Centre View Crime Report
The following incidents were reported from the Sully District Station:
Student Wins DAR Art Award
Lucy Medley, a student at T.C.Williams High School, won first place in the Daughters of the American Revolution Junior American Citizen National Art Competition. She is the daughter of Lisa and Howell Medley.
Natalie Barrow
Attending Naval Academy Seminar
Natalia Barrow, student at Bishop Ireton High School was one of 2,550 rising seniors invited to Naval Academy Summer Seminar program this year.
Alexandria School Notes
Three T.C. Williams students competed at the Virginia Junior Academy of Sciences Symposium in Blacksburg.
Alexandria Military Notes
Navy Ensign Jeffrey C. Christopher graduated from the United States Naval Academy and was commissioned to his current rank.
Electrical Fire Engulfs Clifton Townhouse
A townhouse fire, early last Wednesday, July 10, caused an estimated $25,000 damage to a townhouse near New Braddock Road in Clifton.
Noted in Congressional Record
Saluting city’s African American History Makers.
On July 10, U.S. Rep. James P. Moran congratulated the 64 African American History Makers at the dedication of the “Charles Houston Mural and Hall of Fame” in Alexandria Virginia on June 22.
Correction
In "Friday Affair" [The Gazette, July 4], the name in the photograph of the vendor with children’s clothing was incorrect. It should have been Lauren Lyles.
Centreville School Notes
Olivia Cibelle Zendja has been named to the dean's list for the 2013 spring semester at Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky.
Centreville Military Notes
The 10th District’s Class of 2017 appointments to the nation’s service academies, as well as those selected for academy prep schools
New Book Chronicles African-American History in Alexandria
Story is told through narrative of 63 biographical sketches.
Alexandria currently has its first black mayor, its first black city manager, its first black city attorney, its first black Circuit Court judge and its first black police chief — not to mention the first black president in the White House. But the strains of race relations continue to haunt the city.
Developer Wants to Lease Public Land for Private Gain
Should Alexandria approve a 40-year lease for Hensley Park?
Should a stretch of public land in the Eisenhower Valley be transformed into a private sports complex?
On the Campaign Trail
Back in 1979, the competition to become Alexandria's next commonwealth's attorney was fierce.
Fairfax Man Charged With Molesting Child
A Fairfax man who worked as a local swimming coach and instructor has been arrested and charged with molesting a 7-year-old girl. He is Eduardo Requejo, 23, of Warwick Avenue. Fairfax County police say the alleged crimes did not happen at his worksite; the child is an acquaintance and was not one of his students.
A Two-time International Winner
McLean native and TJ student Joe Broom is first to win International Euphonium Institute Festival twice.
For his 16th birthday, McLean native and rising junior at TJHSST Joe Broom specifically asked his parents not to get him a car. This was because he had something better in mind: a new euphonium.
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