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Alexandria: Chamber Honors Public Safety Personnel

The Alexandria Chamber of Commerce honored 16 public safety personnel for exceptional performance in the line of duty at the 29th annual Valor Awards.

Alexandria: Police Activity Briefs

The Alexandria Police Department is investigating a "shots fired" call in the 700 block of N. Fayette Street in the early morning hours of Tuesday, May 5. No one was injured.

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Special Visitor at Children’s National Health System

Patients at Children’s National Health System were surprised by a special guest on April 29.

Alexandria: Construction at Lee Center Court

The city’s Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities is renovating the existing basketball court located at the Lee Center, 1108 Jefferson St.

Alexandria: Budget Winners … and Losers

Schools and fire station win, affordable housing and rec center lose.

The last work session for additions and deletions to the city budget saw Alexandria City Public Schools and Fire Station 210 take the lion’s share of the funding while a recreation center’s Sunday programming and an affordable housing program were left unfunded. The May 4 work session is the last step of the budget process before the City Council votes on the budget later this week.

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In the Kitchen: Evan Buchholz Heats Up Alexandria's Rustico

Making 130 pies a day is a labor of love for this pizza-maker.

Evan Buchholz pulls a wad of dough out of a large bucket onto Rustico’s kitchen counter.

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Springfield: Lee Seniors Present at National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Robert E. Lee High School senior Peter Block studied two decades of violent crime in Loudoun, Prince William and Fairfax Counties. His classmate Brian D’Amore looked into the need for additional Tesla electric car supercharger locations in Loudoun County.

Alexandria: Play Partners Join Forces to Create Playground

The children at Princess Square in Alexandria came home from school on Thursday, April 30, to find a new playground installed in the courtyard.

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Clifton and Fairfax Station Homes Tour Returns for 43rd Year

Clifton residents Mark and Sharon Gottlieb are expecting hundreds of house guests. Gottlieb’s mother Lois, an apprentice of the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright, designed their 10,000-square-foot home overlooking the Occoquan River and oversaw its construction between 1994 and 1996. And the couple is happy to share it, for a day.

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Alexandria People At Work: Specialty Beers All Different

Music blasts out at Port City Brewing Company on Wheeler Avenue.

Clifton: Farm Brewery Plans Halted

Plans for a farm-slash-brewery in the Clifton area have been shelved, according to the offices of Del. Tim Hugo (R-40) and supervisor Pat Herrity (R-Springfield).

West Springfield Bassoonist to Perform with City of Fairfax Band

Hunter Lorelli will take up his bassoon with the City of Fairfax Band as the winner of the group’s Young Artist Competition.

Nomadic Jazz Opens Season with Concert

Nomadic Jazz, a new, “pop‐up” jazz club, held its first event on Saturday evening, May 2, at the Durant Center.

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Burke: Celebrations honor the late Father Richard Martin

Church of the Nativity parishioner Jill Chastain and her family donated to Operation Starfish’s developmental work in Haiti for 15 years before she finally went on a work trip with Father Richard Martin.

Burke and Springfield: Independent Carey Campbell Enters Braddock Supervisor Race

Carey Campbell announced he has entered the race for Braddock District supervisor as an Independent, joining incumbent Republican John Cook and Democrat challenger Janet Oleszek.