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Letter: Back to The Past?
Letter to the Editor
Are we the only ones confused by candidate Van Fleet’s mixed messages on business development?
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Herndon Police Helps with Pope’s Security
Latest from the Herndon Police Department.
On Saturday, Sept. 26, as part of National Drug Take-Back Day, 186 pounds of unwanted and expired prescription drugs were dropped off at the Herndon Police Department station on Herndon Parkway.
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Mount Vernon Gala: Neighborhood Gala To Benefit Hollin Meadows STEM
With the sizeable rift between the Fairfax County Public Schools adopted budget for Fiscal Year 2017 and the advertised transfer from the Board of Supervisors still looming, parents and community supporters of Hollin Meadows Elementary hope to protect their school’s highly valued STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) and outdoor garden programs.
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Mount Vernon Letter: Farewell To Mia
Letter to the Editor
This week, I want to take a step back from discussions of civic issues to remember my dog Mia who passed away on April 18, 2016. Mia graced the front page of the July 23, 2015 Pet Gazette, perhaps given that honor because she was the oldest dog whose photo was submitted.
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Arlington Letter: Mom’s Health Month
Letter to the Editor
Having a new baby … the happiest time of a woman’s life, right? Not always.
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Alexandria: Speck Named to Top 400
Financial advisor among nation’s best.
David Speck, managing director of Investments for the Speck-Caudron Investment Group of Wells Fargo Advisors in Alexandria, has been named one of the top 400 financial advisors in the country by the Financial Times. This is the second year that the former City Councilman and member of the Virginia House of Delegates has been recognized by the Financial Times.
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Burke and Herndon: ‘Swim Like Michelle’ Event Raises Money for Foundation Fighting Blindness
Adult swimmers paddled precariously up and down the lanes, their vision obscured by blacked-out goggles. Some were able to feel their way forward without much course-correcting, others bounced between the lane lines like pin-balls.
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Burke: Area Girl Scouts Earn Highest Award
Maureen Sawyer of Burke is one of 11 Girl Scouts awarded a Gold Award Scholarship of $2,000 by the Girl Scouts Nation’s Capital for her project titled Bridging the Gap: Increasing Awareness of Educational Poverty.
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Alexandria Letter: Scorched Earth Foreseen
Letter to the Editor
Ah, the sun and warmth did burst into Alexandria today, and gave fresh illumination to the disastrous clearing of trees on the riverfront below Windmill Hill Park.
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White Oaks Hosts “Bring Your Veteran to Breakfast”
On Wednesday, Nov. 11, Delegate Eileen Filler-Corn (D-41) spoke to students, parents and veterans at White Oaks Elementary for their sixth annual “Bring Your Veteran to Breakfast” event.
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Alexandria: ‘La Dolce Vita’
AHA honors senior advocate Sultane.
Senior advocate Amber Nightingale Sultane, state associate director for AARP Virginia, was presented with the Community Spirit award by At Home in Alexandria at the organization’s fourth annual benefit Nov. 8 at Laporta’s Restaurant.
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Alexandria: ‘Listening’ to Vesey Folk Opera
At Black History Museum
"It was a much-needed break from technopoly," said one theatregoer at a recent Wednesday evening at The Black History Museum in Alexandria. Technopoly is a term often used today to describe how technology monopolizes our daily lives.
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Fairfax County Schools Seek Public Input
Focusing on $100 million shortfall.
With Fairfax County Public Schools facing a projected Fiscal Year 2017 budget shortfall of $100 million, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Karen Garza established a task force to look at programs or services that may be eliminated to reduce some of that deficit.
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Lorton: Warning Letter Sent to AAAACO Auto Parts
Twenty days. That’s how long AAAACO Auto Parts in Lorton has to respond to a letter sent by the Department of Environmental Quality stating they may be in violation of solid waste management regulations.
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Potomac Brief: Holiday Schedule for Independence Day
Montgomery County government will observe the following holiday schedule for Independence Day on Friday, July 3 (observed):
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Letter: Disheartened Residents
Letter to the Editor
It’s really disheartening to live in this wonderful city I call home and watch it slowly lose its historic charm, ambience and cache. With each and every planning decision, we are slowly becoming just like every other city. And it’s all because current decision makers apparently have little concern about anything but getting things built.
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Springfield Family Donated Books to Establish Libraries in Africa
As parents of three homeschool children, North Springfield residents Adam and Jerritt Dayhoff go through a lot of books. They were reminded just how many books, as well as how many they weren’t using, when the family moved to the area in September 2012.
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Mount Vernon: Festive Start to Fort Hunt Fast Pitch Season
Fort Hunt Softball held its Opening Day celebration on Sunday, April 12, at the Walt Whitman softball complex. Approximately 400 people including players, family members and volunteers attended. The party started off with a picnic, games and dancing.
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$1,276,909 Raised by Spring2ACTion
Alexandria comes together for its 5th annual giving day.
Alexandria’s annual online giving day, Spring2ACTion, generated $1,276,909 for 129 Alexandria nonprofits in just 24 hours on April 22.
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Letter: Helping New Mothers
Letter to the Editor
Having a new baby … the happiest time of a woman’s life, right? Not always.