Alexandria Home Sales: October, 2014
In October 2014, 186 Alexandria homes sold between $2,700,000-$118,000.
Alexandria Home Sales: October, 2014
Potomac Home Sales: October, 2014
In October 2014, 37 Potomac homes sold between $2,500,000-$309,000.
Potomac Home Sales: October, 2014
Centreview: Training Canine Companions
Tucked away on a graying back road in Long Island, N.Y., is a different kind of college campus. With wide grassy play yards and kennels instead of dorm rooms, this college is one for the dogs.
Alexandria: 19th Annual Art Safari
“Can you find the owl painting, the lizard sculpture, and what kind of lizard is it, what color is the dinosaur, in ‘Cathedral Gaggle’ how many geese do you see?” These were just a few questions on the Art League Gallery Scavenger Hunt at annual Art Safari last month in the Torpedo Factory Art Center.
Alexandria: ‘I Wanted A Better Life’
Civil Rights pioneer Nelson Greene Sr. dies at 100.
When Nelson Greene Sr. came to Alexandria in 1953, blacks were the target of racial discrimination, schools were segregated and a poll tax was required to vote.
Alexandria: Local Public Defenders Make Their Cases Abroad
Lecturing on criminal defense in the Bahamas.
Regardless of the crime, when it comes to defendants everyone gets an attorney.
Editorial: Why Does Alexandria Celebrate Birthday of George Washington?
Generations of Americans from every corner of this country revere George Washington as the Father of his Country.
Alexandria: Pets To Line Up with Santa
Come early December, a few well-chosen volunteers at the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria (AWLA) will put on a fake beard, hat and a bright red suit and head over to the Olde Towne School for Dogs in Old Town Alexandria to take a shift as Santa for some of the area’s most treasured pets.
Letter to the Editor: Help Disadvantaged Students
To the Editor: I found it very interesting that the Chantilly Pyramid Minority Student Achievement Committee (CPMSAC) [“Only Excellence Is Good Enough,” Nov. 13] is working so closely with the public school system and the community in an effort for bettering the academic successes and potential of minority students.
Chantilly: Helping the Community
Boy Scout Troop 7369 was asked by Saint Timothy Parish to build an exhibit for the International festival. The troop’s Scoutmaster, Mike Warsocki, brought up the request during a scout meeting.
Chantilly: Taking the Plunge for ALS
Students of LearningRx Chantilly accepted the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge to raise money and awareness for ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease. The challenge entails people getting drenched by buckets of ice water on video and nominating others to do the same, in an effort to raise awareness of ALS.
Chantilly: Powder Puff
The Chantilly Junior’s Class of 2016 and Senior’s class of 2015 played their annual in school rivalry on last month with the game ending in a tie 16-16.
Alexandria Brief : Christ Church Celebrates Ministry of Retiring Rector
On Sunday, Nov. 23, at the 10 a.m. service, the Rev. Pierce Klemmt will preach his final sermon at Christ Church, Alexandria, before retiring.
Alexandria: Co-creating Cable TV Show
From theater to cable.
Former Alexandrian Thomas Kail had his first brush with the media while on an Alexandria youth league soccer team.
Chantilly: Fall Festival
Parents, students, teachers and administrators — including (above, from left) Wanda Radler, PTA president; Sharon S. Williams, principal, and Holly Walker, assistant principal — celebrated at Poplar Tree’s Fall Festival last month. Some of the activities included: Lego Building Contest, Pumpkin Decorating Contest, Pumpkin Throwing Contest, and many games.
Chantilly: Standing Together
Poplar Tree Elementary School teachers and staff gather together to take a stand against bullying during the school’s recent Bullying Awareness Day.
Potter’s Fire of Herndon is All Fired Up for the Holidays
Business gears up for the season with special dinnerware and holiday decor sets.
Although Potter’s Fire is barely a year old, they are already veterans of the holiday season. The potters and glazers in the shop are busy creating holiday dinnerware and their popular mugs for gift givers who love to buy local.
Great Falls Residents Get Update on Toxic Plume
Only one of the three requested pumps to be installed for now.
Residents got an update about the methyl tert-butyl ether [MTBE] plume below the Georgetown Pike and Walker Road intersection last week. Officials from Kleinfelder and the Department of Environmental Quality talked about the removal of the toxic plume so far, assuring residents that their well water will remain clean throughout the cleanup efforts during a Great Falls Citizens Association Town Hall meeting on Nov. 11.
Promoting Rugby in Great Falls
Proceeds from the weekend tournament will support MedStar National Hospital’s spinal cord injury program.
About a year ago, Gary Coetzee nearly died out on the rugby field behind the Great Falls Library. A freak accident left the former professional rugby player quadriplegic on the grass during a game. On Saturday, Nov. 22, he is hosting the inaugural Great Falls Rugby Tournament to celebrate how far he has come a year after the accident and raise money for MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital’s spinal cord injury program.
Many Herndon Residents in Opposition to November Elections
Town Council holds second public hearing on possible town charter changes.
Herndon’s town council heard from another crowd of residents about proposed changes to the town’s election process. Residents for and against changes to the number of years councilmembers and the mayor serve and moving the election to November spoke out at Nov. 11 town council public hearing.