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Help Homeless Animals
Dog adoption events are held by Homeless Animals Rescue Team, HART, each Saturday, from noon to 3 p.m. at the Petco store, Greenbriar Shopping Towncenter, 13053 Lee Jackson Memorial Hwy., Fairfax.
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Chantilly Pyramid Dinner, Choral Concert
Dinner and a choral concert are on tap next week at Chantilly High.
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Brief: CVHS Offers College Financial Aid Program
Paying for College, a program offered by the Centreville High School Student Services Dept, will be presented on Monday, Oct. 29, at 7 p.m. in the CVHS theatre.
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Mount Vernon Snapshot: Preparing for Renovations
Linwood Gorham, Fairfax County Park Authority board member, welcomed everyone to the groundbreaking ceremony on Jan. 30 that launched the renovation of the baseball fields at McNaughton Park. All four existing fields will be demolished, along with the current buildings, to make way for new, state-of-the-art facilities.
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Brief: PrimeTime Business Expo on Oct. 23
PrimeTime will be Tuesday, October 23, from at 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm, at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 8592 Richmond Highway, Alexandria, VA 22309.
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Mount Vernon Snapshot: Team Effort
Members of West Potomac High School Cross-Country volunteered to organize donated school supplies at United Community Ministries on Aug. 17.
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Send in Mother's Day Photos to the Connection
Mother’s Day is May 8 this year and as usual every year at this time, this newspaper calls for submissions to our Mother’s Day photo gallery.
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Mount Vernon Snapshot: ‘Dance Around the World’
Fort Hunt Elementary School's annual "Dance Around the World" offered a chance to celebrate and learn about the 65 nations represented by the school’s students. Principal Thomas Fitzpatrick, led the Parade of Nations through the gymnasium and school hall.
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Arlington Snapshot: Sartorial Splendor
Northern Virginia was well represented at the Virginia Gold Cup this year.
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It’s Official: The Start of the Fox Hunting Season
The Potomac Hunt Club hosted its annual Opening Meet on Oct. 31 — the formal start of the fox hunting season.
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Arlington: Washington-Lee High Graduates Look to the Future
Washington-Lee High School’s 2015 graduation was held at D.A.R. Constitution Hall on June 18.
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Send in Mother's Day Photos
Deadline for submissions is May 1.
Mother’s Day is May 10 and, every year at this time, The Connection calls for submissions to our Mother’s Day photo gallery.
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Moroccan Days in Alexandria
Moroccan artisans have been displaying and demonstrating their arts and crafts this week in Market Square.
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Area Roundups
Scale Model Train Show at Railroad Museum
The Northern Virginia NTRAK members (T-TRAK layout) will hold an N gauge model train show at the Fairfax Station Railroad Museum on Sundays, Oct. 12 and Oct. 19, from 1-4 p.m.
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Crystal Run 5K Fridays Return
More than 1,100 runners completed the 5K course in Crystal City on Friday evening, April 4. The evening race series, sponsored by the Crystal City BID and Pacers Running Stores, started last week and continues through the month of April.
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Potomac Snapshot: It’s Official
WashingtonFirst Bank celebrated its grand opening of its 19th branch at 9812 Falls Road, Suite 125, Potomac on June 7.
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Potomac Snapshot: Inside Swains Lockhouse
From left are Ladda Cole, Chris Stubbs, Chief of Resource Management for the C&O Canal National Park, and Sheila and Don Moldover at the open house last weekend.
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Walk to School Day in Burke
Students around Fairfax County participated in International Walk to School Day on Oct. 5.
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Fairfax Snapshot: Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere
On Saturday, Aug. 6, some 800 children cooled off at the Double Bubble Run in Van Dyck Park. They frolicked in bubbles, ran through obstacles and zipped down a 50-foot-high, inflatable, shark waterslide.