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Welcome to the Neighborhood
Habitat of Northern Virginia begins works on 50th house.
Welcome to the Neighborhood
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Wedderburn Decision Sticks
Proposed land-use changes head to the Fairfax County Planning Commission in April.
Wedderburn Decision Sticks
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McLean Orchestra to Open ‘A Season of Imagination’
The McLean Orchestra has announced its 41st season, “A Season of Imagination,” introducing newly appointed Music Director and Conductor Miriam Burns of New York City.
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Two Generations of Cajun Dancehall Music at Artisphere
Two generations of Cajun music legends unite when the new group Joel Savoy, Jesse Lége & Cajun Country Revival heat up the ballroom at Artisphere on Wednesday, Oct. 17.
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Column: Our Health Depends on the Air We Breathe
For too many Americans and Virginians, simply breathing the air can be dangerous. That’s especially the case for the 306,000 Virginia children and 96,000 adults who battle asthma, the 1.1 million with cardiovascular disease, the 154,000 with chronic bronchitis and the estimated 411,000 who live in poverty. But it is true for all of us and it’s that way because of soot in our air.
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Alexandria Letter: Regulating Tour Buses
Letter to the Editor
The Alexandria city manager is about to release his appointments to the newly reconstituted Tour Bus Task Force.
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Potomac: Haunted House Created to Entertain
Each October Haynes Davis turns the parking lot of American Plant in Bethesda into a wonderland of fear.
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McLean: Inspiring Students to Speak Up
McLean High students work with the Longfellow Middle School’s debate team and D.C.’s Stanton Elementary to improve students’ public speaking skills.
Public speaking: these two words strike fear in almost anyone, whether 6 years old or 60. McLean High School senior Michelle Ma tackles this fear one child at a time through “The Speak Up Initiative.”
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Alexandria Resident Writes Children's Book
“Polly Peacock and the Pink Flamingos” explores self-acceptance.
Alexandria resident and account executive Emilie Bair’s new children’s book “Polly Peacock and the Pink Flamingos,” teaching children about self-acceptance, was released nationwide in August.
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Courage Wall At Wiehle-Reston East Metro Station
Public has opportunity to participate in art project.
From Sept. 2 to Sept. 26, visitors at the Reston Silver Line Station are able to see an interactive art project, a chalkboard called the Courage Wall.
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A Look Inside the Transformation of Lorton Reformatory into Liberty Crest
Imagine living in a former prison cell, or kitchen, or administration building. Doing laundry where others once did time. The wait is down to about a year, when The Alexander Company out of Madison, Wis. and McLean-based Elm Street plan to deliver 165 new apartments as part of Phase I of Liberty Crest, a mixed-use redevelopment of the Lorton Reformatory.
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Fairfax County Fire Chief Moves to Address Department Cyberbullying
After the suicide of Fairfax County firefighter-paramedic Nicole Mittendorff and suspected cyberbullying of the 31-year-old that came to light after her death, Fairfax County Fire & Rescue is cracking down on workplace harassment, bullying and discrimination.
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Alexandria: Stamp Out Hunger
Letter carriers food drive set for May 14.
The 2016 Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, sponsored by the National Association of Letter Carriers and the U.S. Postal Service, will take place Saturday, May 14 throughout the City of Alexandria.The 2016 Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, sponsored by the National Association of Letter Carriers and the U.S. Postal Service, will take place Saturday, May 14 throughout the City of Alexandria.
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Alexandria Column: Giving Children Roots
Commentary–Rebuilding Together Alexandria
Despite the housing meltdown, homeownership remains an important investment tool for families and a source of long-term wealth.
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Arlington Thrive Board Appoints Schneider as Executive Director
Arlington resident grew up here steeped in a tradition of community involvement.
Andrew Schneider said he grew up in a home in Arlington which was already very community oriented. His mother worked for Habitat for Humanity.
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Commentary: Congress Must Act on the Growing Opioid Epidemic
Our nation is in the midst of an exploding opioid epidemic.
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Clifton Haunted Trail Unites Town, Frightens Thousands
A strobe light pulses through dense fog, briefly illuminating rabbit corpses hung upside down under the arch of a bridge. As vines are brushed aside, a tall, white, hairy figure passes by quietly.
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Obituary: Mary Londergan Lovaas, 96, All Irish Mom and Community Volunteer, Dies
Mary Londergan Lovaas died early Sunday, Nov. 15 at age 96.
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Volunteer Literacy Tutors Still Needed
For 89 Alexandria kindergarteners and first graders.
Think about your favorite book as a child. Go ahead, close your eyes, and remember all of the feelings and memories that it evokes. Do you feel proud because it was the first book you read on your own? Was it the first time that you felt connected to someone? Did it make you laugh or giggle? My favorite book as a child was ”Stellaluna” by Janell Cannon. It was the first time I felt transported to another world, and ever since then, I've been hooked.
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Letter: Council Punts on Clover-College Park
Letter to the Editor
As a resident of the Clover-College Park neighborhood I am dismayed and bemused by the latest contentious development issue before the City Council.