Defense Is Strength of Titans Field Hockey
T.C. Williams field hockey team beats Hayfield in its tournament opener.
T.C. Williams Football Loaded with Playmakers
Titans to open 2012 season at home against Wakefield.
The T.C. Williams football team is loaded with playmakers entering the 2012 season.
Celebrating Lenny Harris at One Love Festival
On Saturday afternoon, Aug. 18, the field at Braddock Park filled with friends, neighbors and the family to celebrate the One Love Festival and the legacy of Lenny Harris.
Lee-Fendall House Hosts Great Gatsby Ice Cream Social
The house and garden of the Lee-Fendall House opened for an afternoon Ice Cream Social on Sunday, Aug. 26.
Classified Advertising Aug 29, 2012
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How Much Money for Retirement?
Too many underestimate what they need.
Some of the conversation and discussion at Senor Law Day on Saturday, Oct. 13 from 9 a.m. to noon at First Baptist Church at 2932 King Street will include funding a retirement.
Covert Matters
Alexandria’s Dave Johnson for President
I’m absenting myself from the national political conventions this year.
Column: How Teamwork Saves Lives
Earlier this year, I shared some of Inova Alexandria Hospital’s successful efforts to improve quality of care for heart attack patients.
Alexandria Bulletin Board 8/29
Alexandria Bulletin Board 8/29
Working To Create Fitting Memorial
Contrabands and Freedmen’s Cemetery Memorial on pace for Spring 2013 opening.
In Spring 2007, the City of Alexandria purchased a desolate and overgrown lot on the southern edge of town and promptly razed the site’s two buildings.
Carlyle House and the War of 1812
Re-enactors in 19th century costumes roamed the grounds and home of John Carlyle on Aug. 18 re-enacting life during the siege of Alexandria during the War of 1812.
Kids @ Play
Design Day drawings help create dream playground.
More than 40 Alexandria children joined Washington Capitals mascot Slapshot and Elliot Segal of the Elliot in the Morning Show at the Charles Houston Recreation Center Aug. 15 for Design Day, a day set aside for children to draw their dream playground for Old Town's Hopkins-Tancil Court area.
State Commits $1 Million to SySTEMic Solutions
General Assembly provides funding over next two years towards science and technology courses.
Despite high unemployment rate, many companies in the technology and research industries have unfilled positions because they cannot find enough skilled workers.
‘Best Little Whorehouse in Texas’ at Signature Theatre
It was known as The Chicken Ranch, a century-old “business” in La Grange, Texas, that earned its nickname for accepting chickens as payment for services rendered.
Letter: Separate and Unequal - II
Your editorial in the titled "Separate and Unequal ?" [The Connection, July 25-31, 2012], addressed the "eye-popping" disparately low admission of Black and Latino students to Thomas Jefferson High School, and the complaint that this was "in voilation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1965 which prohibits discrimination based on race, color, and national origin."
Known and Unknown: What Would Candidates Do In Richmond If Elected?
Two candidates in special election say they don't know what bills they would introduce next year.
Voters in next week’s special election will be faced with a choice between the familiar and the unknown in the Sept. 4 special election.
Alexandria Home Sales: July, 2012
In July 2012, 207 Alexandria homes sold between $1,645,000-$89,000.
Alexandria Home Sales in July, 2012
Column: Diagnosed But Not Sick
Having/being diagnosed with cancer/a terminal disease is neither fun nor funny; however, unless I find some humor or wishful thinking in how I approach this situation, I don’t suppose I’ll be approaching it much longer. To me, it’s always been mind over matter, and even though these matters are rather serious, I still don’t mind.
How To Register, Vote and Vote Early
Election Day is Nov. 6, but you can vote as early as Sept. 21.
How important is it for Virginia voters to turn out on or before Nov. 6? As a critical “battleground” state, Virginia will be key in determining who will be the next President of the United States. Who will represent Virginia in the U.S. Senate is also too close to call. Since polling shows that there are very few undecided voters in the Commonwealth, every eligible voter will want to be sure to cast a ballot.
Project Highlights Alexandria's Living Legends
Since Alexandria was founded in 1749 it has harbored Living Legends the likes of George Washington and his compatriots, Yankee and Confederate soliders of the Civil War, heroes of World War I and II, and the “Now Generation.” Until five years ago few of these legends were recognized, but then came Nina Tisara and her vision to start an Alexandria Living Legends program.