Letter: Voices of Reason
Letter to the Editor
In 1998, I established my residence in Old Town, Alexandria, and have grown to love this charming city, although recently the City Council’s political bickering has challenged my enthusiasm.
Letter: Protect Historic Public Housing
Letter to the Editor
Do Alexandria’s historic districts mean anything? That is the question that City Council will answer Sept. 12 when it decides whether to uphold or overturn the Parker Gray Board of Architectural Review’s unanimous decision to reject the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority’s (ARHA) request to demolish Ramsey Homes on 600 block of North Patrick Street.
Letter: Demand Action For Gun Sense
Letter to the Editor
Virginia is now known as the state where murder is broadcast on live TV. A disgruntled former station employee shot and killed reporter Alison Parker, 24, and her cameraman, Adam Ward, 27, in Moneta.
Alexandria Brief: Become 5 Millionth Trolley Rider
The Alexandria Transit Company (DASH) anticipates reaching its milestone of carrying 5 million King Street Trolley riders since the service started in 2008.
Obituary: Ora Lee Mudd Mason
Ora Lee Mudd Mason, 90, of Lorton, died Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015 at her home.
Column: Mystery of a Hitchhiker
Helping a defeated figure in a pretty beach dress and flip-flops.
My mother told me never to pick up hitchhikers. Or maybe she told me never to hitchhike. Probably both. But I did hitchhike twice in a single day, I was desperate, alone and needed help. I was 20 years old.
Centreville/Chantilly: How To Vote; It Matters
Election Day is Nov. 3, and on that day, virtually every state and local office is on the ballot. In-person absentee voting begins Sept. 18, barely two weeks from now.
Chantilly Brief: Woman Dies From Car Crash
A 85-year-old woman who was injured in an Aug. 12 crash died on Sunday, Aug. 16. She has been identified as Nancy Schade, of the Fairfax area.
Letter: Join the Other America
Letter to the Editor
This summer, we have seen a groundswell movement to disrupt the course of our history of racism in America.
Letter: A Path Toward Peace
Letter to the Editor
On June 2012 in a speech at Capitol Hill, the Khalifa of Islam Mirza Masroor Ahmad, worldwide spiritual leader of millions of Ahmadi Muslims stated, “The United States, as the world’s largest power, should play its role in acting with true justice and with such good intentions, as I have described. If it does so then the world will always remember with great admiration your great efforts.”
Money: How Much Have County Board Supervisor Candidates Raised?
The most recent financial filings for candidates in the 2015 race for Fairfax County Board of Supervisors were filed on July 15 for the period from Jan. 1, 2012 through June 30, 2015.
Centreville: ‘He Fought with Honor, Dignity’
Sully Police Sgt. Ryan Lindenbaum loses battle with cancer.
Friends, family and the Fairfax County Police Department said goodbye to one of their own this week when Sgt. Ryan Matthew Lindenbaum was laid to rest.
Potomac Brief: Public Hearing Set on Selection of Early Voting Centers
The Montgomery County Board of Elections has scheduled a public hearing to receive testimony from the public about the list of Early Voting Centers for the upcoming presidential election.
Top 10 Reasons to Love Living in Potomac
Perspective
For the new resident of Potomac, Washington D.C. might seem like a giant maze of numbers and letters, a traffic gridlock defined only by the outer loop and the inner loop and a land of workaholics where 9-5 is unheard of – a day of work begins at 6 a.m. and ends at 8 or 9 p.m.
Potomac Event Brought in Supplies for the New School Year
More than 1,000 Montgomery County school children began the school year with new backpacks and school supplies thanks to the generosity of some Potomac residents.
Potomac: Animals Can Help Patients with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Animals can help patients with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders heal.
Wearing her long dark hair in pigtails and a backwards baseball cap, Leah Schuman peered curiously over a low fence into a pen of miniature llamas.
Editorial: How to Vote; It Matters
Voting begins in two weeks, Sept. 18.
Election Day is Nov. 3, and on that day, virtually every state and local office is on the ballot. In-person absentee voting begins Sept. 18, barely two weeks from now.
Potomac: First Day of School
Montgomery County Public Schools welcomed more than 156,000 students for the first day of the 2015–2016 school year on Monday, Aug. 31, the largest enrollment in the district’s history.
Potomac Snapshot: Bus Collision on First Day
Two school buses with students from Churchill High School collided at Glen Road and Falls Road, at 7:58 a.m., Monday, Aug. 31. The students were released to parents or placed on another bus to continue to school. No student needed to be taken to the hospital, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services.