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Students Raise Money for School in Haiti

St. Andrews’ officials attend building dedication on Sept. 11 in Civol.

Some Potomac students and school officials from St. Andrew’s Episcopal School helped make an educational dream a reality for students at a school in Haiti and were on hand when a new school building was dedicated in Civol, Haiti, Sept. 11.

Letter: Preserving Open Space 

You often don’t hear stories of government actually working well, so I thought people would enjoy hearing about Virginia’s great successes in land preservation.

Letter: Land Preservation Success

You often don’t hear stories of government actually working well, so I thought people would enjoy hearing about Virginia’s great successes in land preservation.

Column: On the Other Side of the Pond

After the nerve-wracking U.S. election, we breathed a big sigh of relief that the country had not fallen into the hands of Mitt Romney and his Tea Party henchmen.

Brief: Santa Gives Gift of Respite

Special needs, children of veterans and wounded warriors share Christmas cheer.

Brief: Santa delivered gifts to each of the 23 children in attendance at the annual holiday party for children with disabilities and their families as well as families of veterans, active military and wounded warriors on Saturday, Dec. 8 at the Centreville Moose Lodge in Fairfax.

Michael Weiss Foundation Presents ‘Ice Champions LIVE’

Professional figure skater's foundation brings skating world stars to Northern Virginia.

ichael Weiss, three-time U.S. National Figure Skating Champion and two-time Olympian, is celebrating the eighth annual Michael Weiss Foundation "Ice Champions LIVE" event.

Letter: Letters to the Editor-Overlooked Probation Office

To the Editor: Over the years, the Alexandria Gazette Packet has published many favorable articles about our Police Department and the Sheriff’s Office. They are both excellent agencies and certainly deserving of the accolades provided by the countless stories, editorials and letters to the editor. However, there is another law enforcement agency in the city that has labored in relative obscurity, the Alexandria Office of Probation and Parole.

O’Carroll’s Priorities

At the helm of the Sully District Station, police Capt. Ed O’Carroll, 43, has a clear view of his priorities.

Fairfax Author Writes Memoir on Caring for Mother

Fairfax author M. Elizabeth Sweeney published a memoir to help caregivers and aging parents. Nineteen million Americans are caring for someone over the age of 75, and Sweeney was one of them—yet she couldn't find a book about the eldercare issues she encountered with her mother. So she decided to write it.

Fairfax Reenacts Mosby’s Raid

Civil War re-enactors kick off 150th anniversary commemoration.

Despite the brutal and bloody nature of America’s Civil War, it’s still an integral part of the rich history that comes with living in this area of the country. People seek it out, seek to interact with it and learn more of it—they love to see history being preserved as authentically, yet nonviolently, as possible.

Chef Jacques Haeringer Featured in Communicating Today

On Monday, April 8, the long-running local television program Communicating Today will be producing a brand new cooking segment, titled "Gourmet Chef," on Channel 10, Fairfax Public Access. John Monsul, the creator and producer, has invited the first guest—Master Chef Jacques Haeringer, long time proprietor of the L'Auberge Chez Francois country restaurant in Great Falls.

Letter: ‘Our Military Kids’

All you have to do is give me a call (703-999-5812) or drop an e-mail to: Santa@bobnelsonteam.com to let him know which child/family from the Christmas Gift Wish List (see www.bobnelsonteam.com) that you would like to adopt this Christmas.

Santa Delivers at Special Party

Easter Seals, Legion Post and Moose Lodge combine forces.

The American Legion Unit 85, Centreville Moose Lodge 2168 and Easter Seals serving D.C., Maryland and Virginia hosted their annual holiday party for children with disabilities and their families as well as families of veterans, active military and wounded warriors on Saturday, Dec. 8.

Queen of Household Hints to Share Five Essentials Every Home Should Have

Heloise to headline 2013 Home and Remodeling Show at the Dulles Expo Center.

The high priestess of household hints will share her domestic wisdom this weekend at the 2013 Home and Remodeling Show at the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, Va. A nationally syndicated columnist, Heloise is one of the presenters scheduled to headline the weekend’s show.

Bragging Big

American Century Theater shows off through Feb. 2.

The American Century Theater’s production of “The Show Off” is playing now through Feb. 2 at Gunston Theatre Two, 2700 S. Lang St., Arlington.

Letter: In Support of Riverbend Park Master Plan

I am a Boy Scout from Troop 712 based in Chantilly and I am writing about the proposed Riverbend Park master plan.

Library To Host Local Author

Vaddey Ratner writes about escape from Khmer Rouge.

The Potomac Library will be hosting a discussion by Cambodian born and Potomac resident Vaddey Ratner about her debut novel “In the Shadow of the Banyan” on Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. “In the Shadow of the Banyon” details how Ratner and her mother escaped four years of “… forced labor, starvation, and near execution” during the Khmer Rouge revolution in mid-1970’s Cambodia.

Zumba Explosion

Running Brooke Fund raises $5,700 for local charities.

For Dave Lucchesi, it didn't matter that he was the only male on a dance floor that was otherwise filled with women. Instead, he saw it as a chance to try something new and raise money for a good cause at the same time.

Letter: Budgeting Mediocrity

The following open letter was addressed to members of the School Board, Superintendent, ACPS Central Office Staff, teachers and citizens of Alexandria.

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