SSSAS Senior Earns Gates Millennium Scholarship
St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School senior TreVaughn Allison is among a select group of students, nationally, to receive a Gates Millennium Scholarship from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The program, created in 1999, selects 1,000 talented students each year to receive full college tuition at any college or university of their choice.
Senior Living: Non-Profits Working Together
Alexandria is a caring community, and we have numerous nonprofits throughout the city that work together for a better Alexandria. As part of our mission to “foster independence and self-sufficiency, enabling seniors within the city of Alexandria to age with dignity,” SSA looks to create natural responses to needs we see in the community when they fit within our mission.
AWLA: A Shoulder To Cry On for Thousands Who’ve Lost Pets
It all started about 35 years ago with a newspaper ad from a British doctor seeking a volunteer driver for a new concept in America — something called a “hospice.” Then-Arlington resident Kathy Reiter didn’t know the term but wound up taking the job — and eventually facilitating support groups for grieving widows and widowers. But the project took an unexpected turn. “People started coming up to me after the group meetings and confessing that they actually were there because their companion animal had died and they didn’t know how to cope,” Reiter recalled. “I realized that someone needed to start a support group especially for loss of pets.”
Letter: Walked the Walk
To the Editor: As an Alexandria resident since 1988, I am proud to be voting for Patrick Hope in the Democratic Primary on June 10. While there are many able candidates, Patrick is the candidate who speaks out on behalf of those with no voice.
Letter: Address Labor Market
Letter to the Editor
Walked The Walk
Letter to the Editor
Letter: Concern Over Animals
Letter to the Editor
Letter: A Candidate for Progress
Letter to the Editor
City Offers Aquatic Activities
2014 Outdoor Pool season operating schedule
Deadline for First Half Real Estate Taxes Nears
The City of Alexandria reminds property owners that first half 2014 real estate tax and refuse fee payments are due Monday, June 16.
Living Legends: Making a Difference in Lives of City’s Women and Children
Rose Enevoldsen Berler’s lifetime commitment to caring.
At age 16, Rose Enevoldsen Berler (known to her family as Rosie), graduated from high school in Norfolk, Va. But she had to wait until she turned 17 to go up north, to Baltimore’s School of Nursing at Sinai Hospital. She loved nursing and thrived under the strict demands and high standards of her training.
Dube Named Fire Chief
Robert C. Dubé has been appointed as fire chief for the City of Alexandria, effective June 9. Dubé replaces Adam K. Thiel, who resigned from the position earlier this year to accept a position in state government.
Column: Have You Had a Taste of Asia?
Two years ago, the Taste of Asia event was created through a partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington and the Asian American Chamber of Commerce to celebrate Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
Column: Garden Magic
The General Assembly has been in recess since early March when a special session was called by the Governor to pass a biennial budget that had failed to pass in the regular session.
Vienna Police Officer Conor Tracy Honored
On May 2, Officer Conor Tracy was honored for his enforcement efforts against drunk and impaired drivers.
Vienna Elementary Honors Retiring Teachers
Terry Love and Linda Camacho leave the school after decades teaching there.
Staff, students and parents of the Vienna Elementary School [VES] community came together on May 19 to say goodbye to two long-time VES teachers retiring this year.
Vienna Woman’s Club Awards Scholarships to High School Seniors
Oakton and Marshall High School students each accept $1,000 scholarships.
The Vienna Woman’s Club awarded $1,000 scholarships to three local high school seniors going on to college this fall.
‘Better Together’
Oakcrest School students donate over $1,000 to the Sylvestery.
Donating the fruits of their yearlong labor, the senior council of the Oakcrest School, an all-female preparatory school in McLean, presented Kathleen Martin, CEO of Vinson Hall Retirement Community, a check for just over $1,300 on Tuesday, May 27.
Art Promotes Critical Thinking, Creativity
Earlier this year, Churchill Road Elementary School received a grant from Crayola to foster children’s critical thinking and creativity through arts integration into the core curriculum.
Strawberries, Daisies and Doughnuts, Oh, My!
Buy fresh produce, meet neighbors at Vienna Farmers Market.
For fresh produce, flowers, crepes, breakfast tarts, candy, baked goods and piping-hot doughnut holes – in a cheerful atmosphere filled with friends and neighbors – the Vienna Farmers Market is hard to beat.