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First Quarter Numbers Tell ‘A Great Story’
McLean, Great Falls real estate market 9.5 percent up.
The real estate market in McLean and Great Falls for the first quarter 2012 in terms of sales over first quarter 2011 is up 9.5 percent.
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Potomac Real Estate: December, 2015 Sales, $1,200,000~$1,769,500
In December 2015, 49 Potomac homes sold between $2,700,000-$560,000.
Potomac Real Estate: December, 2015 Sales, $1,200,000~$1,769,500
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1st Stage Receives Six Helen Hayes Nominations
The Helen Hayes Awards, now in its 32nd year, recognizes outstanding achievement in more than 90 professional theatres across the Washington metropolitan area, including Northern Virginia.
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Tour Cameron Station Homes
Oct. 6 tour to benefit Samuel Tucker Elementary School.
The distinctive homes of Cameron Station will be featured in the first Cameron Station Homes Tour Oct. 6 as a benefit for Samuel Tucker Elementary School.
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Neighborhoods: Seminary Valley
Living on a busy street like Pegram Street has its pluses and minuses ... sometimes it is a little hard to get out of the driveway, it is probably a little noisier than some streets on Seminary Valley's cul-de-sacs ... and nearly every day we see our friends from Fire Station 206 make their way down the hill, either responding to a call or out on a training run.
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Reston Town Center Lights the Night
Annual walk raises funds for Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Thousands of blood cancer patients, survivors, caretakers, and family and friends of those who have passed away from the disease gathered at Reston Town Center Saturday, Oct. 20 to take part in the annual Light the Night Walk, held by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
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Week in Herndon
Weekly happenings in Herndon.
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Commentary: Reining in Predatory Towing
Aside from the snowstorm of the century, this week brought the start of consideration of legislation and initial work on our state budget.
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Garden Mavens of Great Falls Honor 75 Years of Beauty and Service
The Great Falls Garden Club honored its founding in October 1941.
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Letter: Reason for Leaving Democratic Committee
Letter to the Editor
Earlier this year when I decided to run in the primary for delegate, I did so as the next step in my decades-long commitment to our city and to ensuring every member of our community can participate fully in our economy and society.
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Montgomery Council Introduces Bill That Could Help Seniors Stay in Their Homes
Legislation that could enable many seniors 65 and older to defer increases on property taxes was presented in Montgomery County Council this week.
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Commentary: Keeping Tabs on the Commonwealth
Last week I attended my first meeting as a member of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC).
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Children's Classic Comes to Life, and the Story Behind the Madness is Revealed ...
Have you ever had a dream so whimsical that it swept you away to another world?
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Partnership Launches ‘Build a Village’ Campaign
Goal to end homelessness in Fairfax County by 2018 looms; more than 400 children are among the homeless here.
Dozens of business leaders, elected officials and advocates for ending homelessness gathered Monday, Dec. 14 in the offices of Piedmont Fund Services in Herndon to launch the “Build a Village” campaign.
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Herndon Celebrates Completion of Station Street
Ribbon cutting at downtown Herndon street.
On Tuesday, June 16, residents of Herndon celebrated the reopening of the new and improved Station Street. Mayor Merkel, economic development manager Dennis H. Holste, Jr., former mayor Michael O'Reilly, Melissa Jonas and town councilmember Jasbinder Singh were some of the local officials who attended the ribbon cutting ceremony at the corner of Station and Center Street.
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Letter: Working for Improvements
Letter to the Editor
Remembering can sometimes be a radical act. Choosing between opinion and fact can be of vital importance.
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Letter: Deer Hunting Contradicts Reston’s Values
To the Editor
It seems ironic that the RA approved bow hunting of deer less than a 1/2 mile away from Reston’s prized multi-million dollar Nature Center [“Bow Hunting to Help Deer Management,” Reston Connection, July 2-8, 2014]. The mission of the Nature Center is “to provide good environmental stewardship.” ”Does that not include stewardship to the inhabitants of our environment? Bow hunting can result in a slow painful death. Why choose that when humane alternatives exist?
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Letter: Silver Line - At What Cost?
To the Editor
As a transit commuter living in Reston, I appreciated the honesty in the opinion piece by Ken Plum, “Silver Line No Silver Bullet” [Reston Connection, July 2-8, 2014]. Still, among all the positive notes about the benefits of the Silver Line, I continue to see public officials ignoring the huge increase in costs for daily transit riders in Reston (not just drivers on the Toll Road).
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Letter: Keeping Reston Pollution Free
To the Editor
The work on the New Herndon Monroe Metro station has begun and will negatively impact the surrounding Reston community almost immediately
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Column: Institutional Stress
The ship of state of the Old Dominion that traces its beginnings to a meeting of the colonists in the church at Jamestown in 1619 showed some stress lines last week as the legislative body, the General Assembly, turned a one-day reconvened session to consider the Governor’s amendments into two days of meetings with incomplete results.