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Banding Together in Alexandria

Center for Alexandria’s Children gala raises $194k to end child abuse.

Center for children

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Senior Services of Alexandria Announces 2025 Gala Honorees

Senior Services of Alexandria

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Is Help On The Way?

Thousands of federal employees and contractors fired or furloughed; more in the works.

Federal Workers

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Remembering Local Victims of Jan. 29 Plane Crash

Remembering Local Victims of Jan. 29 Plane Crash

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Bamboo: Food for Some, Problem for Many

National Zoo pandas enjoying area’s plants

National Zoo pandas enjoying area’s plants

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Penalties for Porch Pirates

Mail theft expected to rise to felony in Virginia

Mail theft expected to rise to felony in Virginia

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Decline in Federal Workers Would Hurt Real Estate

Reducing Fairfax County’s and Virginia’s federal workforce would further depress the declining commercial real estate market in Northern Virginia.

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Decline in Federal Workers Would Hurt Real Estate

Reducing Fairfax County’s and Virginia’s federal workforce would further depress the declining commercial real estate market in Northern Virginia.

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Airplane Crash 76 Years Ago Killed 55 at National Airport

World War II surplus flown into flight path by reckless pilot.

Airplane crash

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Celebrate George Washington's Birthday in Old Town Alexandria on Feb. 15

Celebrate George Washington's Birthday in Old Town Alexandria on Feb. 15

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Help On The Way

Kaine and Warner offer tele-town hall meeting Monday.

Fear and uncertainty threaded throughout the Fairfax County federal workforce after an unexpected email with the subject line "Fork in the Road" arrived in their employee email inboxes on Jan. 28, as it did nationwide for over 2.3 million federal employees.

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Year of the Snake

Lunar New Year festival returns to Old Town.

Year of the Snake

Opinion: Message from Mayor Alyia Gaskins on Immigration Enforcement

Message from Mayor Alyia Gaskins on Immigration Enforcement

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Meeting on Georgetown Pike/Great Falls Library Pedestrian Refuge Improvements

Crosswalk project heads toward finalization

A community meeting on Thursday, Jan. 30, at the Great Falls Grange brought the Georgetown Pike - Great Falls Library Pedestrian Refuge Improvements project closer to its construction start date.

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Surovell Defends His Casino Bill

Bill passed the Senate (24-Y 16-N) on Tuesday, Feb. 4.

Opponents question source of $1.8B casino revenue prediction.

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