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Column: Help Craft City’s First Youth Master Plan

Alexandria is a community that supports and enhances the well-being, success, and achievement of children, youth and families: True or false?

Eight Scouts Honored for Heroic Deeds

Eight boys from National Capital Area Council (NCAC) Boy Scouts of America (BSA) received National Court of Honor Lifesaving and Meritorious Action Awards in 2012 for remaining calm in a crisis, making quick use of Scout training and for living up to the words “to help other people at all times,” which is part of the Scout Oath.

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Colvin Run Elementary Gives to the Needy

Children of Colvin Run Elementary School gathered in the school sport auditorium on Monday, Feb. 4, to mark the beginning of the school’s food donation program.

Alexandria Bulletin Board February

Thursday/Feb. 7 Blood Drive. 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at Alexandria Chapter House, 123 N. Alfred St. Donate blood through the a.m.erican Red Cross. Visit redcrossblood.org or 1-800-RED-CROSS.

Artificial Trend Offers Benefits

Council action paves way for artificial turf field to be installed at Wootton by August.

Montgomery County Council approved a $1.1 million appropriation to the Capital Improvements Program Tuesday, Feb. 5, for the building of an artificial turf field at Wootton High School.

Troop 673 Gets New Eagle Scout

Spencer Weiss is the latest Eagle Scout in Troop 673 sponsored by the Great Falls United Methodist Men.

Letter: In Support of Riverbend Park Master Plan

I am a Boy Scout from Troop 712 based in Chantilly and I am writing about the proposed Riverbend Park master plan.

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‘Bright and Cheerful’ Art Exhibit at Katie’s Coffee House

Great Falls artist Mary Ellen Mogee is exhibiting paintings at Katie’s Coffee House in Great Falls, from Friday, Feb. 1, to Friday, March 1, 2013.

Bulletin Board

Arlington Bulletin Board for February-March.

Artists’ Atelier Gallery Presents ‘Flowers, Chocolate and Romance’

“Flowers, Chocolate and Romance” is the theme of the February show at The Artists’ Atelier Gallery.

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Fairfax Softball and Special Olympics Raise Funds Bowling

Participants, family, friends and supporters of Fairfax Adult Softball, Inc. (FAS) came together on Sunday, Jan. 27, for the 13th Annual Bowling Tournament to benefit Northern Virginia Special Olympics and Fairfax County Park Authority field improvements.

School Notes

School Notes for Arlington locals.

CSMS Science Olympiad Team Triumphs

The Carl Sandburg Middle School Science Olympiad Team has been notified that they have qualified for the Virginia State Science Olympiad Tournament to be held April 27 on the Virginia Tech Campus in Blacksburg. The team competed at the Virginia Science Olympiad Regional Tournament in Charlottesville, on Saturday, Feb. 16. Overall results placed Carl Sandburg Middle School as the 4th ranked school at the Science Olympiad competition that weekend.

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Fairfax Connector Proposes New Routes

Public input meeting held to solicit feedback on new bus routes.

The Fairfax County Department of Transportation kicked off the public input process for their new bus routes in McLean Thursday, Feb. 1. The Fairfax Connector routes will be altered to take advantage of the opening of Metrorail stations in Tysons Corner and Reston in December, with the new routes expected to begin the same day as the stations open.

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Farmer’s Market Continues Through Winter

Weekly market will take place every Saturday, indoors or out.

Fairfax County is home of dozens of farmer’s markets throughout the year, but by November, almost all of them have shuttered for the winter before re-opening in the spring. But the Great Falls Farmer’s Market is open year-round, offering produce and other items throughout the winter.