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McLean Kicks Off Holiday Season

McLean kicks off the holiday season with the McLean Winter Parade.

Brief: Reston Station Wins Top Planning Award

Brief: Davis Carter Scott was awarded the first NAIOP Northern Virginia Master Planning Award of Excellence for Reston Station.

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Unleashed by Petco Opens in Reston

New pet store offers greater options for pet owners.

Pet owners now have a new pet store option in Reston. Unleashed by Petco had its grand opening at Hunter’s Woods Plaza over the weekend.

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Reston Chamber Celebrates 30 Years of Success

Anniversary gala brings community together.

It was a veritable who’s who of Reston Saturday night, Dec. 1, as the Reston Chamber of Commerce celebrated its 30th anniversary at the Sheraton.

Sweetening Soldiers’ Holidays

Herndon area children share their trick or treat haul with service members.

Sometimes a sweet act of kindness unfolds so spontaneously and quickly that it seems to happen by magic.

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Holidays on the Farm

Frying Pan Farm Park hosts old-fashioned holiday celebration.

Four thousand people came to celebrate the season at Frying Pan Farm Park, for the park’s annual Old-Fashioned Holiday Celebration on Saturday, Dec. 1.

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Brief: Herndon, Oak Hill Students Perform in The Nutcracker

Conservatory Ballet celebrates 40 years of holiday magic.

Brief: More than 30 elementary, middle and high school students from Herndon and Oak Hill will dance in the Conservatory Ballet’s 40th anniversary production of the holiday classic, “The Nutcracker.”

Brief: Red Cross Fundraiser Nets $92,000 in Three Hours

Brief: In three hours, the third annual “In The Bag” silent auction of designer purses raised $92,000 to benefit the American Red Cross of the National Capital Region.

Silver Line Faces ‘Daunting Issues’

Challenges planners face before cars get rolling.

In August, 2013, 55 years after construction began on the Dulles International Airport, the first phase of a $7 billion Metrorail connection between Washington, D.C. and Dulles will be completed that will extend rail travel to five stops in Tysons Corner and Reston.

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’Tis the Season for Joyfulness

"Altar Boyz" at Tysons’ 1st Stage.

There is a joyful noise full of tight harmonies backed by spot-on keyboards and percussion with lyrics full of universal positive messages at 1st Stage.

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Brief: Yankees Win Vienna Little League Fall Majors Championship

Brief: On a cold, raw Nov. 1 evening, Vienna Little League’s Fall Majors-level baseball championship was played on Black Field in Nottoway Park.

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Brief: A Witness to History

Vienna resident Richard C. Kirkland, an 89-year-old veteran pilot, author and artist, joined the Army after the Pearl Harbor attack on Dec. 7, 1941, and flew 103 combat missions in the famous Flying Knights fighter squadron with America’s greatest ace, Major Dick Bong.

Brief: Virginia Interfaith Center Honors John Horejsi

Brief: The Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy in Richmond has honored John Horejsi, a Vienna resident and founder and coordinator of Social Action Linking Together (SALT), as one of the top 30 Social Justice Makers in Virginia.

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Interfaith Service Brings Community Together

The Shepherd’s Center of Oakton-Vienna sponsors the annual interfaith worship.

Linnea Nelson, director of Religious Exploration at the Universalist Unitarian Congregation of Fairfax, spoke at the 14th Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Worship, sponsored by The Shepherd’s Center of Oakton-Vienna (SCOA), hosted this year by Emmanuel Lutheran Church on Nov. 20th and attended by members of Methodist, Unitarian, Lutheran, Catholic, Baptist and other denominations.

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Brief: Langley High Orchestra Presents German Orchestral Music

Brief: The Langley High School Orchestra will present its next concert on Tuesday, Dec. 11, at 7 p.m. in the Langley HS Auditorium. “An Evening of German Orchestral Music” will feature music of German composers.