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Potomac: Farewell to Winston Churchill High School

Winston Churchill High School held Commencement Exercises at D.A.R. Constitution Hall on Tuesday, June 2.

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Burke: Injured Moore Helps Robinson Boys' Lacrosse Win State Title

Rams beat Chantilly in double overtime to repeat as 6A state champion.

The Robinson boys' lacrosse team defeated Chantilly 10-9 in double overtime to win the 6A state title.

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Absorbing Examination of Human Nature

“The Good Counselor” presented at 1st Stage.

If you are seeking out magnetic theater that deals with unsettling, yet real-life, family issues and a search for the truth, make your way to 1st Stage. Under the confident, wise direction of Alex Levy, Kathryn Grant’s award winning “The Good Counselor” is an evening of riveting performances.


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Springfield: Daventry Reassigned from Lee to West Springfield High School

Change scheduled to take effect for 2015-2016 school year.

Kelly Wevley’s daughter will be in middle school next year. As a Daventry subdivision resident, she will attend Washington Irving Middle School in Springfield. And under previous boundaries, she would eventually continue to ninth grade at Robert E. Lee High School while friends and classmates outside of Daventry would attend West Springfield High School.

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Fairfax Station: 200 Walk Burke Lake for Nepal Earthquake Victims

When the 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Nepal in April this year, Madhu and Yashoda Bhandari of Lorton felt the shocks in their United States home. Both are originally from the Nuwakot district, one that was hit violently.

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Mount Vernon: At the Game

Tiger Cubs from Pack 1503 celebrate with the Mount Vernon High School Varsity soccer team.


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Centreville Snapshot: Support Appreciated

On Monday, June 8, Kevin Whalen (center), who lives in Centreville's Walney Glen community, presented a Police Unity Tour plaque to Centreville Glory Days manager Mark Huddleston and owner Jeff Newman, to recognize their support in raising more than $2,000 for the Police Unity Tour.

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Clifton Snapshot: ‘About the Middle East’

The Republican Women of Clifton welcomed Erick Stakelbeck, investigative journalist and Middle East authority, and Sgt. Joseph Bozik, wounded warrior, to its May business meeting.

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Mount Vernon: Victors Emerge from Democratic Primary

Krizek for 44th District, Levine for 45th, Dan Storck for supervisor. jump

After polls closed at 7 p.m. and results from precincts started to trickle in over cell phone


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Potomac: Walt Whitman High Graduates Look to the Future

Family and friends of the Walt Whitman Class of 2015 proceed into D.A.R. Constitution Hall as the doors open at 1:30 on Wednesday afternoon, June 3.

Mount Vernon: Party To Mark Park’s 40 Years

The Friends of Huntley Meadows Park organization is hosting a party to celebrate the park turning 40, as well as the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Friends organization and 25th anniversary of the Friends of Historic Huntley organization.

Alexandria: Unofficial Precinct-by-Precinct Results for Democratic Mayoral Primary

Unofficial results show Mayor Bill Euille (E) winning 11 precincts and closely splitting five precincts. Vice Mayor Allison Silberberg (S) won nine precincts and closely split three precincts with Euille (E/S); former Mayor Kerry Donley (D) won two precincts and closely split two precincts with Euille (E/D).


Mount Vernon: Whitman Teacher Honored

Eugenio Fischer Sanchez, who teaches Spanish at Whitman Middle School, is one of two teachers honored with the 2015 Victoria D. de Sanchez Northern Virginia Hispanic Teacher of the Year Award.

Letter: Someone Who ‘Walks the Walk’

Letter to the Editor

This year Mount Vernon is fortunate to have an accomplished candidate for supervisor who provides an attractive alternative to the “same-old, same-old” politics that has dominated our area for so long.

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Alexandria: New Marker For Cannon Monument Unveiled

A new engraved marker for the Braddock Cannon Monument was unveiled last month on the northwest corner of the Braddock and Russell Roads intersection.


Mount Vernon: Crime Report

The following incidents were reported by the Mount Vernon District Police Station.

ROBBERY, 8600 block of Village Square, June 8, 2:38 p.m. A pizza delivery driver was making a delivery and was approached by two men.

Alexandria: Addressing Men

Church’s conference offers encouragement.

With Bibles and notebooks in hand, men who were both members and visitors of Alfred Street Baptist Church filed into the building one early and recent Saturday morning, perhaps because they knew New York Knicks Coach Jim Cleamons would be there, or because they knew there would be a message from the pastor, or perhaps due to just the simple camaraderie that being at church on an early Saturday morning would bring.

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Mount Vernon Announcement: Whitney, Hutchens Engaged

Dr. and Mrs. Dwight Whitney of Warrenton, Va., are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Callie Marie Whitney, to Samuel Christopher Hutchens of Boone, N.C.


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Mount Vernon: ‘Spandex in the Narthex’ Raises $30,000

Aldersgate event support Micheli family.

Spandex in the Narthex, a fundraising event held May 31, gave church and community members a way to show their support for Aldersgate Church's associate pastor Jason Micheli as he faces a rare blood cancer.

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Burke Triplets set to Graduate from Lake Braddock Secondary

Logan Shock is the athletic one, Madison Shock is the pretty one and Austin Shock is the smart one, they said, basically in unison. All their lives, none of them has ever entered school feeling alone.