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People at Work: Worlds You Never Imagined Through 12-Year-Old Eyes
How can 12-year-old Sam Morrison pick his favorite place between Paris, the hinterlands of Thailand or the Sea of Galilee?
Alexandria People at Work: Recruiting as Match-Making
TorchLight Hire: Number 621 out of 5,000 fastest growing private companies.
Heidi Parsont says, "I've always been a connector. So, 12 years ago I randomly ended up in sales/business development and built relationships with companies.
“Sisters” Leave Privilege to Join Resistance
Story of nine Vietnamese women in their fight against French oppression
Patricia (Kit) Norland sat listening to a Vietnamese social worker in 1988 in Saigon as Oanh explained in beautiful English what it was like to suffer postwar trauma with poverty, unemployment, domestic abuse and street children.
People at Work in Alexandria: Animals are Hungry, Too
AniMeals’ monthly deliveries provide food for needy animals.
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People At Work: Lessons for Success from a Red-Dirt Road
Memoir chronicles humorous lessons learned step by step.
First you Say You Do, Then You Say You Don’t in Arlington
Arlington reverses social distancing ordinance
The repeal of the Arlington County Emergency Sidewalk Distancing Ordinance at the Sept. 15 Arlington County Board Meeting sits right in the middle of the widespread controversy.
The Dress With a Story in Arlington
The dress to wear to the first annual Teacher’s Festival which Dr. Soyini Richards founded to honor teachers
Dress
Alexandria Symphony Weathers Covid
Brandenburg Concerto March 19 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on 228 S. Pitt Street.
ASO Concert
Alexandria People at Work: Chef Couple Cooking through 26 Years at Tempo
Sharing cooking duties.
"First I give the lobster a shower." Serge Albert puts the 1.5 pound Maine lobster under running water to get off "whatever is on there." Today he is making Linguine alla Aragosta, one of the customer favorites at Tempo on Duke Street. "We have one customer who comes in twice a week and orders it,” he said.