Fall Fun 2014
Upcoming family-friendly events in the area.
Upcoming family-friendly events in the area.
Fall Family Fun Abounds in Vienna
Myriad of events make the crisp season festive.
When the air turns crisp and the leaves burst into color, it’s fall in Northern Virginia.
Getting Ready for Potomac Day
Annual parade brings community together.
Oct. 25 is Potomac Day — and residents are already anticipating the excitement. Many are looking forward to the Grand Parade where children – and moms and dads too — can catch candy tossed from cars and trucks, spot a dentist dressed like the tooth fairy, cheer for their favorite businesses, political candidates and musical groups and applaud local Potomac leaders.
Naz Akbar Exhibits at Katie's
A Great Falls artist Naz Akbar will be exhibiting at Katie's Coffee from Oct. 3 to the Oct. 31 in an art exhibit "Moments to Remember."
Pass Medicaid Expansion Now
Our health care system is neither healthy nor accessible for many women, but Richmond lawmakers have an opportunity to make improvements. They need to stop playing politics with people’s lives and begin to start governing.
Post-Chemo Weak
For the past year, every three weeks I have been infused with a chemotherapy drug called Alimta, “the last miracle drug,” to quote my oncologist, and a drug with which I hadn’t previously been infused.
Housing Market Differs by Price Category
Overall, buyers looking for move-in properties.
Houses in D.C., Chevy Chase and Bethesda are snapped up days after they come on the market. However, many Potomac homes — particularly those selling for more than a million dollars — are remaining on the market for months without so much as an offer — or maybe even a buyer gracing their doors.
Week in Reston
What's happening this week in Reston.
Week in Herndon
What's happening this week in Herndon.
Support Group Helps Parents
Where else can one get advice for $1? Perhaps only Lucy from The Peanuts comic strip can offer a better deal with her 5-cent bill. Each week the group Because I Love You (B.I.L.Y.) meets to discuss the problem behaviors of their children.
Week in Vienna
What's happening this week in Vienna.
Irish Food, Drink and Hospitality Come to Tysons
Paddy Barry’s Irish Pub and Restaurant hosts kin and friends at grand opening celebration.
For all the Irish and the not-so-Irish in the Vienna-Tysons area who have wished for an authentic Irish pub in the community, your wish has come true.
Pancakes and Bacon and Syrup, Oh My
More than 100 people attended the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department’s (VVFD) pancake breakfast on Saturday, Sept. 19.
Community Center Dollars and Cents
Rising construction, renovation costs create $2 million deficit.
When the Vienna Community Center greets the public in April 2016, it’ll be larger and more modern than the current facility and will boast a new, regulation-sized gym. But getting from here to there takes money.
Reston Town Center: Upcoming Events
Upcoming events happening at Reston Town Center.
Obituary: Kate Ellison Anderson, 86, Dies
Kate Ellison Anderson died on Aug. 6, 2014, in Fairfax at the age of 86. She was born in Ogden, Utah and grew up in Layton, Utah.
Teatro De La Luna Comes to Lake Anne
Performance group Teatro De La Luna performed at Lake Anne Elementary School in both English and Spanish.
Column: What Is It About Virginia?
By Kenneth R. “Ken” Plum, state Delegate (D-36)
There really are not many native Virginians living in Northern Virginia. The growth of the region has come primarily from people moving here from other states or countries.
Column: A Special Shout-Out
By Kenneth R. “Ken” Plum, state delegate (D-36)
I know my constituents join me in a special thank-you shout-out to Barbara Shearer who has been my legislative assistant for over twenty years and who is retiring at the end of this month. Although a state legislative office is technically part-time, Barbara’s attention to details of constituent request and dependable follow-through gained for my office a reputation for having the best constituent services of any office of an elected official with many having full-time staff members.