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Great Falls: Jill Banks Exhibits at Katie's Coffee
"Witness: Close Encounters of the Painting Kind," award-winning oil painter Jill Banks' solo exhibit.
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Great Falls: Battling Pain with Courage
Former Langley phenom deals with painful and potentially life threatening effects of UV rays.
JT von Seggern knows how to deal with pain and adversity. He has lived with it every day by just walking outside into the sunshine.
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Nanny Suites Add Value
High-end live-in quarters attract au pairs and can increase property values.
When Peggy Delinois Hamilton relocated to the Washington, D.C. area and began working full-time after spending eight years as an at-home mother of two children, childcare was one of her top concerns.
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Buying or Selling?
A primer for doing either and avoiding pitfalls.
Here we are, once again right on the heels of the spring/summer real estate season when it seems like “For Sale” signs become the most common lawn ornament or condo window decoration.
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Arlington Column: State Budget Takes Shape
Commentary
This past Sunday, the Senate Finance and House Appropriations Committees unveiled their $109 billion budget proposals for the upcoming biennium.
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Potomac: Whitman Boys’ Basketball Wins Region Championship
Diboti-Lobe scores 29 in overtime win over Clarksburg.
The Whitman boys' basketball team won the 4A West region championship.
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Arlington: Parks Helps Wakefield Earn State Quarterfinal Victory
Warriors advance to state final four, will face L.C. Bird.
The Wakefield boys' basketball team defeated Deep Run on Saturday.
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Vienna: Hot Start Propels Oakton to State Semifinals
Cougars open with 20-2 run against Woodbridge.
The Oakton girls' basketball team beat Woodbridge in the 6A state quarterfinals.
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Burke and Fairfax: Super Tuesday 2016 Viewpoints
Who did you vote for, and what are some of the most important issues for you in this election?
John Kasich. He’s the more moderate option. I really don’t want Trump to win and I want a more moderate fiscal budget, with more equitable wealth distribution.
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Mount Vernon: ACCT Stages ‘Little Women’
Classic tale traces lives and loves of four sisters during the Civil War.
Aldersgate Church Community Theatre (ACCT) is putting on "Little Women" from March 4-20. Written by Louisa May Alcott, the story traces the lives and loves of four sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. During the Civil War, their father is away serving in the army, leaving his "little women" in the care of their mother. The family, headed by Marmee, must struggle to make ends meet with the help of their wealthy neighbor, Mr. Lawrence, and his high-spirited grandson, Laurie.
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Alexandria: A Fast-Paced Romp through the Bard's 37 Plays
LTA presents “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged).”
The Little Theater of Alexandria (LTA) is presenting the "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)" from Feb. 27 to March 19. The show where the cast plays themselves is an irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard's 37 plays in 97 minutes. It was also London's longest-running comedy, having clocked nine years in London's West End.
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Mount Vernon Column: Ups and Downs of the House Budget
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This past Thursday, the House of Delegates passed the 2016-2018 state budget in a bipartisan 98 to 2 vote. This new budget addresses important needs in the Commonwealth, such as an additional $1 billion in education spending.
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Alexandria Obituary: Alan Neal Rudd
Alan Neal Rudd, formerly of Alexandria, died Feb. 6, 2016. His family, friends, and professional colleagues remember him as a man of great kindness, sincerity, and integrity.
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Alexandria Letter: Over 80 and Volunteering?
Commentary–Volunteer Alexandria
A poet/songwriter said, “Oh, how I hate to get up in the morning … Oh, how I hate to get out of bed. But the hardest blow of all is to hear the bugler call, ‘You’ve got get up, you’ve got to get up, you’ve got to get up! It’s morning …’” That’s my midnight serenade every Wednesday evening as I drift off to sleep.
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Alexandria Letter: Renaming City Streets
Letter to the Editor
In the late1950s the city’s Civil War Centennial Committee was tasked with a way to “commemorate” the approaching event. The committee proposed the restoration of Fort Ward — one of the Union forts that had surrounded the city from 1861-1865.
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Alexandria Column: What To Do To Create Lifelong Readers
Commentary–Reading Connection
March is National Reading Awareness Month, which makes it a good time to review what we can do to best assure that our kids will become lifelong readers.
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Alexandria Snapshot: ‘The Beauty and the Beast’
St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School will present "Beauty & the Beast: The Musical," March 4, 11, and 12 at 7:30 p.m.; March 5 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $5 See www.sssas.org/arts or call 703- 212-2950. Performers include (from left) Christian Corpening '18 as Lumiere, Darnell Clement '17 as the Beast, Sarah Wilton '16 as Cogsworth, Katie Connor '16 as Chip, Stephany Guadalupe '17 as Mrs. Potts, and Kyla Carney '17 as Belle.
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Alexandria Votes Moderate
City residents favor Clinton, Rubio, and Kasich.
The ballots are hidden, but when he went to the polls at Lyles-Crouch Elementary School early on Super Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Mark Warner made no secret of whom he was supporting.
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Mount Vernon: Arrest Follows Public’s Help in Identifying Suspect
Police credit community involvement.
Community members in Mount Vernon saw something and said something, working with patrol officers and detectives from the Fairfax County Police Department.