’ lacrosse team, played in the annual Cherry …
Prior to this past Saturday’s Darrell Winslow Regatta, school principal Dr. Scott Braband helped the …
The Northern Virginia Girls’ Softball Association (NVGSA) opened its spring 2009 season on Saturday, April …
The Grandest Congress will convene once again this weekend.
Carrie Robinson plays the role of Belle in the upcoming production of ‘Beauty and the …
Howard Lincoln portrays the role of Gaston in the production of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ …
The Good Shepherd Players will be presenting ‘Beauty and the Beast’ at the Good Shepherd …
Maurice, portrayed by Bill Robinson, is seen in the first scene of the Good Shepherd …
Members of the Good Shepherd Players rehearse their parts for their upcoming production of Disney’s, …
The Beast, played by Steve Mohyla, frightens Maurice, played by Bill Robinson. After Maurice accidently …
New Marshall High football coach Bill Lapthorn
McLean High boys’ soccer coach Mike Anderson, pictured, and the Highlanders are 6-2 going into …
The Northern Virginia Girls’ Softball Association (NVGSA) opened its 2009 spring season on Saturday, April …
Richard Guy Wilson
Orrin Star and John Seebach will play their original bluegrass music live Saturday, April 18, …
Calder Street, a junior midfielder on the Centreville boys’ soccer team, heads a ball during …
Junior defender Pat Luke has contributed two goals for the Centreville boys’ soccer team this …
Herndon High boys’ soccer coach Sean Lanigan will see his Hornets play a Concorde District …
Back in early February, the South County wrestling team won its first-ever Patriot District title …
West Springfield senior Andy McGregor switched from attackman to goalkeeper prior to his junior year. …
With a 25 goals and 11 assists, junior attackman Hunter Bragg is the second-leading scorer …
Outside of the barn her family rents in Clifton, Melissa Mull, a senior at Lake …
Instead of English-style horseback riding, Melissa Mull prefers the more-adventurous, cowboy hat-driven Western style. ‘I …
A golfer prepares to putt the ball at Lowes Island, which will once again play …
Appearing in ‘The Wedding from Hell’ are, from left, Sara Persily, Alex Hosenball and Brendan …
In a scene from the wedding are Andreas Moffett, left, Erica Messenger, Sara Persily, Alex …
Tyler Kurowski of Little Rocky Run captured the Virginia State Level 6 all-around gymnastics title.
The Southwestern Youth Association’s Flaming Hoops, a fourth-grade girls’ basketball team, were league champions. The …
With assistant football coach Mike Brown and teachers Edie Alcorn and Cathy Ruffing, Centreville’s David …
Following a 5-4 win over Herndon, Westfield softball players Kasey McMahon, foreground, and Jess McNamara, …
Jess McNamara believes the Westfield softball team’s spring break slump might’ve been the result of …
Westfield’s softball team captured a region title last year with nine new varsity players. This …
Dhoonya Dance, the area’s premier Bollywood-inspired South Asian dance school and performance company, will present …
TheatreWorks USA’s "Seussical" will be presented Sunday, April 19, 3 p.m. at the McLean Community …
The Madison High baseball team, in the field, has returned from its spring break trip …
Robinson senior Christine Cunningham makes contact during batting practice Monday afternoon. A catcher/shortstop, Cunningham was …
When not pitching, Robinson’s Marcy Bowdren plays third base. In the circle this spring, Bowdren …
The Fairfax girls’ and boys’ varsity boats were first at the Smokey Jacobs Regatta, which …
Paul VI girls’ basketball coach Scott Allen was selected as the VISAA’s Coach of the …
Paul VI boys’ basketball coach Glenn Farello was selected as the VISAA’s Coach of the …
The Chantilly Youth Association U-14 Division-I girls’ basketball team went undefeated during the regular season …
The Virginia Run Celtics won the Southwestern Youth Association sixth-grade boys’ basketball championship on Saturday, …
The SYA Storm includes (back row, from left): coach Kurt Gordon, Quinn Rogers, Emma Carter, …
Westfield’s Chris Kearney represented the Suburban All-Stars for part of the Capital Classic last Thursday …
Families board the buses waiting in Potomac Yard for a ride to Washington for lunch …
Gabriella and her Easter satchel waits for her mom to lock up the car.
