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Fairfax City: Creating ‘Little Dresses for Africa’
Fairfax Academy’s Fashion Design class helps Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority provide dresses for African girls.
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August Getaway to Oregon
The impetus for the trip came from my two surviving younger sisters, one of whom made our reservations at Crater Lake National Park over a year ago. The spectacularly beautiful wonder of nature was to be the centerpiece of a 12-day trip which also included touring part of the Oregon Pacific coast and stays at Gold Beach, Ashland, Steamboat and Eugene.
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People At Work: Helping Child Care Providers in Alexandria
Partnership provides professional development.
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Girls Learn about Fire and Rescue at Camp
To give girls confidence in their abilities, push them beyond their comfort zone.
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Opinion: Commentary: Special Session Looks at Nursing Homes, Reporting Outbreaks, Election Reform
As the third week of the General Assembly’s Special Session draws to a close, several major legislative accomplishments are moving forward.
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Opinion: Independent Progressive: Fall in 2020, the Lost Year
Ah, October! It is one of my very favorite months of the year with the clearing and cooling air, and the trees showing their fall colors.
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Alexandria: Preserving the Preserve
Jodie Smolik leads Winkler Botanical Preserve.
By her own account Jodie Smolik is a very fortunate woman.
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Baskets of Joy in Vienna
Easter Rabbit makes a celebrity appearance during Easter Egg Hunt at Nottoway Park.
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Opinion: Editorial: Merry Christmas
“Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”
The pages of the Connection (including the Alexandria Gazette Packet, the Mount Vernon Gazette, the Potomac Almanac and the Centre View) are usually full of holiday spirit, beginning before Thanksgiving.
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Opinion: Column: Trip, and Hopefully Not a Fall
Having recently returned from a driving sojourn through the South, with stops and stays in North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida, visiting four sets of friends in those three states, I can say with certainty that wearing masks, social distancing and common sense consideration for your fellow citizen were not nearly so accepted as we had hoped.







