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Priceless Puppies, Future Service Dogs
Photographer Joan Brady of Great Falls volunteers with a nonprofit called paws4people.org which raises and trains service dogs, including psychiatric assistance dogs for veterans with PTSD and assistance dogs for children with disabilities. Brady documents the dogs from birth.
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News Brief: Fields Opening Delayed, Potomac
The opening of all Montgomery Parks’ park and elementary / middle school athletic fields (excluding synthetic turf fields) have been delayed from the original opening date of March 15 until April 1 at the earliest, due to this year’s harsh winter weather conditions.
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Arlington: Preparing for Hawaiian Festival
Halau O 'Aulani, a Hawaiian cultural school, will present its first Ho'olaule'a — a Hawaiian cultural festival, on Saturday, June 20, at Gunston Theatre One.
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Coalition Questions Housing Priorities
VOICE (Virginians Organized for Interfaith Community Engagement) will challenge County Board Chair Jay Fisette Nov. 13 to ensure the county takes action starting this year on affordable-housing development.
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MS Is BS Blues Fest
The 2nd annual MS Is BS Blues Fest got underway Saturday afternoon, Aug. 9, in South Arlington.
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Concerts from Kirkwood to Kick off New Season
Concerts from Kirkwood, the series of free concerts presented by Kirkwood Presbyterian Church, begins its 2014 – 2015 season on Saturday, Sept. 27 at 3 p.m. as organ virtuoso Aram Basmadjian takes the console to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of the installation of Kirkwood’s Allen organ.
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Tiny Dancers Named ‘Best Dance Studio’
Tiny Dancers, located near Fairfax City, has been voted Best Dance Studio in the recent annual poll of readers of Washington Family Magazine.
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25th Annual West Potomac Spring Show Opens Thursday
The 25th annual West Potomac High School Spring Show opens Thursday, June 5, at 5 p.m. in the Springbrook Auditorium.
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Dental Office To Host Tour Of Expansion
Drs. Bruce R. Hutchison, Michael H. Gorman, Whitney S. Jarrell, and Brigid B. Mooney of Family Dentistry are hosting an open house at their offices, 14245-P Centreville Square, Centreville, on Thursday, Oct. 23, from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
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A Day of Local Giving
ACT for Alexandria hosts Spring2ACTion April 9.
On April 9, ACT for Alexandria is hosting Spring2ACTion, a 24-hour online giving competition to raise money for local nonprofits. In its fourth year, Spring2ACTion, the only citywide giving day in the region, hopes to raise $1,000,000 in 24 hours for 117 participating nonprofits.
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Week in McLean
Deadfall Days at the Claude Moore Colonial Farm
The Claude Moore Colonial Farm will hold Deadfall Days on Saturdays: Feb. 15 & 22, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 6310 Georgetown Pike, McLean. Help the Farm prepare early for its 2014 season.
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Rotary Club Accepting Grant Applications
Deadline is March 31.
The Rotary Club of Alexandria is currently accepting applications for its annual grants to organizations that provide services to Alexandria's children, seniors and families in need.
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Springfield Man Charged in Sex Crimes Investigation
An arrest was made as a result of an ongoing investigation conducted by detectives from the Child Exploitation Unit along with agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations Washington.
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Vienna Youth Soccer to Hold Food Drive
Vienna Youth Soccer (VYS) is sponsoring their third iCAN! Food Drive to benefit Food for Others on June 16, between 9 a.m. – 1p.m. at Giant in Vienna.
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Area Roundups
Weekly happenings in your area.
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Alexandria: SSSAS Graduates Look to Future
St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School celebrated the Commencement of the 115 members of the Class of 2016 on Saturday, June 11 on the grounds of Virginia Theological Seminary.
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Reston Multicultural Festival Draws Thousands
People turn out to celebrate their diversity at Lake Anne Plaza.
Thousands of people celebrated their diversity at the annual Reston Multicultural Festival held Saturday, Sept. 24 at Lake Anne Plaza in Reston.
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‘We Are All Arlington!’
Arlington celebrates its diverse history of 40 years of immigration.
The program was part of “Welcoming Week,” an annual series of events in communities across the U.S. that bring together immigrants and U.S. born residents in a spirit of unity.
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Northern Virginia Players Present ‘Annie Jr.’
Northern Virginia Players will present their Fall 2016 musical, “Annie Jr.” Based on the popular comic strip, “Annie” tells of a spunky Depression-era orphan determined to find her parents who abandoned her on the doorstep of a New York City orphanage run by the cruel Miss Hannigan.