The Alexanders take hands and head for the buses.
June S. Suggs
This is a particularly egregious example of mulch "volcanoes." Even the shrubbery on the left …
This tree has sprouted girdling roots under the five inches of mulch covering the trunk …
Proper mulching is 2-3" thick and does not touch the trunk stem.
Margaret Finn Shetley
David J. Burke
The Unicorn, Alicia Curtis, dances before a marvel of unicorns.
Cristina Poe as the Gorgon dances with a pair of younger gorgons.
The Manticore, Brook Urquhart, dances with the Kenmore Dance Company.
The Kenmore Dance Company: Laurel Bartalon, Mayerlin Taverez Delgado, Ruby Grace, Laura Lounsbury, Giselle Macdonald, …
The Countess Alison Crosby, The Count Dustin Kimball, A Lady Amanda Moone dance with the …
The Manticore Brook Urquhart leads the students off stage. More photos at www.connectionnewspapers.com.
The students as a marvel of unicorns.
The Unicorn Alicia Curtis, The Poet Robert Sidney, A Lady Amanda Moone, The Count Dustin …
Arlene "Vicky" Robertson of Alexandria with NBC4's Julie Carey and SCAN Executive Director Diane Charles.
Keith Burner organizes the Jen Walker team for the opening ceremony.
Team mates from Halt Buzas & Powell Ltd. get together to hold onto their hats …
The players play a game while waiting to be called for the line-up.
Players from the Bradlee Barber Shop team regroup by the gate.
The teams are called, one by one onto the field.
The family of the late Alexander A. Beiro was honored with a special tribute during …
Alexandria Little League 9/10 Allstar Team - 2008 District 4 Champions: Manager Tony Roda, Coach …
Cam Butler of Euille Associates Team caught one of the first pitches. Bryce Simpson (not …
The players cheer at the conclusion of the National Anthem.
Alex Beiro’s son Greg throws out on of the first pitches at Simpson Field.
Alexandria Little League has 28 teams this season with approximately 360 players from age 8 …
Cheryl Hussey
Helen Traub Hilliard
Dr. Pam Schiller answers a question from Jean Czernia and other local preschool teachers during …
Child and Family Network instructors: Lolita Arrington, Kim Moten, Alicia Rivas, Erika Motin, Brandy Smith, …
From left to right are: Alfreda Ligon, Carol Keller, Paul Wilson, Odalis Henrquez, Dr. Pam …
Linda Stevens of the Virginia Cooperative Extension, Master Gardeners, answers questions from residents. Master Gardeners …
Bruce Sirota of the Arlington County Human Rights Commission offers information in English and Spanish …
Paige Lynch of Wyndham Resorts and Sally Hand sign up visitors to the show for …
Arlington County Green Building Outreach Coordinator Adam Segel-Moss, LEED AP talks to residents about green …
Joanna Shook of Rarco Contracting answers questions from a resident about home renovations.
Melanie La Force browses the vendor booths with her daughters Kristen and Jocelyn at the …
Members from the Royal Scottish Dance Society of Northern Virginia dance to the music of …
Susanne Bard plays the fiddle with the Devil’s Tailors. Also in the band are Jim …
Rod Clarke recalls some of the history. The first National Tartan Day celebrating Scottish ancestry …
Gil Smith, president of the National Capital Tartan Day Committee and his dog, Speed, visit …
Amy Cowsert and Mario Turner enjoy the warm afternoon and the music in the Square.
West Potomac math instructor John Glaze and Alexandra Butler.
UCM Board President Joe Canny introduces Gala Chairs Maureen McGuire-Kuletz, Cleatus Burk and Danae Delman
Lee District Supervisor Jeff McKay takes a moment to talk about the auction with Jeff …
Gene and Addy Krizek enjoy the evening.
Sharon Kelso (right) enjoys dancing with Joe and Marie Canny, while Kristen Keckeisen also joins …
The "Raffle Girls."
Marking the organization’s 40th anniversary, UCM Friends gather for a group photograph.
St. Aidan students collect tickets for the circus outside the doors of the "big tent."
Isabella Newman as the elephant parades around the ring.
The clowns giggle as they begin their performance.
Robbie Sadlier’s father Dave portrays the Ringmaster.
The tightrope walkers Lucy Florenzo, Lilly Fowler and Sophia Newman carefully step across the balance …
The clowns move across the ring on buckets.
