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The Fierst Family’s ‘Twist’ on Halloween
Interstate Haunted House Maze in Springfield helps ECHO.
As you twist and turn your way through the Interstate Haunted House Maze, you never know what scary creature will be lurking around the next corner. It’s dark and misty, the tall walls giving you a feeling of being hemmed in, with no easy escape route other than to finish the maze. The strange noises add to your cautious approach around the next corner, uncertain of what will pop up next. The spooky trail seems to go on with no sign of an exit, and meanwhile your heart pounds not knowing what to expect … ghosts, goblins, skeletons, zombies or maybe a hand on your shoulder.
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Springfield’s Renaissance Man
Leonard Kalkwarf publishes book and wins five gold medals from the Senior Olympics.
Leonard Kalkwarf can best be described as a true Renaissance man; an avid history buff, the 85-year-old resident of Greenspring retirement community in Springfield is also an accomplished athlete, an ordained minister, and a published author. His advice to other seniors is simple: keep active and stay positive.
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Sen. Favola Shares Legislative Priorities
State Sen. Barbara Favola (D-31) highlights the following legislative priority issues: *Safety Net: Retain McDonnell’s $1.6 M for extension of subsidies to foster youth and adopted youth until the age of 21. *Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) --- Index benefits to the COL Adjustment as determined by the Department of Labor (Need Budget Amendment as well). This helps women and children. Families stay an average of 3 years on TANF. The caseload has been decreasing in Virginia and $5M was shifted in the last biennium from TANF block grant dollars to funds General Fund services.
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Herndon High Students Broadcast ‘Herndon Live’
Students begin TV program with Herndon Community Television.
In January on Friday at 5 p.m. Herndon’s non-profit, cable access PEG station Herndon Community Television (HCTV) presented the first episode of “Herndon Live” a new program showcasing events, reviews, interviews and news. Assisting the production of the first episode were Herndon residents Nancy Rose, Blake Rose, and their son, Brian Rose. “I started volunteering and using the equipment at HCTV when I was about 9 or 10,” said Brian Rose. “I am there to give the Herndon Live group what they need to do their show whether it be advice or teaching them equipment... I am there to make sure things go smoothly.”
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Ireton Girls’ Soccer Loses to Undefeated Holy Cross
Coach Leon looking for more intensity from talented Cardinals.
The Bishop Ireton girls' soccer team lost to Holy Cross on Sept. 25.
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McKay Promises Field Improvements
VOICE tour highlights needs of area youth.
Touring three neglected athletic fields Aug. 15, Lee District Supervisor Jeff McKay and Park Authority board member Edward Batten heard public testimony urging them to take action. Both expressed their intent to make the fields playable and safe.
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They Focus on ‘Orphan’ Disease
Malignant mesothelioma appears in 3,000 cases annually
Malignant mesothelioma is a tumor found in the lining of the lungs, heart or stomach. Exposure to asbestos causes mesothelioma. It lies dormant and asymptomatic within people for as long as 50 years before it erupts. Once diagnosed — 3,000 cases annually — the disease is always fatal.
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Kindergarten Boot Camp
Springfield preschool invites veteran kindergartners to explain what to expect at school.
Kindergarten Boot Camp
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McLean Family Welcomes Sailor Home
Local family ecstatic to see daughter come home from the Gulf
McLean Family Welcomes Sailor Home
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Beltway Expansion to Consider Neighbors Concerns
Potomac Master Plan would be amended.
Beltway Expansion to Consider Neighbors Concerns
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Week in Reston
Week in Reston
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News Briefs
News Briefs
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A Founder’s Day Celebration
A Founder’s Day Celebration
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Local Artists Show Off Studios
Annual studios tour shows artists’ workspaces.
Fourteen years ago, David Cowdrill was visiting a pottery in Maine, when a door opened for him, literally and figuratively. The potters opened up their workshop to him, showing him how to create ceramics, and Cowdrill, an engineer by trade, found a new opportunity.
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Fairfax: 'ARTS by George!' Gala Features Broadway Superstar Bernadette Peters
“There is nothing like it anywhere else in the region,” said Rick Davis, dean, George Mason University, College of Visual and Performing Arts describing the upcoming ARTS by George! Gala evening.
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Overcoming downsizing decorating dilemmas
Downsizing can present some furnishings and decorating dilemmas? What do we keep? What will work in new spaces? How do I make some rooms multi-functional? And what about all that memorabilia?
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Deer Return to Great Falls Backyards
Deer management education event held Nov. 21 at the Great Falls Farmers Market
Deer bucks are out, antlers and all, marking the launch of mating season.
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Potomac: Chapstick, the Healing Cat
The mysteries of life are all around us. Sometimes the most inexplicable things happen. So it goes with the story of the sudden death of a beloved child and the unexpected appearance of a starving cat. While neither could ever be replacement for the other, the synchronicity of these two events cannot fail to inspire. Life is infinitely bigger than we can possibly grasp. So the story goes.