‘Service Above Self’: De Candio takes helm of Alexandria Rotary Club
After more than a year of virtual meetings, the Rotary Club of Alexandria gathered in person to formally install Pam De Candio as the 93rd club president at the organization’s July 27 meeting at Belle Haven Country Club.
Living Legends of Alexandria: Sister Act
Lindsey Swanson and Katey Halasz honored as Living Legends
When 18-year-old Kelley Swanson died just a few weeks after her graduation from T.C. Williams High School in 2005, her family wanted her spirit of giving and desire to help others to continue.
Rock Spring UCC in Arlington Donates $24,000 to Power Rural Clinics in India During COVID
One man’s journey lights a village.
Save a life with a reliable solar panel in a medical clinic in rural India.
Cooper Middle School Seventh-grader Wins Young Scientists Challenge
Kriesh Tivare announced to be a State Merit Winner for a wireless charging project
As electric cars are taking over the car industry, charging stations have become a more common sight.
Pressure for Athletic Success Can Lead to Stress
Balancing the need for athletic achievement with emotional wellbeing
Practicing with her club track team three days each week, training with a private coach on the other four days and balancing a challenging academic workload led to a stressful school year for Alexandria high school senior Alexis McCormick.
Potomac Streets Were Named for Defenders of Slavery
Now those streets bear the names of two important leaders of the historic African-American Scotland community.
Joined by the families of Geneva Mason and William Dove, three new street signs were installed in Potomac to honor these two African American historical figures and replace signs named after Confederate generals.
‘Telling Our Stories’ in Alexandria
Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery is the first Virginia site added to African American Civil Rights Network
They were fleeing the bondage of slavery.
Bogey Is Missing
Would you know what to do if your dog was lost?
July is National Lost Pet Prevention Month and serves as an important reminder to make sure our pets stay safe.
Community Garden Sows Skills to Improve Mental and Physical Health
Pathway Homes, Inc. holds ribbon-cutting for the project.
In 2020, nonprofit Pathway Homes, Inc. provided non-time-limited housing and supportive services to 616 adults in Northern Virginia with serious mental illnesses (SMI) and co-occurring disorders, some of whom experienced homelessness in 2020.
Remembering Restonian Burton ‘Burt’ E. Lamkin
A leader who, with a smile, created other leaders
Reston pioneer, humanitarian, and entrepreneur Burton "Burt" Emmanuel Lamkin died June 24, at the age of 86.
New Food Scrap Composting at Select Fairfax County Farmers Markets
Nature’s recycling reduces methane and lowers carbon footprint
Fairfax County residents have another option for managing organic wastes such as fruit and vegetable peels, food left on dinner plates, coffee grounds, and even paper towels and napkins.
Sunflowers Attract Artists, Bees, Butterflies, Birds in Poolesville
For Poolesville artist James Vissari, the annual blooming of the sunflowers at McKee-Beshers is a time to paint.
Hank Dietle’s Reopens in Rockville
Destroyed by 2018 fire, opened as Dietle’s in 1950; rebuilding and remodeling delayed by COVID, now open
“What an incredible opening weekend we had at Hank Dietle’s!
Dog Rescued from Abandoned Well at Norwood School in Bethesda
In the TV shows, Lassie was usually the one alerting the adults that a child had fallen into the well.
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