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Call for Pet Photos & Stories
The Pet Connection, a twice-yearly special edition, will publish on July 23, and photos and stories of your pets with you and your family should be submitted by Wednesday, July 16.
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Roundups for 6/18/2014
The editor presents the roundups from the week of 6/18/2014.
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6/18/2014 Roundups
The editor presents the roundups from the week of 6/18/2014.
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Graduation 2014: Leia Moran, Salutatorian
Fulfill the Promise
A speech given by the Salutatorian at the 2014 T.C. Williams commencement ceremony.
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Graduation 2014: Suzanne Maxey, Principal
Lessons for a Lifetime
A speech given by the Principal at the 2014 T.C. Williams commencement ceremony.
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Graduation 2014: Isabelle Harris, Senior Class President
Another Chapter
A speech by the Senior Class President at the 2014 T.C. Williams Commencement Ceremony.
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Graduation 2014: Dr. Alvin L. Crawley
The Journey Ahead
Speech given by the Superintendent of School at the T.C. Williams Commencement Ceremony.
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Week in Alexandria: May 21
Not Torn Asunder
Lawyers for former Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, were back in court this week trying to persuade a judge to separate the charges against them.
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Week in Alexandria: June 4
Slip Displeasure
What is the future of pleasure boats on the waterfront? That's a question that has yet to be resolved. It's an uncertainty that's leaving pleasure-boaters, well, displeased.
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Fairfax Home Sales: May, 2014
In May 2014, 99 Fairfax homes sold between $1,350,000-$154,000.
Fairfax Home Sales: May, 2014
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Graduation 2014: Carter Goodwin, Valedictorian
America's High School
Speech given by the valedictorian at the T.C Williams Commencement Ceremony of 2014
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McLean Home Sales: May, 2014
In May 2014, 92 homes sold between $4,000,000-$156,111 in the McLean and Falls Church area.
McLean Home Sales: May, 2014
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A Spiritual Beacon Shines after Prison
At Rising Hope, two ex-offenders embark on new life journeys.
His first day locked in solitary confinement, David Hudgens, 48, serving two-and-a-half years for four nonviolent felonies, discovered a Bible under his mattress. Confused, raging, he hurled it against the wall. It fell to the floor of the narrow, cramped cell. Three days later, his fury ebbing, with no one to talk to, nothing else to read, he picked it up. Looking back, he recalls his motivation, “I’m going to read this like a John Grisham novel just to pass the time … but God had a whole different purpose.”
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The Sound of Music
Alexandria Singers to present ‘Road Trip’ concert June 20, 21.
The year was 1975, when gas was $.57 a gallon, the top selling car was the Oldsmobile Cutlass and The Captain and Tennille’s “Love Will Keep Us Together” topped the Billboard charts. It was also the year that 16 Alexandria residents got together to form the group known today as The Alexandria Singers.
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Alexandria Home Sales: May, 2014
In May 2014, 258 Alexandria homes sold between $1,570,000-$129,900.
Alexandria Home Sales: May, 2014
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‘I Want to Make a Difference’
Centreville High senior receives scholarships from Harvard and HLA.
He’ll graduate from Centreville High on Friday, and, this fall, he’ll enter Harvard University on a scholarship.
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Chantilly Students Win National Art Medals
Diana Tsoy honored for photography, Jason Ly for printmaking.
Senior Diana Tsoy won a silver medal for her photography portfolio and classmate Jason Ly won a silver medal for printmaking.
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Coloring Outside the Lines
Mayor: Torpedo Factory is the number one tourist attraction in Alexandria.
On Thursday, June 12, the Torpedo Factory Art Center officially unveiled "Coloring Outside the Lines," the mural that resident artist Rachel Kerwin has been painting in the waterfront entrance.