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Mount Vernon, Springfield: McAuliffe Announces Site for New Puller Veterans Care Center
120-bed facility to be built in Fauquier County.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) said he’s working on making Virginia the most veteran-friendly state in America. Though the Commonwealth, he said, is the first and only one to have “functionally ended veteran homelessness,” it still has one of the lowest ratios of available care centers to number of veterans in the country.
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Chantilly: Christ Presbyterian Expands Its Preschool
Flexible schedule to meet needs of families.
Christ Presbyterian Church is expanding its preschool ministry to include extended day and full day programs for children ages 2 to 5 years old to better meet the needs of the surrounding community.
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Mount Vernon: During Ramadan, Bringing Community Together
Mosque opens doors to its Christian neighbors.
The Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) VA Islamic Center welcomed the surrounding community on June 24 to participate in its traditional iftar meal to celebrate the month of Ramadan.
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Churchill High School Student Selected To Perform at Kennedy Center
“Playing for others is more a sharing of that joy.”
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Alexandria: Who Should Steer Torpedo Factory?
Artists Association proposes new management structure.
Starting in October, the City of Alexandria has taken over management of the Torpedo Factory. But even as the city starts its temporary control, the Torpedo Factory Artists Association (TFAA) has presented some different ideas for how the property should be run in the future.
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McLean: Golden Gala Raises $106,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Potomac School juniors Amelia Mazloom and Parker Gioia together with other committee members of the Inaugural St. Jude Parent/Teen Golden Gala from high schools across the DC, Maryland and Virginia area, raised $106,000 to benefit the children of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The amount raised more than doubled committee’s goal of $50,000. The Gala took place at the French Embassy on Sept.17 with a crowd of more than 250 parents and teens.
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Springfield: 50 Years of Spartan Star Athletes
West Springfield names inaugural Sports Hall of Fame class.
West Springfield High School continued to celebrate its 50th anniversary by inducting 21 individuals into its inaugural Sports Hall of Fame.
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Potomac Love Stories for Valentine's Day
Sheila and Barry Taylor of Potomac have been married 58 years.
Sheila and Barry Taylor of Country Place in Potomac have been married for 58 years.
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Cornerstones of Our Community — Best of Reston Finalists Announced
On Feb. 9, Leidos hosted a Sneak-Peek Reception where 22 finalists were announced as candidates for the Cornerstones of Our Community — 2017 Best of Reston Awards.
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Hugo’s Opioid Prescription Limit Bill Passes
Deaths from prescription opioids have more than quadrupled since 1999.
Rob Anderson was prescribed 30 days-worth of hydrocodone for pain, after he had four wisdom teeth removed in 10th grade.
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Arlington's Signature Stages ‘Mrs. Miller Does Her Thing’
Story about a songstress whose off-key singing becomes a pop phenomenon in the 1960s.
Signature Theatre in Arlington is staging "Mrs. Miller Does Her Thing" from now through March 26.
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Oakton Women’s Club Holds Fashion Show
Fundraiser gives $5,000 to NoKid Hungry Program for Food Kiosk at Luther Jackson Middle School.
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SSA Launches $230,000 ‘Caring Connection’ Campaign
New program to serve city’s most vulnerable seniors.
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Signature Presents ‘Girlfriend,’ ‘A Hopeful Story’
Play is a homosexual love story and musical set in small-town Nebraska in 1993.
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Unbridling a Capital Campaign in Potomac
Potomac Horse Center kicks off fundraising effort to upgrade facilities.
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Burke Children Take Summer Reading Challenge
Burke Centre Library hosts kick-off event for Summer Reading Challenge.