Letter: Enough for Status Quo
Letter to the Editor
After receiving the second phone call from the Euille campaign wanting to know if I have any concerns that the mayor needs to know about, I have to wonder what took him so long to ask.
Letter: Acclaimed New Field
Letter to the Editor
On my way home from church early Sunday afternoon, I noticed a soccer game in progress on the newly constructed Jefferson-Houston playing field, so I went across the street to watch Cal-Berkeley play Yale.
Letter: Complicating Factors
Letter to the Editor
The City of Alexandria is leveraging its full faith and credit to issue about $200 million in debt to pay for construction of the Potomac Metro station.
Letter: Need Money To Fix Streets
Letter to the Editor
Alexandria’s streets have suffered through two harsh winters that have caused a rash of potholes throughout our city. Even with a hasty campaign of spring patching, things remain rocky.
Poetry: Postmarks
from Akron Cleveland Chicago
Letter: Change Strategy
Letter to the Editor
I am surprised to learn that Kerry Donley, who has been involved in our city for many years both as a banker and as an elected official, still does not understand that elected officials cannot control the pace of development.
Letter: Leadership? Management?
Letter to the Editor
For years Kerry Donelly has vainly attempted to balance out the city budget by touting commercial growth.
Letter: Frustrated Taxpayer
Letter to the Editor
I am frustrated. I have not felt represented by the majority of the actions taken by city hall over the past 25 years. Is anyone else with me?
Alexandria: MetroStage Presents ‘The Letters’
Two-person psychological, cat-and-mouse drama takes place in 1930’s Soviet Union.
MetroStage in Alexandria is presenting the psychological drama, “The Letters,” directed by John Vreeke, May 15 to June 14.
Letter: In Memory, In Tribute
Letter to the Editor
What does Memorial Day really mean to those who wait for their loved ones to return from serving their country in war?
Column: The Marquis de Lafayette and George Washington
History
Excerpted from “A Son and his Adoptive Father: The Marquis de Lafayette and George Washington” 2006 exhibition at Mount Vernon.
Sports Briefs
The Centreville boys’ lacrosse team honored its senior players at its last regular season home game on May 11,
Chantilly High Presents 29th Jazz & Pizzazz
Annual extravaganza of singing and dancing.
Bright lights, colorful costumes and spectacular singing and dancing – that’s Chantilly High’s Jazz & Pizzazz. And this year’ extravaganza, the 29th annual, is slated for Wednesday-Saturday, May 27-30, at 7 p.m. each night.
‘Showing the Soul of a Community’
County, private sector unite to build workforce housing.
With an eye toward providing workforce housing in the local area, Fairfax County recently broke ground on a 270-unit apartment complex in Fair Oaks.
Chantilly Takes Virginia Economic Championship
Third state victory in a row and sixth altogether.
For the third year in a row, a team from Chantilly High has won the state championship in economics. The four students took first place in the Adam Smith Division (advanced economics) of the 2015 Governor’s Challenge in Economics and Personal Finance.
Boy Scout Merit Awards
Sully District Boy Scouts of America held its annual awards banquet and has presented the District Award of Merit to Michael Sorah (left) and David Weisz for their extraordinary service to the District in supporting the Boy Scout program. This award is presented annually to only two adults per year.
Lord and Lady Fairfax at Large
Bulova names Kate Hanley and Lt. Col. John P. McAnaw as Lady and Lord Fairfax at large.
Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Sharon Bulova named Katherine K. Hanley, former board chairman, as this year’s At-Large Lady Fairfax.
Sully’s Lord and Lady Fairfax
Jerrold L. Foltz and Bonnie L. Hobbs are Lord and Lady Fairfax from Sully District.
Celebrate Fairfax, Inc. announced the 2015 Lords and Ladies Fairfax at the Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, May 12 at the Fairfax County Government Center.
ViVa! Vienna! Returns for Three-Day Memorial Day Weekend
Rotary Club and Town of Vienna partner to offer family fun, food, and live entertainment.
Vienna’s most family-friendly, fun-filled festival returns for Memorial Day weekend. ViVa! Vienna!, a celebration of food, live entertainment, amusement rides, and more than 300 merchandise and service vendors, kicks off on Saturday, May 23, at 10 a.m. with food vendors, amusement rides, and live entertainment. Vendors open their booths on Sunday, when Church Street closes down to vehicular traffic. The Historic Church Street corridor turns into a rollicking community-centric party.
Crowds Flock to Chantilly Day
Featured live music, children's activities, food and even a NASA Astronaut.
The fourth-annual Chantilly Day brought out a large crowd on Saturday, May 16 at the Sully Place Shopping Center parking lot, off Route 50, in Chantilly.