The strongmen Harry McInnis, Henry Sage and Colton Thorne show their great strength.
The newest film by Dr. Wayne Dyer, "Ambition to Meaning: Finding Your Life's Purpose," will …
Jackie Pegram of Samaritan Feet tells the story of the Last Supper.
Lines form at the door with participants waiting for their feet to be washed.
Rick Harshman washes the feet of a young child.
Rick Harshman fits shoes to the child before they say a prayer together.
Prayers and wishes were spoken softly throughout the washing room as the participants waited for …
With a leap and a bounce, children try out the new shoes and head outside …
Miss Jennifer of Rising Hope hands out handmade shoe bags to all of the participants.
Palms were given out to all of the participants in the Bible Study class in …
A moon bounce is shoeless entertainment.
Supervisors John Cook (R-Braddock) and Michael Frey (R-Sully) are worried about the fee increases that …
Washington-Lee forward/midfielder Erjon Bezhani leaps over a T.C. Williams defender during Monday’s game between the …
Junior midfielder John Sheahan and the rest of the General boys’ soccer team have generated …
Junior Erjon Bezhani will be a key player if W-L is to improve upon its …
Bishop Ireton’s Men’s Novice 8 boat rows past USS Barry (DD 933) after its first …
T.C. Williams junior Kevin Perreira had a second-half goal via a curling free kick in …
Junior Alhaji Hassann and the T.C. Williams boys’ soccer team have turned around their season …
“We just had a lot of new players,” said Kevin Perreira as to why the …
Back from left to right: Ivy Turkson, head coach Terry Henderson, principal Nardos King, assistant …
West Potomac starting pitcher Art Genaurio fires a pitch during last Friday’s game against T.C. …
A fifth-grader at Cora Kelly Elementary, Jalen Byrd lands a punch during his state championship …
Local professional boxer Kay Koroma (center) helps nine-year-old Kiliel Peques put on his boxing gloves …
Kay Koroma gives Kiliel Peques some words of advice between rounds of last Saturday’s USA …
Nine-year-old Kiliel Peques focuses in during his first-ever boxing match last Saturday night.
14-year-old Akram Abudleer lands a punch during his Junior Olympic State Championship bout last Saturday …
Keianno Costeco of Arlington scored a TKO in his first-ever boxing match Saturday.
14-year-old Wakefield student Liam Thornbill loads up for a punch in his match Saturday.
Senior Ashton Hellmuth led the Bishop Ireton girls’ lacrosse team with six goals in its …
Sophomore Hannah Madison runs through the Stuart defense during the Patriots’ 10-0 win last Thursday.
Yorktown senior Amy Hazzard is part of the reason coach Robin Grunberger says, “Everyone on …
T.C. Williams third basemen Darwin Alcantara swings through a pitch during last Friday’s game against …
Pitcher Alex Goldfarb gave up no earned runs against West Potomac Friday night, but was …
Leadoff hitter Adam Forrer and the T.C. Williams baseball team are in a battle for …
From left to right: West Potomac football players Aaron Loney, Shak White, Deondre Essex, and …
With 18 schools in attendance, there were dozens of tents lining the Potomac River with …
Spectators line the Potomac River bank armed with binoculars to get a glimpse of the …
The Yorktown varsity first eights boat took home first-place honors for the third-consecutive year.
Barrett Mertins, a Bishop Ireton grad and Alexandria resident, decided to try his hand at …
Eighteen-year-old Barrett Mertins will race in the Formula BMW Americas Championship event at the Virginia …
With injuries befalling several top players on the team, T.C. Williams coach William Heresniak has …
West Potomac junior Diana Nolton battles for a loose ball in last Friday’s comeback win …
“As they’ve gotten more experience, they’ve gotten more confident,” said West Potomac coach Jean Coder …
T.C. Williams senior Edward Jenkins hasn’t decided where he will go to college next year, …
Episcopal’s Given Kalipinde capped off his solid high school career with eight points and eight …
T.C. Williams assistant rowing coach Adam Soller stands among the masses at last Saturday’s Charlie …
The defending state champion T.C. Williams women’s varsity eight boat cruised to a first-place finish …
“The spirit here, it’s like a family and it’s always so much fun,” said Clara …
