Showcasing Energy Systems
The Energy House will hold its next Education and Demonstration Showcase, Energy House Six, on April 27 and 28 from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. at 2617 N. Nottingham St. in Arlington.
Fairfax County Budget Reflects ‘Increasing Needs, Decreasing Revenues’
"We as a board spend a lot of time talking about helping people in need, I can only say that when it came time to tax them, they were sadly forgotten." —Supervisor Pat Herrity (R-Springfield)
Federal Money for Streetcars Derailed; Arlington Leaders Vow to Press Ahead Anyway
Critics call for independent cost-benefit analysis; county manager refuses to answer questions.
Plans for Arlington officials to receive federal money for a proposed $250 million streetcar line have been derailed, although county leaders say they are pressing ahead anyway.
Letter: Protect The Park
To the Editor: Despite a recent proposal by the city to the contrary, Founders Park should not be used for private events.
Mayors for Meals
Hundreds of volunteers help keep seniors fed.
Mayor Bill Euille joined other mayors and elected officials across the nation in delivering meals to homebound seniors March 21 as part of Mayors for Meals, a component of the March for Meals Campaign of the Meals on Wheels Association of America and Senior Services of Alexandria.
South Lakes Senior Awarded Scholarship
Osasenaga Kelly Aghayere awarded $5,000 from Northern Virginia Urban League.
The Northern Virginia Urban League awarded $50,000 in scholarships to local high school students at its annual Community Service and Scholarship Awards Dinner Friday, April 19. The organization, whose mission it is to enable disadvantaged youth to achieve economic and academic success, awarded one scholarship to South Lakes High School senior Osasenaga Kelly Aghayere.
Tailored Living Opens Herndon Showroom
Herndon Mayor Lisa Merkel, Delegates Tom Rust and Ken Plum and Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce President Mark Ingrao gave owners Juliana and Todd Carter of the new Herndon Tailored Living showroom a warm Herndon welcome at their opening and ribbon cutting Wednesday evening, April 17.
Our Red Shoe 5K Benefits Area Ronald McDonald House Charities
lmost 500 people signed up for the Saturday, April 6, Our Red Shoe 5K in Dulles Station, and although the day of the race was chilly, 600 people (and their dogs) came to Herndon to participate in the family friendly race, walk and fun run, which helped raise money for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Washington, D.C.
Week in Herndon
Week in Herndon
Herndon High Presents ‘Cheaper By The Dozen’
When Herndon High School theatre director Zoe Dillard was selecting plays for the 2012-2013 theatre season, she did not expect she would be choosing “Cheaper By the Dozen.” “It was a shift for us,” said Dillard. “It was an alternative to Thornton Wilder’s ‘Our Town.’” The plays share some similarities. They are both set in 1920s America, and are “straight plays,” not musicals.
Herndon Volunteers Honored
Town of Herndon celebrates Volunteer Appreciation Night
On Sunday, April 27, the Town of Herndon held their 29th annual Mayor’s Volunteer Appreciation Night.
Floris United Methodist Church to Host World Malaria Day Event
On Friday, April 26, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Floris United Methodist Church will hold a family event to spotlight World Malaria Day and raise money for malaria test kits and treatment, as well as mosquito bed nets.
‘Kids Helping Kids’ To Benefit Local Organizations
Annual fundraiser adds “Buddy Run.”
The fifth annual “Bullis Gives Back” 5K Run/2.5K Walk will take on a new meaning this year as more and more Bullis students are committed to the theme — “Kids Helping Kids.” Besides running in the 5K and walking in the 2.5K, Bullis students will be running and walking with a “buddy” from The Diener School, from K.E.E.N (Kids Enjoy Exercise Now) and from The Treatment and Learning Centers/Katherine Thomas School 9TLC/KTS) in an inaugural “Buddy Run.”
One to Three Months To Live: Now What?
Potomac resident writes of her triumph over diagnosis.
She returned to Potomac to die — a 30-year-old woman who had been given the diagnosis that she had a lethal non-cancerous cervical spinal cord tumor and would not live more than three months. What is it like to be given this diagnosis — and then survive? How did she wake up each day with the strength and courage to fight the prognosis and still be able to be a wife and a mother to her three young sons?
Good Sheperd
Good Shepherd Housing & Family Services BEL13VE Gala nets more than $218,000 toward mission of reducing homelessness and promoting self sufficiency
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