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House Historian

Family and friends remember Ruth Lincoln Kaye.

Alexandria's premiere house historian, a woman who pioneered the industry and fiercely protected her research, died April 30. She was 95. "She had a curious and inquisitive mind," recalled her son, Arthur Lincoln Kaye. Kaye was known throughout the city as a sort of walking history book, a woman who possessed an extensive institutional memory and a razor-sharp wit.

Love for Becky on Mother’s Day

Inaugural Mothers for Mental Health event at Turner Park attracts 200 people.

Dozens of people came to Turner Park for an intimate Mother’s Day festival.

Elizabeth Hazlett Scott

Elizabeth Hazlett Scott, 86, of Chambersburg, Pa., formerly a long-time resident of Potomac, died May 10, 2014 to begin her journey to join the love of her life, Richard U. Scott, and her son, Timothy Powell Scott.

Denise Marie Schaefer

Denise Marie Schaefer, 38, died suddenly on Saturday, May 10, 2014. Beloved wife of Geoffrey Schaefer; mother of Hailey and Katelyn Schaefer; daughter of John and Marcia Wilson; sister of Stephanie and Jessica Wilson; granddaughter of Nancy Gordon; niece of Alan (Betsy) Gordon and Susan Dorrow; daughter-in-law of Harry and Nanci Schaefer; sister-in-law of Greg (Robin) and Aaron Schaefer.

Wedding in the Park

A wedding party explores Glen Echo Park on May 10. Heather and Mike Bonsiero planned to be married at the park.

How Pepco Sale Could Affect Reliability

The other night at my local Giant, a gentleman came up to me and said: "Councilmember Berliner, you really need to put something out on the sale of Pepco. People don't really understand what is happening." Got it. Here it goes.

Schools Win Big with Local Golf Fundraiser

Annual Celebrate Great Falls golf tournament on June 2.

An upcoming golf tournament is a hole-in-one fundraiser for three local elementary schools. The annual Celebrate Great Falls Foundation Golf Tournament will raise money for local students while giving grownups some fun in the sun at Reston’s Hidden Creek Country Club on June 2.

Vandals Arrested

Two juvenile suspects, age 16 and age 17, were arrested last week by Montgomery County Police and charged with three incidents of vandalism that occurred between April 18-21:

Going Green

Hundreds of students in Arlington elementary schools were enrolled in Dominion’s Project Plant It! program this spring.

2014 Portfolio in Motion

With a theme inspired by industrial art, Marymount University’s annual fashion show premiered on May 1. Designer Jhane Barnes received Marymount’s 2014 Designer of the Year Award in recognition of her innovative menswear, textiles, and creative use of mathematics in the design process.

‘Shutdown’ a new beginning for BoxCartel Jumphead

Arlington band BoxCartel hosting a CD release party on May 24 at the Rhodeside Grill.

Last fall's closure of the federal government for more than two weeks might have been a frustrating time for some, but five local men used it to make a record.

Garden Enhances Capital Caring

Plant sale funds volunteer-operated landscaping.

Arlington’s Halquist Inpatient Center of Capital Caring, the only non-profit hospice in Northern Virginia, can be an emotionally difficult place to work, visit, and live. The six-person landscaping volunteer committee comes together to ensure that all people affected by the center — patients, employees and its neighbors — have natural gifts that make this phase of life a little more peaceful.

Riding for the Fallen

More than 100 officers cycle through Virginia, for cause.

Police officers from all over the country vowed to "ride for those who died" this week. Police Unity Tour Chapter IV - also known as the Virginia chapter - challenged officers on a three day bicycle tour from Richmond to D.C. in memory for fallen officers. Before the last stop at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, the group of 122 officers and loved ones of fallen police stopped for lunch at McConnell Public Safety and Transportation Operations Center Monday in Fairfax as a tribute to the county most the officers served.

Northern Virginia Family Service Holds 16th Annual Gala

Local donors and supporters recognized at event.

The evening of Friday May 9 at Hilton McLean Tysons Corner, the nonprofit Northern Virginia Family Service (NVFS) held their 16th Annual Road to Independence Gala. The festive event gave community and business leaders an opportunity to celebrate the impact of NVFS on families and children in need. It also recognized donors and supporters dedicated to giving back to the community in which they live making NVFS services possible.

Me & My Mom 2014 — Mother’s Day Photo Gallery and My Mother: an Appreciation

"A tribute to my mother, Lorena W. Mayhew, a superb seamstress..."

Shirley M. Bailey, 84, of Burke submitted this poem “as a tribute to my mother, Lorena W. Mayhew, a superb seamstress, who kept her four children well dressed during the Depression and even later with her superb skills as a seamstress.

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