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Alexandria Brief: Gateway to Affordable Housing
Currently a strip mall, the 5.3 acre site at the corner of Beauregard and King streets could soon become part of Alexandria’s push to regain affordable housing units.
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Alexandria: Residents Oppose Plans To Truck Contaminated Soil
Plans to truck contaminated soil face pushback from citizens.
There is no Alexandria gas manufacturing facility at the corner of N. Lee and Oronoco Street anymore.
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Alexandria Snapshot: They Came, They Saw, They Conquered
A group of St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School classics students bonded with their peers and won awards at the 62nd Annual National Junior Classical League Convention held at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas last summer.
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Alexandria: Family Legends Takes Part in Festival
As part of Hispanic Heritage Month, writer/artist/educator Sushmita Mazumdar led a six-session Family Legend Bookmaking Workshop for children participating in "Book Club" at the Cora Kelly Recreation Center, 25 West Reed Ave.
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Alexandria Snapshot: World War II Veterans
Tom Hook, right, and Col. Kim Ching, center, pose for a photo with Maj. John Bordner, USAF (ret.) at the Veterans Day luncheon of the Rotary Club of Alexandria Nov. 10 at Belle Haven Country Club. Bordner, a 1986 graduate of the Air Force Academy with more than 3,800 military flight hours, was the club’s featured speaker on the 60th anniversary of the U-2 spy plane.
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Alexandria: Remembering the Fallen
Friends of Rocky Versace host 14th annual Veterans Day ceremony.
The Friends of Rocky Versace hosted the 14th annual Veterans Day ceremony Nov. 11 at the Mount Vernon Recreation Center.
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Column: Wise Beyond Her Years
Rebuilding Together Alexandria
In addition to dispensing wise advice, Eileen keeps busy by going to the senior center every day.
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Column: Mentor of The Month–Mentoring to Friendship
Wright to Read provides volunteer-based one-on-one sustained literacy tutoring and mentoring relationships to City of Alexandria elementary school children in need, and collaborates with families, schools and community partners to create a comprehensive support network that guides each child to success.
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Column: Importance of Community Engagement
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Last Friday, ACPS had a community event to launch the 5-year strategic plan called ACPS 2020.
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Alexandria: ‘Mercy Street’
Film Festival debuts PBS series.
Actresses and producers from the Alexandria-based PBS series “Mercy Street” walked the red carpet prior to a screening of the Civil War-era drama to kick off the Alexandria Film Festival Nov. 5 at the AMC Hoffman Theaters.
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Reston Orthodontist Collects 1,110 Pounds of Candy
Dr. Stephan Tisseront, a Reston orthodontist, held his 10th Annual Halloween Candy Buy-Back Event on Monday, Nov. 2, benefiting Children’s National in D.C. and our troops overseas.
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Support WFCM Holiday Food Program
Western Fairfax Christian Ministries’ (WFCM) Holiday Food Program helps those in need in Western Fairfax County with food for the holidays.
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Chantilly: Witty Dialogue, Humor in Classic Whodunit
Comedic mystery, “The 39 Steps,” at Westfield High.
Featuring a cast and crew of 35, Westfield’s High’s upcoming play, “The 39 Steps,” is an adaptation of a classic, Alfred Hitchcock movie. And Director Susie Pike says it’s going to be something special.
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Alliance Theatre Offers Original Play
“Shutter” is written, directed by Leslie Anne Ross.
Tough, gritty, honest and absorbing — that’s The Alliance Theatre’s upcoming production of “Shutter.” An original work written and directed by Leslie Anne Ross, it’ll be performed Nov. 13-22 at Mountain View High.
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Taking a Stand against Hunger
Community helps fill Our Daily Bread’s food pantry.
The power of community was on full display Sunday afternoon as some 1,500 people came together on a Fairfax High athletic field to help Our Daily Bread (ODB) feed local families in need.
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Centreville: Vignettes of All Stages of Love
Centreville High presents “Almost, Maine.”
A series of distinct vignettes that together work as a whole — that’s Centreville High’s upcoming play, “Almost, Maine.”
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Letter: Questions on NPS Tree Removal
Letter to the Editor
The C&O Canal NHP contains some County, State and National Champion trees.
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Arlington Snapshot: Supporting Those in Need
UnitedHealthcare representatives attending the 2015 National Association of Medicaid Directors Conference in Arlington on Tuesday, Nov. 3, assembled and donated 1,000 backpack care kits to D.C.-area organizations helping the homeless and those in need, including Goodwill of Greater Washington, Volunteers of America Chesapeake and Unity Health Care.