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Brief: Intelsat to Relocate to Tysons
The company will bring more than 430 employees to local economy.
Brief: Governor Bob McDonnell announced that Intelsat, the world’s leading provider of satellite services, will relocate its U.S. headquarters to the Tysons Corner area of Fairfax County from its current location in Washington, D.C.
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Letter: New Voice For the City
As an 88-year-old woman and a resident of Alexandria for the past 55 years, I am deeply concerned about the future of Alexandria. I applaud a particular City Council candidate who is focused on maintaining a livable, family-friendly Alexandria. An excellent candidate, Allison Silberberg, is adding a new voice to that effort.
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Letter: Still One-Party Political Machine
Letter to the Editor
Tuesday’s Alexandria elections’ results featured the winning mayoral candidate.
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Letter: Value of Public Servants
Letter to the Editor
From the beginning, residents of Old Town have only wanted the very best for the Old and Historic District, starting with the group of women who spearheaded the drive that made us the third nationally designated Historic District in the country.
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Letter: We’re in Trouble
Letter to the Editor
Uh oh. We’re in trouble. All three Democratic contenders for mayor believe a new metro is necessary.
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Commentary: Rocket Science
With the number of rockets my high school friend, Joe Hammock and I built and launched, I am fortunate to have all my fingers and no serious injuries. Our rockets were not the hobbyist models you can buy today that use water or air pressure to launch; our rockets used black powder or a fuel we mixed ourselves.
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Sole Provider
Firefighters distribute 2,500 pair of shoes to children in need.
Seeing is believing for Nicholas Chakos and his family, who made the drive from Pittsburgh to Alexandria to help provide 2,500 pair of shoes to children in need as part of the Firefighters and Friends to the Rescue coat and shoe distribution Oct. 28 at Penn Daw Fire Station 11.
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Letter: Fit Academics Into the Fun
Finding ways to fit academics into the fun is imperative to making sure children are prepared for the coming school year which begins in just a few short weeks.
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Plug Pulled on Aquatics Center
Proposal put on hold for a year.
A proposal to build an aquatics center at Long Bridge Park has been put on hold after Arlington County officials determined that the cost of the project had spiraled out of control. “Last January, I said that we would conduct extensive due diligence to ensure that the project estimate was sound and within the available budget, and that’s exactly what we did,” said Donnellan. “I have concluded, in consultation with the County Board, that the gap between our construction budget and the lowest bid is simply too great to bridge at this point.”
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Arlington Real-Estate Assessments Grow Six Percent
County leaders describe local economy as resilient and stable.
A decade ago, when the real-estate market was going gangbusters, the Arlington real-estate market regularly saw double-digit increases.
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Column: A Senator We Need
These are hard times. With 15 million Americans out of work and levels of inequality not seen since the gilded age, we have a political class unconcerned with our collapsing middle class and those ravaged by poverty.
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More Than 8,900 New Jobs in Fairfax County
The 2018 job announcements were notable for the diversity of businesses involved.
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Blunders That Changed History
“From the Eyes of Coldcase Killers” to self-help books to great blunders of history.
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Opinion: Commentary: Collective Bargaining: A Step to ‘One Fairfax’
At age 20, I took on a job as a grocery-bagger.
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Patriotic Spending: Investing in Community
Commentary – ACT for Alexandria
We often align spending based on our personal interests and well-being, without necessarily thinking about impacting our community. That’s where patriotic spending come into play. Patriotic spending is the utilization of personal assets to benefit our community, cities, and inevitably our country. What it means to spend patriotically is to focus expendable income in a way that directly influences and benefits our country.
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Transportation Hub Emerging at Reagan National Airport
Amazon and Project Journey are underway in Arlington.
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