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Redevelopment Plans Under Microscope for Belle View Shopping Center
Mount Vernon Task Force delays decision on recommendation.
Belle View Shopping Center
Coronavirus Could Hit Families’ Finances: Seeking Paid Sick Leave for All
Don Beyer advocates for paid sick leave legislation and then self-quarantines after friend tests positive.
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Activist Athletes Discussed in McLean
William C. Rhoden presentation a part of Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at Old Firehouse in McLean.
Adding Four Lanes, All Tolled, to 495?
Governors pitch private partnership to widen American Legion Bridge and include toll lanes on the Beltway.
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‘Transportation Renaissance’ in Alexandria?
Panelists weigh costs and benefits of electric scooters.
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Community Notes
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Family Legends on Fairfax Cable
Writer/artist/educator Sushmita Mazumdar will lead three Family Legend workshops for Kaleidoscope for Kids on Sunday, Sept. 30 at the Durant Center for the Arts, 1605 Cameron Street in Alexandria.
News Briefs: Boater Education Course Offered
A boater's education course that meets the boating education requirements for Virginia, Maryland and D.C. will be offered by Flotilla 25-8 of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary on Oct. 20.
DASH Increases Service To Community College
Riders on the Alexandria Transit Company’s (DASH) AT6 route will see more frequent service between the King Street Metrorail Station and the Northern Virginia Community College, starting this week.
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Centreville Elementary Seeks Grant
Centreville Elementary has been nominated by its PTA for a $50,000Clorox Bright Futures Grant. If awarded, the grant will be used to support the school's healthy movement initiative. The school will install a running/walking track for the students and community. This is a nationwide competition, and the entity with the most votes will win.
Entertainment Brief: Evensong at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Grant Hellmers, Organist-Choirmaster of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, will direct the adult choir in the All Saints’ Day Choral Evensong on Tuesday, Nov. 1, at 7:30 p.m.
Mount Vernon Snapshot: ‘Into the Woods, Jr.’
Aldersgate Community Theater will present "Into the Woods, Jr.," a family-friendly musical in Wesley Hall of Aldersgate United Methodist Church at 1301 Collingwood Road. Shows are Jan. 15-18 and Jan. 22-24. See acctonline.org. Above, Jack (Grant Hamilton) sings with the Townspeople, after the magic beanstalk appears.
Potomac Snapshot: Guarding the Potomac River in 1861
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park hosted a Civil War living history weekend with the 7th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry on April 16-17.
Legislative Wrap-Up Forum
Learn what your area legislator did during the Virginia General Assembly.
Vienna Holds Halloween Parade
After being rescheduled due to the rain, the Town of Vienna held its 69th Annual Halloween Parade down Maple Avenue on Thursday, Oct. 29.
Alexandria Snapshot: Let There Be Light
Festively decorated boats illuminated the Alexandria waterfront Dec. 5 as part of the 16th annual Holiday Boat Parade of Lights.
Alexandria Snapshot: Wreaths Across America
Volunteers gathered at the Alexandria National Cemetery on Saturday, Dec. 12, to place wreaths upon 1962 headstones. Scouts from the American Heritage Girls of St. Rita’s Troop VA 1381 obtained sponsorship for 1,168 of the wreaths. This is the fourth year that the Scouts have participated in soliciting sponsorships of the wreaths.
Supporting TAPS
The Washington Capitals hosted more than 150 children and adults who are assisted by the program during a skating party at Kettler Capitals Iceplex on Feb. 24 to launch the 2014-15 Courage Caps campaign.
Mother's Day Photos
Mother’s Day is May 11, and every year at this time, the Almanac calls for submissions to its Mother’s Day photo gallery.
