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Letter:Airport Authority Gets Into Business

Letter:Airport Authority Gets Into Business

‘Dance Around Alexandria’

Choreographers Collaborative Project held a spring concert “Dance Around Alexandria” in the auditorium at T.C. Williams High School on Saturday, March 16. The concert was inspired by public art pieces and public locations in Alexandria.

Music Loft and Council for the Arts Hold Instrument Drive

Fundraising party at Jimmy's Old Town Tavern benefits drive.

Council for the Arts of Herndon partners with The Music Loft, LLC, to bring donated musical instruments to Herndon-area schools via a used instrument donation drive.


Clearview Celebrates National Literacy Month

Clearview Elementary School in Herndon celebrated National Literacy Month, March 2013, by hosting children's books authors Jacqueline Jules and Sara Lewis Holmes.

Farm Fresh at Frying Pan

Farmers Table at Frying Pan Park offers a preview of the market season.

Dreaming of all that farm fresh produce and the treats on offer at the area farmers’ markets? Counting the days until May when most will re-open? Stop dreaming. And stop staring at the calendar. Wander over to Frying Pan Farm Park on Thursdays between 2:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. and satisfy your cravings for food that hasn’t been flash-frozen or packed with preservatives so that it could make the gazillion mile trip from who-knows-where to your grocery store.

Bulletin Board

Email announcements to almanac@connectionnewspapers.com. Deadline is Thursday at noon. Wednesday/March 20 Open House. 3-7 p.m. Adoptions Together has moved from Silver Spring to 4061 Powder Mill Road, #320, Calverton. Meet staff, learn about expanded programs. Light hors d’oeuvres will be served. RSVP to mdevine@adoptionstogether.org or call 301-422-5105.


This Week in Potomac

This Week in Potomac Mandatory Water Restrictions Could Last a Week When a 54-inch water main in Chevy Chase at the intersection of Connecticut Avenue and Chevy Chase Lake Drive ruptured Monday evening, March 18, the result was a geyser shooting approximately 30 feet high and the immediate loss of 60 million gallons of water. To ensure continued water supply for all WSSC customers and for fire protection and hospital/medical uses, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) General Manager Jerry N. Johnson Tuesday morning called for mandatory water restrictions for all WSSC customers.

Letter: Lyme Disease Bill Hits Home

Letter to the Editor

A Voice for the Voiceless

Q&A with SALT Coordinator John Horejsi.

“When there are bills affecting the wealthy the committee rooms are filled to capacity, but when issues affecting the needy, the hearing rooms are empty.” —SALT Coordinator John Horejsi


Churchill Road Students Win First, Second Place in Science Olympiad

On Saturday, March 16, the Churchill Road Elementary School’s Science Olympiad Teams took both first and second place at the Regional Tournament at Stone Middle School in Centreville

Langley High Robotics Team Makes Elite Eight

It's March Madness and the Langley High School Robotics Team, in keeping with the season, made it to the “Elite Eight” in a national competition. Langley's team finished 12th out of 65 teams overall and was drafted as a member of one of the top eight teams to participate in the final round of the competition.

Letter: Confusing Response To Lyme Disease

Letter: Confusing Response To Lyme Disease


Letter: Metro: Not Ours

Letter: Metro: Not Ours

Egg Hunt and Roll Draws Hundreds

Children of all ages converge on Freeman House lawn.

Even nippy morning air did not deter hundreds of Vienna children from participating in the Town of Vienna’s annual Easter Egg Hunt and Roll on the lawn behind Freeman House on March 23.

Local Perspective

Small-business owner tackles the sequester.

Raul Danny Vargas has beaten the odds all his life.


From Flowers to Food and Festivals

Spring’s weather may be unpredictable but what is always predictable are the many festive spring events in Vienna held year after year. Some are family-centric, some cultural... all are fun.

Week in Great Falls

Week in Great Falls

Youth Talent on Display

McLean Project for the Arts hosts Youth Art Exhibition.

Bright colors and carefully crafted details tease onlookers with stories of fantasy and reality at the Youth Art Exhibition. The exhibition is an annual tradition in recognizing artwork by students at Cooper and Longfellow Middle School, and Langley and McLean High School.


Some Crimes Never Fade Away

‘Never the Sinner’ at 1st Stage.

It was the "trial of the century" that mesmerized the nation in 1924. Two teenage college students, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, went on trial for the murder of a 14-year-old boy. They were defended by the most famous defense lawyer of the day, Clarence Darrow. These facts and the ultimate outcomes are easily found on Wikipedia.

Walt Whitman Wins 2013 High School Challenge

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s High School Challenge has come to a close with 15 local high schools raising more than $210,000. This four-week competition ran from Feb. 4 to March 1, and encouraged students to develop leadership and fundraising skills in support of the LLS mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.