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Reston Dentists Give Children a Smile

Fusion Dental’s Reston office provides 21 local children free dental care.

By participating in their third annual Give Kids A Smile event, doctors and staff at Fusion Dental’s Reston office gave some local kids and their parents a lot to smile about.

Walter Alcorn Selected as Citizen of the Year

Planning Commissioner Walter Alcorn will be honored as the 2011 Citizen of the Year at the annual awards banquet of the Fairfax County Federation of Citizens Associations ("Federation") and SAIC on Sunday, March 25 at the Tysons Corner Crowne Plaza Hotel.

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?

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.

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.

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.

Church, Herndon Elementary Sign Partnership Agreement

Trinity Presbyterian Church in Herndon and Herndon Elementary inked their partnership on Friday, Feb. 3.

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.

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.

Donatos Comes to Vienna

Vienna franchise first of dozens to open in Northern Virginia.

Evidently, a lot of Vienna people have been watching the build-out of the newly-opened Donatos pizza and sub restaurant in the Danor Shopping Center.

Monte Carlo Without the Passport

Annual Chamber gala goes for the "chi-chi" look.

he Vienna area gets an opportunity to don its fanciest duds, do some gaming, sample foods from the area’s most popular restaurants, bid on classy auction prizes, listen to party music, drink from lit-up bar glasses and win raffle prizes on Saturday, March 3.

Colvin Run Mill Turns Sap to Syrup

In February, mill presented two maple syrup boil-downs to public.

Colvin Run Mill is not in Vermont nor are its maple trees "sugar" maple, but the park’s demonstration of a maple syrup boil-down harkens back to the simple ways of country living.

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