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Contee: From Cell 7 Unit 2D to Ministry

Serving Alexandria jail as its chaplain.

Myron Contee was a pretty good basketball player. Back in the decade of the ‘70s, he was better than most and without doubt was headed to a professional career.

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Living Legends: Allen Lomax

Allen Lomax has focused on those in greatest need in the city.

Living Legends of Alexandria is an ongoing 501(c)(3) photo-documentary project to identify, honor and chronicle Alexandria's Living Legends.

Former Potomac Resident To Star in New TV Series

Former Potomac resident Corey Jean has been cast to star in the new television series, “The Hollywood Dream.”

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Oakton Graduates Urged to Question

Oakton High School seniors received diplomas on Tuesday.

The Patriot Center filled with families and friends on Tuesday, June 19, each seeking out the best vantage point from which to watch their children, siblings, and friends graduate from Oakton High School.

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Fun Fundraising

Fundraising event pictures.

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Town Green Rocks with Kiddie-Rock

Rocknoceros Kicks Off Kids’ Concert Series on Town Green with huge crowd.

On June 20, local kiddie-rock stars Rocknoceros kicked off the children’s concert series on the Town Green. One could hardly find grass among the ground cover of blankets and lawn chairs and humans of all ages and heights, from newborns in carriers to grandparents.

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Vintage Baseball Game Draws Fans, History Buffs

Baseball played by 1864 rules comes to Vienna.

A Mid-Atlantic Vintage baseball tournament and living history exhibition on June 23 continued Vienna’s sesquicentennial commemoration of the Civil War.

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H-B Woodlawn Graduation 2012

Graduation 2012.

Rappellers raise $60,000 for Special Olympics.

Rose Pleskow is not one to shy away from a challenge. The 23-year-old athlete competed in the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens, Greece, last summer, earned multiple medals in the 2012 Virginia Special Olympic Summer Games and recently competed in an 800-meter race in the waters around the Cayman Islands. But on June 22, she did something most people wouldn't dare: rappelling down the side of a 15-story building.

Obituary: Catharine Sexton Eckhof

Catharine Sexton Eckhof died June 24, 2012 with family by her side.

Arlington Marine Dies in Afghanistan

Lance Cpl. Niall W. Cotisears

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Seven Troop 55 Boy Scouts Earn Eagle Scout

Completing over 150 merit badges and more than 2,100 requirements collectively, seven Troop 55 Boy Scouts achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in Great Falls. Clayton Barber, Kyle Dear, Brad Hodge, Garrett Pan, Neil Patil, Grant Smith and John Studabaker joined the less than 2 percent of Boy Scouts who reach the rank of Eagle Scout.

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Washington-Lee’s Commencement

Washington-Lee Graduation 2012.

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Brief- Summer Campfires at Nature Centers

Families are invited to the Gulf Branch fire ring or Long Branch Amphitheater for old-fashioned fun — including s'mores.

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U.S. and French Dancers Compete

Dance battle at the Artisphere concludes weeklong hip-hop festival.

For one week, people in the Washington area saw the result of combining French and hip-hop. The Urban Corps hip-hop festival showcased the different styles of U.S. and French hip-hop dance and ended on Friday, May 25 at the Artisphere in Rosslyn with a dance battle pitting three dance crews from France against two local crews.