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All results / Stories / By Susan Laume

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Residents Defend Keeping Burke Name

Little interest expressed in ‘Fenton Project.’

Burke name under assault

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Women Call Attention to Remaining Equity Issues

Women’s Equality Day - August 26

Equality

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Long Awaited Lidl Opens in Lorton

Store commits to bond with community.

Grocery store opens

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Rescued Osprey Gets Second Chance

Many hands save injured raptor

Osprey saved

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Cirque du Soleil’s ECHO Comes to Town

It’s not your grandfather’s circus

There are no elephants or lion tamers. This is not your grandfather’s old-style American circus. While there are acrobats, a contortionist, high-wire acts, and clowns, the performances are woven together, choreographed as a story; creating an entertainment more like a high-flying drama than circuses of the past.

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Fishing Boats Retrofitted for Improved Service to Veterans

Veterans Fishing Adventures returns to fleet of four

Boats

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New Lorton Police Station Commander Named

Station nears opening in Fall

Station nears opening in Fall

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NOVA Parks Commemorates Winkler Founder

Celebrates first year of successes at 44-acre conservation gem

NOVA Parks, the City of Alexandria, and its public schools, commemorated philanthropist and environmentalist Catherine Winkler Herman, founder of the Winkler Botanical Preserve, with the unveiling of a new permanent sign on the grounds on Nov. 28.

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Money Does Grow On Trees

Virginia Forestry pays for community tree plantings

Virginia Forestry pays for community tree plantings

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LEGO Discovery Center Opens in Springfield

Promises entertainment for all ages

LEGO opens

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School Year Begins for Area Schools

School starts

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Bitter Pill in Fentanyl Response

Should severe penalties or drug education/treatment prevail?

Virginia’s General Assembly, which convened on Jan. 10, for a 60-day ‘long session’, is considering several fentanyl related bills to address the significant rise in synthetic opioid overdose deaths among Virginians. Fentanyl is now Virginia’s deadliest killer.

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Mount Vernon Celebrates 18th Century Style

George Washington honored with food and a look back in history

Not many could have a 297th birthday and have hundreds show up at the house to celebrate. President George Washington is one of those few, still remembered and admired, more than two hundred years after his death in December 1799 at age 67. His restored estate at Mount Vernon again hosted an event in celebration of surveyor, military man, army general, statesman, first United States President, and farmer, and provided celebrants with a view back into his life and times.

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Plans Shared for Temporary Senior Center

Springfield District last to receive senior service space

Shopping Center use

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Vice President Kamala Harris Marks Gun Violence Awareness Day in Springfield

Harris notes importance of young leaders and commonsense change.

VP visit

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‘Soil Your Undies’ Campaign

Learn more about the dirt under your feet

The battle against pollution, and against the Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District’s own anonymity, requires some creative approaches to getting their message out and generating interest. One of those recent efforts is a challenge called “Soil Your Undies.”

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Candidates Debate in Springfield District Supervisor Race

Incumbent Pat Herrity (R); Corazon Foley, Independent Green; Albert Vega (D), address voter questions

Candidates running to represent the Springfield District on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors met to debate questions posed by residents on Monday evening, Oct. 23.

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Popular Trail Segment To Close for Infrastructure Work

Users of a popular section of the Gerry Connolly Cross County Trail in the Pohick Stream Valley are noticing tree markings and other activity not normal to the quiet, beautiful and shady trail which runs along the rocky stream. What is the purpose of the flagging tape and numbered discs tagging the trees along a long stretch of the trail?

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Fentanyl Called Deadliest Drug Threat

Multi-tiered response seeks to save lives

Fentanyl

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Fairfax Master Naturalists Team Up for State Park

Mason Neck Park and pollinators benefit

Naturalist