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Diversion First in Wait-and-See Mode

Handcuffed by budget constraints in proposed budget, Diversion First may see some relief.

Editorial Opinion: Expand Medicaid Now

Virginia has missed out on $10 billion, 30,000 jobs and care for 400,000 citizens.

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Bacon and Bureaucracy in Alexandria

City and State legislators talk sewage, BIDs, and development over breakfast.

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Taxes, Fees and Alexandria City Spending

Budget session focuses on “Livable, Green and Prospering City.”

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Denouncing GOP Health Bill

And worrying about cost of losing coverage.

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Obituary: Al Grande Dies at 80

Founder of ASAP Printing helped transform Del Ray.

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Fairfax County: FCPS to Present FY2018 Budget to Supervisors April 4

School system facing nearly $50 million gap in funding.

Leading up to the Fairfax County Public School Board presenting its advertised FY2018 budget to the Board of Supervisors Tuesday, April 4, several school board members and supervisors have been hosting community meetings on the subject.

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Obituary: Eric Michael Weight, 51

’83 TC grad dies in cycling accident.

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Fairfax County: Gillespie Wins GOP Straw Poll for Governor at Robinson

More than 300 voters attended a Fairfax County Republican Committee straw poll and candidate forum on March 25, according to FCRC executive director Eric Johnson. The event was held at Robinson Secondary School.

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Mason Neck Lions Cleanup Graffiti at Lorton Park & Ride

Graffiti isn’t art, it’s a crime. That’s the message the Mason Neck Lions Club is trying to remind people of as they’ve coordinated several graffiti removal projects in the Lorton and Mason Neck area over the past couple of years.

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Hunters share venison chili at Lorton Community Action Center

Bob Flanagan of Fairfax Station and Tom Dalton of Springfield serve up samples of two styles of chili, just like a vendor at a grocery store. Except their chili — each man is responsible for one pot, either sweet and spicy or mild and chunky — is made with local venison. And the grocery store is actually the Lorton Community Action Center food pantry.

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Fairfax County: Commission for Women honors trailblazers in business and labor

Constance “Connie” Cordovilla remembers signing up for college courses in the mid-’60s and being interested in taking electrical engineering. “Nice girls go into English,” her counselor told her. “What makes you think I’m a nice girl?” she said she responded.