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Dance Class at Hollin Hall Senior Center

Seniors enjoy their dance class.

Potomac School Notes: Aug. 29, 2012

Potomac School Notes

Potomac Military Notes: Aug. 29, 2012

Potomac Military Notes

Fairfax County Police Traffic Safety Efforts Recognized

The Fairfax County Police Department was recently recognized by two law enforcement organizations which evaluate police traffic safety programs across the Commonwealth and the nation.

Stay to Grow (Restrictions Apply)

Brickyard farm allowed to operate through growing season. Next step: court in September.

Organic farmer Nick Maravell is farming along Brickyard Road on an expired lease. Schools Superintendent Joshua P. Starr made parameters clear in a letter he sent to Maravell on Aug. 17.

‘Taste’ Benefits Adoptions Together

Annual event seeks to further “forever families” mission.

This event offers a one-of-a-kind chance to taste delectable dishes from every restaurant in Potomac and bid on items in both the silent auction and the live auction — all to help children find “forever families.”

Students Present STEM Projects

Forward Future hosts summer program for 30 teens.

Thirty children from the Herndon and Reston areas presented a series of projects on Thursday, Aug. 23 at the Herndon United Methodist Church, a result of their summer with Forward Future, a local organization dedicated to youth mentoring.

Analemma Raises Funds for Sundial

Sundial designer speaks at library on dial proposed for Observatory Park.

While most of the tools available at Observatory Park at Turner Farm are designed to look upward, there are plans for additional features on the ground as well. The Analemma Society, which hosts programs and facilities at Observatory Park, is raising funds to build a second sundial.

Rev. Charles Brock Named as St. James’ Rector

The Rev. Charles F. Brock, most recently associate rector at St. Barnabas’ Episcopal Church in Annandale, has accepted a call to be rector of St. James’ Episcopal Church, Mount Vernon, beginning Sept. 2.

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Out of Tragedy, a Foundation To Help Others

Alexandria Community Trust is family’s living legacy in honor of Norma Lang Steuerle.

Once there was an Alexandria family of four that regularly acted on an individual’s responsibility to serve others in need. Each member was well educated and appreciated the community’s “diversity of people — racially, financially, in thought and in socio-economic status, that for the most part embraced Alexandria’s potential.” They were givers.

Insiders Perspective

What is the best thing about living in Clifton?

"My favorite thing about living in Clifton is the big properties, so there's so much room to run around..."

Raising Wally and Polly

A McLean family finds, raises baby squirrels.

It was back in the 1970s in McLean. Coming home from school one afternoon, our two younger children, Lisa, 9, and Steven, 7, found a tiny rolled-up ball of fur lying under the maple tree out in front of our Lemon Road house. It was too big to be a baby mouse and too small to be a baby kitten. It turned out to be a baby squirrel which must have fallen out of a nest high up in the tree out in front. Bill hauled out his trusty painter’s ladder, rested it up against the trunk, climbed up and put the tiny creature back into its nest. He said there was another baby already up there.

Preserving Summer Memories

Reflections of the Great Falls Farmers Market’s ‘Jelly Girls.’

We have completed our last Saturday at the Great Falls Farmers Market and we are heading back to Christopher Newport University. We are looking back on what a great idea it was to start a jelly-making business and get our feet wet at the Farmers Market. It was so much fun! We enjoyed talking to customers about how we prepare our jellies and it was such a treat when a customer came back the second time.

Bob Simon’s Favorite Events, Places in Reston

Reston’s founder, Bob Simon, joins the Reston Connection’s Insiders Guide by sharing his list of top ten favorite events and places in Reston.

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