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2008 Senior Send-Off: Huff Is An Atypical Athlete
At a school without sports, H-B Woodlawn student golfed for Wakefield.
2008 Senior Send-Off: Huff Is An Atypical Athlete
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A Date Unlike Any Other
A Date Unlike Any Other
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Vietnamese Celebrate Tet at Washington-Lee High School
Arlington’s Vietnamese community wishes for luck in the coming New Year.
Vietnamese Celebrate Tet at Washington-Lee High School
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Massage Therapist Works to Heal Hurting Animals
Massage Therapist Works to Heal Hurting Animals
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Colvin Run ‘Serenades’ Wolf Trap
Entire student body paints mural for park.
Colvin Run ‘Serenades’ Wolf Trap
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Festival Almost Caused a Mutiny
Festival Almost Caused a Mutiny
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Massage Therapist Works to Heal Hurting Animals
Massage Therapist Works to Heal Hurting Animals
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Lynbrook Elementary First to Fly Air Quality Flags
Lynbrook Elementary School, in partnership with TrailsforYouth.Org, is raising special, colored flags every morning to help teachers, students and members of the community be aware of daily air quality conditions. The effort is part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s School Flag Program. Lynnbrook is the first public school in Fairfax County to start a new flag program to identify air quality pollution days to help students and the community to stay healthy.
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Multicultural Festival Comes to Lake Anne
Annual event features food, culture and more from variety of nations.
Lake Anne will host Reston’s annual Multicultural Festival Saturday, Sept. 22 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The event is designed to celebrate Reston’s diversity, with live performances, arts and even a book fair. A signature part of the festival the past few years has been a naturalization ceremony for recent immigrants to the United States.
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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.
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Alexandria Mayor Bill Euille Elected to Fourth Term
Democratic incumbent wins handily against independent challenger.
Alexandria Mayor Bill Euille hasn’t been in a competitive election since 2003, when he was first elected mayor against Republican Bill Cleveland and independent Townsend Van Fleet.
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Letter: Status Quo of Gridlock
In the March 22, 2012 article entitled “Hyland Calls For Meal Tax,” the supervisor correctly notes that money is needed for schools and roads.
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Japanese Students Immersed in Homecoming
Japanese Students Immersed in Homecoming
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Colvin Run ‘Serenades’ Wolf Trap
Entire student body paints mural for park.
Colvin Run ‘Serenades’ Wolf Trap
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Alexandria: Presenting Move2Learn Grants
RunningBrooke awards $70,000 to local nonprofits.
Brooke Curran, founder of the RunningBrooke fund, presented $70,000 to 12 local nonprofits Feb. 10 as part of the 2016 Move2Learn grants awards.
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Burke Church Hosts Oktoberfest
About 50 people took part in the sixth-annual Oktoberfest Volksmarch despite the pouring rain on Saturday, Sept. 12, at Accotink Unitarian Universalist Church in Burke.
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Alexandria Brief: King Street Park Revitalized
Beverley Park isn’t the only Alexandria Park looking at major redevelopment. The park at the end of King Street, appropriately named “King Street Park,” could be seeing a temporary boost before Waterfront redevelopment transforms the area. Currently the site hosts a small anchor monument and a bench, but expansion into two nearby sites could turn the park into the missing link between the northern and southern parts of the Alexandria waterfront.
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Visit Alexandria Builds Business with Bikes
Visit Alexandria joined forces with Volunteer Alexandria in the fourth annual Bows, Baskets and Bikes charity event to build bikes for families in need as part of its Alexandria Cares team-building program for community service projects.
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Editorial: Why Does Alexandria Celebrate Birthday of George Washington?
Generations of Americans from every corner of this country revere George Washington as the Father of his Country.
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Easing Overcrowded Roadway
A key section of Route 1 is finally getting some relief. Chronic congestion, compounded by the 2005 BRAC decision which brought an influx of nearly 13,000 new military and civilian personnel, plus a brand new hospital that can receive many more new visitors, has made commuting in this part of Fairfax County more difficult.