Potomac Real Estate: February 2013 Top Sales
In February 2013, 23 Potomac homes sold between $1,802,000-$263,000.
Potomac Real Estate: February 2013 Top Sales
60th Opening Day at Little Simpson Field
Alexandria Little League held its 2013 opening day ceremony on Saturday morning, April 6, at Little Simpson Field. In honor of the 60th anniversary of the Alexandria League, the Washington Nationals mascot Screech the Eagle was on hand to greet the players and coaches as they entered the field.
Alexandria Real Estate: Top Sales for February 2013
In February 2013, 142 Alexandria homes sold between $1,900,000-$90,000.
Alexandria Real Estate: Top Sales for February 2013
The Wiz Opens Friday at TC
The T.C. Williams Drama Department will present "The Wiz", a musical retelling of “The Wizard of Oz” set against an urban background to music with a mixture of rock, gospel and soul.
Poem
Art Like That Of an Artist
An artist’s work - yet not known - Like the Little and Big Dipper stars above Throughout our Old Town Alexandria Trees of bright lights dispelling the darkness Like the sky’s far-flung stars that one can only wish upon Heartfelt of hope, vision and dreams within. — Geri Baldwin, Alexandria
Letter: Letters to the Editor-Overlooked Probation Office
To the Editor: Over the years, the Alexandria Gazette Packet has published many favorable articles about our Police Department and the Sheriff’s Office. They are both excellent agencies and certainly deserving of the accolades provided by the countless stories, editorials and letters to the editor. However, there is another law enforcement agency in the city that has labored in relative obscurity, the Alexandria Office of Probation and Parole.
Arlington Real Estate: February 2013 Top Sales
In February 2013, 163 Arlington homes sold between $3,600,000-$88,000.
Arlington Real Estate: February 2013 Top Sales
Letter: Letters to the Editor-Practical Considerations On Tree Lights
To the Editor: There are compelling practical and aesthetic reasons to take the lights down from the trees on King Street at the beginning of April. First of all, once the trees have their leaves, the leaves will obscure the lights.
Letter: Letters to the Editor-Underspending On Capital Needs
To the Editor: The April 8 meeting of the Del Ray Citizens Association explored a major reason why the city’s tax rate and our taxes are going up again this year and why they will probably continue to go up in the future. The short answer is the city’s capital budget, or its investment in new and existing public facilities.
Letter: Letters to the Editor-Libraries, Parks And Bikes
To the Editor: The City of Alexandria intends to expand the Bikeshare program at the expense of libraries and parks that benefit all residents. It is expected that 960,000 people will visit Alexandria’s libraries in 2014; this is 53 times the number of Bikeshare members in the region. Yet, the city is cutting libraries by $93,000 and giving Bikeshare $120,000.
Letter: Letters to the Editor-Stand With Working Families
Saturday is “D” day for thousands of Alexandria residents living in the Beauregard neighborhood. In this case, “D” doesn’t just stand for “decision,” it also stands for “development” and “displacement.”
April 17 Well-being Festival Prevents Extinction of a People
GMU professor brings health to Maijuna indigenous people, whose population has dwindled to 400.
The Mason Center for Social Entrepreneurship and the Center for Consciousness and Transformation have partnered with Mason ethnobiologist Dr. Mike Gilmore and Mason students to bring clean drinking water as well as proper sanitation and hygiene to the Maijuna communities, an indigenous people in the Peruvian Amazon whose population has been reduced to the low number of 400 individuals. The Maijuna are dying due to dysentery and waterborne diseases contracted from contaminated drinking water.
Road-Widening Project Details and Timeline
During the first year of construction, crews will build a northbound detour road parallel to Stringfellow Road between Melville Lane and Point Pleasant Drive. Because of utility relocation, a temporary pedestrian bridge is currently in place over Big Rocky Run on the east side near Greenbriar Park. Phase 1- through Aug. 2014 * Fair Lakes Boulevard to Big Rocky Run: Construct southbound lanes while maintaining traffic on existing roadway. Crews will start in the north and work south.
‘There’ll Be Some Impact to You’
VDOT gears up to begin Stringfellow Road construction phase.
The good thing about Stringfellow Road is that it connects Route 50 in Chantilly to Route 29 in Centreville — and even links to the Town of Clifton. It also provides access to four elementary schools, a middle school and a high school, a regional library, two parks, several athletic fields, churches, shopping centers and highly populated residential areas.
Fundraisers Set for Police Unity Tour
Centreville’s Kevin Whalen is riding for his sixth year in the Police Unity Tour (PUT) Virginia ride, May 10-12. It’s 230 miles from Richmond to Charlottesville to Warrenton to Centreville, and to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Roundups
Body Found in Fair Oaks
Fairfax County firefighters responded to an outside fire, Sunday, April 7, around 12:05 p.m., at Route 50 and the Fairfax County Parkway in Fair Oaks. While battling the blaze, they discovered the body of an unidentified adult male.
Council Notebook
New Poet Laureate
Roses are red, and violets are blue; Amy Young is out, and Tori Lane is new. This Earth Day, Alexandria's new poet laureate will make her debut appearance as the city's newest wordsmith.
Classified Advertising April 10, 2013
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Bulletin Board CV 4/10/2013
Email announcements to centreview@connectionnewspapers.com. Deadline is Thursday at noon. Photos welcome. Saturday/April 13 Strides for Success Race. 8:30 a.m. at the Fairfax Corner Shopping Center, 11950 Grand Commons Ave. Enjoy a 5k or 1k family fun run. $35/5k race; $20/adult for the 1k fun run/walk. Children under 10 can register for the 5k or 1k for $15. Register at www.jlnv.org.
AM Calendar 4/10/2013
‘Pacific Pulse’ Nicholaus Aman attempts to express the nature of the Pacific coast through his solo exhibition, Pacific Pulse, at Alexandria's Artspace 109 Gallery. The Pacific Pulse exhibition will be on display through May 11. Artspace 109 is located at 109 North Fairfax Street, 3rd Floor Alexandria. Gallery hours are: Tuesday through Friday noon-5 p.m., Saturdays 11 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sundays noon-5 p.m.