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Urban Riders Meet Suburban Trails

A Springfield-based group takes children from D.C. on mountain-biking trips.

Urban Riders Meet Suburban Trails

Carved Clothing Lands Artist Awards

Lake Braddock Teen's Enthusiasm Remembered

To Mulch or Not to Mulch?

Planning Commission votes to discontinue leaf mulching while continuing annual fall leaf collection.

To Mulch or Not to Mulch?

'Fitting in with the Community Around Us’

Torpedo Factory Art Center commemorates 40 years.

The doors to the Torpedo Factory Art Center slide open as visitors come in to see artists at work in their studios. Rachel Kerwin is one of those artists. Wearing earbuds and concentrating with each stroke, she paints a mural that she hopes connects the Factory to its visitors and the surrounding community.

"I Thought You Were a Goner"

So has said my longtime oncology nurse, Ron, who has tended to me since June, 2009. Originally, I had been assigned to a different oncology nurse, Holly, with whom I developed an immediate rapport. She cared for me from the beginning, early March 2009, when I began my every-three-week chemotherapy infusion through June, when she transferred from the Infusion Center to a different unit (oncology does take a toll). Initially, after Holly’s departure, Jane, another nurse in the unit, took me on as a patient. However, and this is where the details get sketchy, within a subsequent infusion or two, I was told one day upon my arrival at the Infusion Center, that Ron, still another oncology nurse, who I had certainly seen there previously but with whom I had minimal interaction, would be taking over for Jane – who was not transferring out – and henceforth would be my new oncology nurse. Apparently, I had been traded. For another patient? For future considerations? For a lunch-to-be-paid later? To this day, nearly five years later, I’ve never been able to uncover the truth. I got along fine with Jane; I’m a very low-maintenance patient/ person; I don’t think I did anything to precipitate such a decision. Nevertheless, a deal (my word) had been struck.

Motion, Distance, Flame Retardants and More

Students participate in Madison High’s science fair.

Madison High’s Feb. 5 science fair brought out the curiosity and creativity in the students participating in it. Below, some of them explain their projects:

Fairfax: Board Approves 2018-2022 Capital Improvement Program

Five-year plan includes three new elementary schools and one new high school.

This year, Fairfax County Public Schools experienced one of the smallest annual enrollment increases in nearly a decade: 1,368 students, compared to the average of 2,400 since the 2008-09 school year, bringing the total to 187,202.

Springfield-Franconia: Nonprofit Koinonia holds holiday shopping program for clients

When Koinonia volunteer Ann Hopke sent a Nativity scene home with someone without the cows, she had no idea they were really meant for someone else.

Searching for Man or Woman of the Year

Katie Simmons Hickey of Great Falls is looking for candidates to raise money for Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Katie Simmons Hickey is Women of the Year in Great Falls.

‘More Traffic Will Go Down Galesbury’ in Chantilly

VDOT’s proposals for Route 50 intersections.

Under normal traffic conditions, the two-mile segment of Route 50 between Route 28 and Stringfellow Road in Chantilly is clogged during the morning and evening rush. It also averages 71,000 vehicles a day and has a high number of crashes.

Getting Shots into Arms in Montgomery County

A glimpse at County’s COVID-19 vaccine plan

County residents looking for when and where they can get COVID-19 vaccines can only wait and wonder.

Body Worn Camera Pilot Program Launched in Fairfax County

Training and rollout beginning Monday, Feb. 19 in the Reston, Mason, and Mount Vernon districts.

Environmental Expo has Many Messages

It’s not just the spotted lantern fly that’s causing problems.

Environmental expo

Empowering Women and Girls

Reston-Herndon Area AAUW Branch celebrates 50th Anniversary.

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School Board Split on Student Rep Term Limits

Board to Adopt Revisions to Student Rep Policy

School Board Split on Student Rep Term Limits

Preventing Neighborhood Crime

Clusters of burglaries exploited local vulnerabilities.

Preventing Neighborhood Crime

Adam Joins Park View Team

Park View Gets New Assistant Principal