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ROUNDUP: Woodson Boys Lose, Westfield Boys Win in 3OT
Madison girls lose in OT, Oakton girls fall to hot-handed Bethel.
Roundup of 6A state semifinal action.
Potomac Real Estate: Top Sales in January, 2015
In January 2015, 27 Potomac homes sold between $5,500,000-$330,000.
Potomac Real Estate: Top Sales in January, 2015
Alexandria Real Estate: Top Sales in January, 2015
In January 2015, 126 Alexandria homes sold between $2,700,000-$127,000.
Alexandria Real Estate: Top Sales in January, 2015
New York Bound
Negro Ensemble Company selects local playwright.
Alexandria resident and playwright McKenya Dilworth will be one step closer to realizing some of her biggest dreams on Sunday, March 29.
Celebrating the Persian New Year
The Nowruz Festival will be held March 15 at John Carlyle Square Park in Alexandria.
Following 3,000 years of customs and traditions, the colorful Nowruz Festival — the Persian New Year celebration — will be held Sunday, March 15 at the John Carlyle Square Park near the King Street Metro in Alexandria.
Arlington Real Estate: Top Sales in January, 2015
In January 2015, 146 Arlington homes sold between $2,300,000-$40,000.
Arlington Real Estate: Top Sales in January, 2015
Obituary: Mary Ellen Feeney
Mary Ellen Feeney, a fourth generation Alexandrian, passed away peacefully March 9, 2015, in her home of 64 years on Richmond Lane. She was 89.
Sports Briefs: Track 03/11/15
The T.C. Williams boys' indoor track team won the state championship on Monday and Tuesday at the Boo Williams Sportsplex in Hampton.
The New School of Northern Virginia Presents ‘The Laramie Project’
Students at The New School of Northern Virginia (NSNVA) are presenting a challenging, and controversial play this March: “The Laramie Project.” In 1998, a young college student named Matthew Shepard was beaten and left to die in a brutal act of antigay violence.
Inside the Police Academy
Local police officers, deputy sheriffs gain perspective at the Northern Virginia Criminal Justice Training Academy.
One of the doors in the regional law enforcement training academy opens to the view of a run-down apartment interior.
Column: The World Comes to Fairfax
World Police & Fire to be held in Fairfax County this summer.
From June 26 to July 5, Fairfax County will host the 16th World Police & Fire Games. This international event—one of the largest of its kind—will attract between 15,000 to 30,000 visitors from all over the world, and will feature over 12,000 police officers, firefighters, customs, and correction officers competing in over 65 different sporting events.
Direct the Money
What's happening this week in Reston?
Class Sizes, McLean Day, Cookies and Noise
Look at McLean Citizens Association Board by the numbers.
The McLean Citizens Association Board passed a resolution on March 4 “addressing longstanding McLean community concerns about inequitable and large class sizes in elementary, middle and high schools located in the greater McLean and other similar areas,” according to Sally Horn, MCA president.
Mount Vernon Crime: 03/11/15
The following incidents were reported by the Mount Vernon District Police Station.
A Heartbeat Through the Universe
Virginia Opera presents “La Traviata.”
Be smitten with Violetta, the brave woman who learns that “love can be inspired by a passing glance,” but happiness is not such an easy journey. This is the grand sweep of Verdi’s “La Traviata,” the world’s most performed opera, coming to the Center for the Arts, courtesy of Virginia Opera with music by the Richmond Symphony Orchestra.
First Shots Fired in Mayoral Race
Democratic candidates define their issues.
With campaigns kicking off in late February and early March, the mayoral election season has begun in Alexandria.
Fairfax City Manager Presents Proposed New Budget
Would raise tax rates, fund employee merit raises.
The thing to remember about the proposed City of Fairfax budget for FY 2016 is that it’s still a work in progress. City Manager Bob Sisson presented it last Tuesday, March 3, to the City Council, but there will be work sessions and public hearings before it’s finally adopted on April 29.
Letter: Business As Usual?
Letter to the Editor
So you want to be elected/re-elected to Alexandria Council and Mayor.
Storck Sets Meeting Hours
Fairfax County School Board Member Dan Storck will host Saturday Community Office Hours.
A Face-off in a Fast-paced Competition
Students from local middle schools compete in the National Science Bowl.
Students from five local middle schools traveled to Newport News to compete in the regional competition for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science’s National Science Bowl (NSB) at the Jefferson Nuclear Lab. The competition took place Saturday, March 7. Students from Longfellow Middle School will compete in the National Finals, held in Washington, D.C. from April 30 to May 4, for their first place win in Saturday’s competition.