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Chantilly: Westfield Beats South County for Region Championship
Bulldogs take home title after losing in four straight region finals.
The Westfield football game will face Oscar Smith on Saturday in the 6A state championship game.
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Great Falls: Newman Enters Third Season as Langley Boys’ Coach
The Langley boys' basketball team lost its first two games of the season.
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Mount Vernon: Alice’s Kids Donates Items to Enhance Student Self-Esteem
As a seventh grader growing up in Long Island, current Mount Vernon resident Ron Fitzsimmons missed 60 days of school because he was too embarrassed to go. After his father abandoned them, Fitzsimmons’ family survived on welfare, but only just.
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Lorton: Breaking Ground on Mixed-Use Laurel Hill “Village”
The last prisoner at Lorton Reformatory was transferred away in 2001. In 16 months, the aged red brick walls that once housed criminals in the hopes of rehabilitating them through various work projects could be housing people on the other side of the penal system.
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Springfield Businesses Help Bundle Up
The back of the house at Springfield’s Ecumenical Community Helping Others resembles the staging area for Santa’s all-nighter. Aisles upon aisles of assorted clothing, toys, kitchen equipment and other home goods wait in orderly fashion to be stocked in the nonprofit’s shopping area serving clients with low or no income.
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Burke: Marsden Speaks on Future of Local Transportation
State Sen. Dave Marsden (D-37) reminded the audience at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Burke that even though their lifestyle and relationships with gasoline, cars and roads may be different than people in more rural parts of Virginia, most counties in the state must play by the same rules in terms of paying taxes and seeing transit maintenance and development come back from Richmond.
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2015 Alexandria/Mount Vernon Holiday Entertainment Guide
Holiday Events in Alexandria and Mount Vernon, Va.
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Weekend in Burke, Fairfax, Fairfax Station, Clifton, Lorton, Springfield
Weekend fun in your neighborhood.
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Mount Vernon Brief: Unboxing Potential
Grants provide Bucknell with computers.
As Bucknell Elementary "boxes up" for school renovations, they have been unboxing new growth in technology literacy.
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Thomas Enters First Season as Mount Vernon Head Coach
Majors beat Friendly in season opener.
The Mount Vernon girls' basketball team defeated Friendly 49-24 on Tuesday.
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Letter: How To Fix Recycling?
Letter to the Editor
As a Fairfax County resident who considers herself a dedicated recycler, I was shocked and extremely disappointed to learn that Fairfax County does not, in fact, recycle the glass it collects.
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Letter: Inattentive Drivers
Letter to the Editor
As I was leaving the CVS on S. Washington Street (ironically, I wa getting a prescription filled to keep me healthy), I was nearly hit by a car.
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Letter: War on Chanukah?
Letter to the Editor
Every year about this time someone rails about the war on Christmas.
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Alexandria New Briefs: Week of Dec. 9
The Dec. 8 City Council meeting marked the last with Mayor William Euille, Alexandria’s mayor for 17 years and the first African-American to hold the position.
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Alexandria: Gang Violence Returns to City
Police suspect gang activity in Alexandria’s fourth unsolved murder in 2015.
It took a fourth murder in Four Mile Run Park on Dec. 4, but the Alexandria Police have finally opened the public to a hint of insight into the ongoing investigations. Police Chief Earl Cook spoke to the City Council on Dec. 8, and while he would not give details on any ongoing investigations, it’s clear police suspect the murder may be gang-related.
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Alexandria Appetite: Yule Logs, Cookies, and Breads Decorate Firehook’s Holiday Table
The buche de Noel, sugar cookies, and sourdough bread won’t disappoint at next holiday dinner party.
Think about the holidays for a moment. What comes to mind first? Maybe a Christmas carol, or maybe the Fraser fir that sits stately in the living room.
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Alexandria People at Work: Mixing Up Traditional with New
... in historical house.
Victoria Sanchez opens the door at 310 S Asaph. It is her first visit to consult with the owner, Cheryl Jaeger.