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Potomac Food and Drink
A group of food trucks operating in Montgomery County has a website making it easier find out where they will be.
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McLean Community Center to Host Children’s Flea Market
The McLean Community Center’s Children’s Flea Market will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2, at the center. The sale allows young vendors, ages 3-15, to learn how to run a small business venture while reducing the toys, clothes and other treasures they no longer use at home. Adm
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Brief: Gingerbread Activities at Deer Park Elementary
The Gingerbread Man will help K-2 students at Deer Park Elementary learn about school geography and the staff members when local author Laura Murray comes to share her book, “The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School,” Dec. 12, at 9 a.m.
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Obituary: Ruth Delones Seaton
Ruth Delones Seaton, 82, of Stuart, Fla. died on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012 at Treasure Coast Hospice in Stuart.
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Obituaries
Dudley Barber
Dudley Barber, 86, of Mount Pleasant, S.C., husband of the late Lois Jane Barber died Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013 at his home.
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McLean Kitchen and Garden Tour Planned for May 1
On Wednesday, May 1 (rain date: May 2), the Woman’s Club of McLean will mount the community’s first Kitchen and Garden Tour.
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Bob Gilbert Exhibits at Great Falls Library
Great Falls artist Bob Gilbert is exhibiting in the Great Falls Library from Jan. 2 to Feb. 1. He will be displaying over 30 original oil paintings of Manhattan. The paintings range in size from 11x16 to 36x72 inches. Most of them will be 24x30 and 24x36. All of them will be for sale at Gilbert’s solo exhibit.
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Association Honors Franklin Middle School
Franklin Middle School will receive the Recognized ASCA Model Program (RAMP) designation during a special ceremony at the American School Counselor Association’s annual conference in Philadelphia on July 2 for establishing an outstanding school counseling program.
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Letter: Public Policy Advocate
Letter to the Editor
My wife and I have lived in Olde Towne for 25 years, interrupted by a 2 and a half year assignment to Chicago.
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Lorton Woman Reportedly Robbed and Touched Inappropriately
A 33-year-old woman was robbed outside her car in a Lorton apartment complex around 2:15 a.m. on Sunday, July 5, according to Fairfax County Police and the Crime Solvers community program.
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Standing Up 2 Cancer in Arlington
Celebrating the one-year anniversary of surviving “major league” cancer, Alexandria resident and retired Air Force veteran Pat Malone held a 24-hour marathon fundraiser at Fire Works American Pizzeria & Bar in Arlington.
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Norine McGraw Swaminatha
Obituary
On Thursday, Jan. 2, Norine Mcgraw Swaminatha, 65, a 34-year resident of the Town of Vienna passed away at home. Beloved and devoted wife to Kris Swaminatha, mother to Tara Swaminatha (Robert Kaplan), Sheela Myers (Stephen), Meara DeRose (Paul) and Neala Swaminatha and sister to Regina McGraw; grandmother to Arin and Molly Kaplan, Emily and Mason Myers, and Vinny and Lucy DeRose; The Mass of Christian Burial was held Friday, Jan. 10 at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church in Vienna. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Norine's memory to the American Brain Tumor Association (on Norine's page at http://hope.abta.org/goto/Norine, by phone 773-577-8750, or by mail at 8550 Bryn Mawr Ave, Suite 550, Chicago, Illinois, 60631-3225).
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Letter to the Editor: Advice on Road Sand
To the Editor: To follow up on several recent letters regarding collection and disposal of residual road treatment sand from this winter's snows, I have the following suggestion:1. remove shovel and push broom from garage (1 minute)2. sweep sand from road into gutter (5-10 minutes)3. use shovel to scoop sand from gutter and place in low spots in yard or in flower beds, etc. (don't put it where the kids play or in your vegetable garden) (5 minutes)
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Private Gardens of Bethesda on June 2
Garden Tour. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visit some of the most fabulous private gardens in the Bethesda and Chevy Chase area at the height of the gardening season. Join Brookside Gardens for its second annual private garden tour for your only opportunity to visit several extraordinary, designer showcase properties — guaranteed to provide inspiration to the most avid gardeners and designers as well as garden hobbyists. Pre-register through www.ParkPASS.org. Visit one garden for $5, course # 202399, three for $15, course #202400 or all eight of the gardens for $20, course # 202401 on this exclusive tour, including one designed by Oehme van Sweden & Associates. Visit www.brooksidegardens.org or call 301-962-1402. Check-in location is McCrillis Gardens, 6910 Greentree Road, Bethesda.
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‘Now & Then, 50 Years of Hits, 1962-2012’
The West Potomac High School Choral Groups will be presenting their annual Spring Show in Springbank Auditorium at West Potomac High School on May 31, June 1 and June 2. All shows will begin at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door. Online tickets are available at www.westpotomacchoirs.org.
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Four Boy Scouts Receive Eagle Scout Award
Four Alexandria City Boy Scouts received their Eagle Scout Award, Boy Scout’s highest honor, in a ceremony on June 2 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Alexandria.
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Area Roundups: McLean, Great Falls, Herndon, Fairfax Station
Comstock Announces 2018 Congressional Art Competition
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Kennedy Center Coming to Herndon High
The Kennedy Center brings the world premiere of “From the Mouths of Monsters” to Herndon High School.
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Clougherty: Player of the Year
Mary Clougherty, a senior on the varsity basketball team at Chantilly High School, was awarded Player of the Year by the Northern Virginia Women’s Basketball Coaches Association.
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Herndon Artist Lisa Tureson Exhibits at Touchstone Gallery, D.C.
Oak Hill-Herndon-based artist Lisa Tureson celebrated the opening reception of her latest exhibit Scribbles: an Urban Art Series, on Friday March 3, 2017 at Touchstone Gallery, 901 New York Ave., NW.