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Historic Virginia in Gardens
This year’s tour includes a rare private look at special properties in Fairfax County, Old Town Alexandria and Leesburg.
The Virginia Historic Garden Tour is an 8-day event that stretches across the Commonwealth. Each spring visitors are welcomed to over 250 of Virginia's most beautiful gardens, homes and historic landmarks.
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Letter: Beyond Politics
Letter to the Editor
It should be obvious to Arlingtonians now, nearing the end of a very demanding winter, that a planned renovation of the water distribution system within the confines of the county is necessary.
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Kenmore Students Put Art on the Table in Arlington
Seventh Grade Art students create designer tables for gallery show and sale.
With power tools and the gift of color, Kenmore Middle school art students designed and constructed 39 coffee tables that went on display in the gallery space in Arlington’s Ballston Mall.
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Week in Reston
News in the Reston area.
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Great Falls Community Celebrates the Renovations of The Grange
The 13 steps of The Grange blocked the historic community center from one of its original purposes “as a symbol of commitment to community involvement and progress.”
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Herndon’s Rotary Club Names Lisa Lombardozzi Citizen of the Year
For the next three to four weeks, Lisa Lombardozzi will have one eye on spring training in Florida.
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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.
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Death Knell for Arlington's Artisphere?
Where the Artisphere went wrong.
The County Manager Barbara Donnellan has finally made the recommendation to put the Artisphere down after five years of its limping through budget seasons. Tasked with finding a way of saving the financially hemorrhaging arts center, Donnellan warned the County Board in December that Artisphere’s future was in jeopardy, and followed through with listing the Artisphere as one of the optional cuts in the proposed Fiscal Year 2016 County Manager Budget, released Feb. 19.
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Column: Small Step on Road to Ethics Reform in Arlington
Virginians deserve to know that their leaders are ethical and honest, both from their actions and the rules that govern those actions. For the second year in a row, the General Assembly has taken a small step in the right direction, but our Commonwealth needs real and substantive change.
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McLean Student's Film Featured at Bethesda Film Fest
About 100 people submitted films, and Josh Leong, 14, of McLean, is $500 richer for earning one of five spots in an upcoming Film Festival for a comedy film sketch about his high school marching band. Well, no, not his marching band, said Leong. The percussion section of the McLean High School marching band.
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W-L Gymnast Hatcher Places Fifth at States in All-Around, Arlington
Yorktown sophomore Mitrovich earns all-state on bars, beam, jump. Hatcher Places Fifth
In 2012, Washington-Lee gymnast Sophie Hatcher was a freshman in awe of teammate Mary Lynn Clark, who won state championships that year on bars and vault.
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Signature Theater in Arlington Presents ‘Soon’
World premiere musical explores possibility of life and love and deferred dreams.
Directed by Matthew Gardiner, Signature Theater is presenting the world premiere of the musical, "Soon" by Nick Blaemire through April 26. The action centers around the hottest summer in human history and, in a few months, all water on earth will evaporate.
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Foundation Launched in Memory of Jennifer Lawson in Arlington
On the one-year anniversary of Jennifer Lawson’s death on Feb. 24, 2014, the Jennifer Bush-Lawson Foundation officially was launched in her honor to ensure access quality prenatal and postnatal care for mothers and infants.
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Westfield Boys’ Basketball Team Wins 6A North Region Title
Bulldogs defense puts clamps on defending champ Woodson.
Westfield beat Woodson 52-43 in the 6A North region final.
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Whitman Girls’ Basketball Wins 4A West Region Championship
Junior guard Hatch scores 23 points, suffers season-ending injury.
The Whitman girls' basketball team beat Wootton in the region championship game.
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Arlington: W-L Gymnast Hatcher Places Fifth at States in All-Around
Yorktown sophomore Mitrovich earns all-state on bars, beam.
Washington-Lee senior Sophie Hatcher and Yorktown sophomore Juliette Mitrovich each medaled at the VHSL individual state gymnastics meet on March 8.
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Herndon Gymnast Bradley Competes at State Meet
Herndon sophomore Alexa Bradley competed at the VHSL individual state gymnastics meet on March 8.
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McLean’s Brown-Kaiser, Green Earn All-State Honors
Seniors each place top eight in one event.
McLean's Lizzy Brown-Kaiser and Jacqueline Green competed at states on March 8.
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Hayfield Gymnast Overstreet Medals at States
Hayfield gymnast Molly Overstreet medaled in two events at the state meet.
