13-Year-Old Makes Audiences Laugh
Shaping an early career in comedy.
Hoover Middle School’s Gabriel Stopak might be the next Jay Leno or Dave Letterman. The 13-year-old displays no reticence at standing up in front of an audience of adults and presenting his comedy routine.
Reston Marine Comes Home
Community support eases burden of local marine family.
The Rhodes family of Reston received the best Valentine’s gift. Lt. Col. Lewis Rhodes returned home safely from seven months’ deployment in Afghanistan on Monday, Feb. 13.
The Miracle of Life
Did you know that the Book of Esther read every year on the holiday of Purim (Thursday March 8), is the only book in the entire Bible in which a reference to God is not made even once? Why?
Week in Herndon
Things happening in the Herndon area.
Joanne Virginia Donohue Watson, 85, Dies
Joanne Virginia Donohue Watson, age 85, passed away peacefully on Friday Feb. 17, 2012 at Stonehenge Assisted Living in Blairsville, Ga.
Seven Locks Elementary Hosts Open House
Principal Rebecca (Robin) Gordon invites the community and Seven Locks Alumni to an open house on March 8 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. to see the newly built Seven Locks Elementary School at 9500 Seven Locks Road, Bethesda.
Bone Marrow Donor Drive for 13-year-old Leukemia Survivor
Shynia Milligan's family is coordinating the bone marrow drive at Almas Temple, on K Street in Washington, D.C.
Thirteen-year-old Shynia Milligan was diagnosed with AML (Acute Myeloid Leukemia) in the summer of 2010. AML is a life-threatening blood cancer.
Farm to Fork at Frying Pan Farms
Winter farmers market opens at Frying Pan Park.
The indoor winter farmers market at Frying Pan Farm was greeted last Thursday with an eager crowd of buyers. "We've been waiting for this. I really use the farmers markets to tell me what is in season. I can look around and see what's fresh and growing locally," said Herndon’s Irene Hill. "We are trying to eat more locally and farmers markets tell me what's in season, "said Hill.
Letter: The Contraceptive Controversy
Letter to the Editor
The federal rule requiring that large employers cover contraceptive services prompted an outcry. Arguing in the name of religious liberty, religious leaders argued that the requirement violates their First Amendment rights.
Student Workout
Christ Episcopal School seventh- and eighth-grade students enjoy the opportunity of working out at the Rockville Gold's Gym twice a week as a part of the five-day-a-week Physical Education Curriculum at Christ Episcopal School.
Local Mom Bloggers Converge to Network, Raise Money
Blogging community steps up to support new moms.
On the night of Feb. 21, local moms tweeted, linked, and blogged in real time from NOVALive, a networking and charity event held at Fairfax Corner’s upscale consignment boutique, Chic Envy.
Gift and Tribute
Every child who has a bar/bat mitzvah at Congregation B’nai Tzedek in Potomac is encouraged to do a Tzedakah project, or an act of charity and loving kindness.
Letter: Support Volunteer Firefighters
After reading the article, "Old Tensions Delay Fire House Expansion," I pondered how quickly memories fade, for the article said nothing about the retribution heaped on volunteer firehouses for their opposition to the ambulance fee.
Letter: Don’t Treat Deer as Pets
The Potomac Almanac cover photo and story dated Feb.22-28, 2012 misrepresents the harm deer cause to our community. Depicting deer as pets is just plain wrong. Deer are a wildlife species that have exploded to untenable numbers.
Church, Herndon Elementary Sign Partnership Agreement
Trinity Presbyterian Church in Herndon and Herndon Elementary inked their partnership on Friday, Feb. 3.
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Cooking with the Golden Girls in Herndon
Herndon Youth are "Cooking with the Golden Girls" at Sunrise Senior Living Center.
The "Golden Girls" of the Sunrise Senior Living Center in Fair Oaks, are once again enjoying the excitement of Girl Scout visitors. Maryann Rigo, a sophomore at Oakton High School and Herndon resident, could not help but return to the Center for her Girl Scout Gold Project after running the Sewing Center for the residents there in June 2010.
Herndon High Step Team Kicks Off Title Defense
Herndon High School hosts 14th annual StompFest.
Fresh off a season in which they won the national championship, the Herndon High School Step Team kicked off their season by hosting the 14th annual StompFest Saturday at Herndon High. The event featured nine local teams competing for first place.
Telling Tales of the Rail
Historic Trusts hosts program on railroad history.
The Reston Historic Trust presented the story of the Alexandria Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad, which later became the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad at the Reston Community Center Lake Anne Thursday, Feb. 23. Local historians Ron Beavers and Paul McCray told the story of the line, which began in Alexandria in 1847.
Reston Resident Tracks History Through Advertisements
Jay Paull runs website featuring thousands of vintage ads.
Jay Paull’s love of advertisements is practically genetic. His great-grandfather was an early publisher in West Virginia, and his daughter (Paull’s grandmother) started to collect those early publications. They’ve been passed down from generation to generation, with each one adding more advertisements to the collection.