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Mount Vernon Dogs Celebrate New Park

Off-Leash Dog Park opens at Grist Mill Park.

Mount Vernon Dogs Celebrate New Park

Apple’s Run at State Office Hits Snag

Waynewood teacher vows to keep fighting for student-sponsored apple.

Apple’s Run at State Office Hits Snag

Celebrate Great Falls Kicks Off Summer June 2-3

Baseball game, concert series, June Fest highlight Celebrate Great Falls Days.

During the first weekend of June traditions old and new will be taking place throughout Great Falls. Cars and Coffee, the Concerts on the Green and the annual Golf Tournament to benefit local elementary schools will all be taking place, as well as a few new elements.

‘Give them Strength, Fortitude and Compassion’

Criminal Justice Academy graduates 43 officers.

The graduates of the 60th session of the Fairfax County Criminal Justice Academy included the police department’s first Asian female, a former fire department deputy chief and a Bulgarian immigrant whose family tended vineyards.

Koi Show Features the Art of the Species

ZNA Potomac hosts 19th Annual Koi Show at Meadowlark Gardens in Vienna.

Over the weekend of Sept. 8, Meadowlark Botanical Gardens turned into a nirvana for koi fans. The ZNA Potomac 19th Annual Koi Show returned to Meadowlark for the fourth consecutive year, bringing in koi owners and Meadowlark visitors. The koi show was open to the public and free. “It’s so enjoyable,” said koi exhibitor Chuck Lockard, Vienna, who also maintains a saltwater pond. “I have a patio, I sit outside and watch them. It’s a fabulous hobby, and it ties into my landscaping and gardening.” Lockard’s kidney-shaped pond holds about 18,000 gallons of water and 25 koi. Vienna was well-represented at the Potomac koi show. Other koi hobbyists from the Vienna area entered their koi, as well, or came to the show to buy koi for their home ponds. “Raising koi is a lot of fun,” said Vienna hobbyist Gretchen Lindsey, who bought her home with a koi pond already in the yard. The previous owners had not constructed their own koi pond in their new house so Gretchen and her husband were left to care for the ones left at the Lindsey home. “All we had to do was feed them. I thought, ‘this is easy.’”

Jarrell Leads Woodson Field Hockey

Cavaliers fell short of regional tournament in 2011.

Meg Jarrell, 22, is in her first season as head coach of the Woodson field hockey team.

RCA Names Citizen of Year

Nick Brown recognized for almost four decades of volunteer work.

When he moved to Reston in 1975, Nick Brown wasted no time getting involved with his community. Thirty-seven years later, he was named the Reston Citizen Association’s Citizen of the Year during a ceremony at the Reston Community Center Monday, Feb. 20.

Art in Bloom

Springfield Art Guild honors local artists at annual show.

Art in Bloom

Right Again

Churchill technology students design and race prizewinning cardboard boats.

Right Again

Guest House for Ex-Inmates Doubles As Designers Showcase

Gamers Descend on Springfield Mall

Store hosts regional competition in anticipation of World Cyber Games.

Gamers Descend on Springfield Mall

Drowning in Immersion?

Board of Education considering expanding program at Potomac Elementary.

Drowning in Immersion?

Chantilly Baseball Punches Ticket to States

Chargers’ Norwood drives in two Runs to advance to region final.

The Chantilly baseball team defeated Patriot 2-1 on Tuesday.

‘Messages of Light’ from the Faith Traditions of Great Falls Residents

The Great Falls Historical Society holds holiday gathering.

At our annual holiday celebrations over the last few years, we have noted the increasingly diverse community that Great Falls has become, as families from cultures around the world have journeyed by plane to Great Falls - as compared with travel by foot or horse-and-carriage more than 100 years ago – to live and work nearby.

Alexandria: Tenants and Timeline Unclear for Landmark Mall

As city approves details for the mall redesign, other questions remain unanswered.

While City Council expressed support for new amenities and retail spaces at Landmark Mall, members of the public remain skeptical until more details emerge.

Alexandria: Walking Aboard History

Lycee Rochambeau students, French expatriates, and many Americans visit L'Hermione

Students from the Lycee Rochambeau looked up at L'Hermione and called it “a ship with feelings.”

Repairing People's Shoes

The counter was piled high with an assortment of shoes. Joe Johnson, owner of Bradlee Shoe Repair, was in the back trimming a sole on a men's cordovan loafer.

Column: Legislature Upholds Governor’s Vetoes

Commentary

Last week, members of the General Assembly returned to Richmond for the 2015 veto session — the annual wrap-up that concludes our legislative cycle. We voted on the governor’s vetoes and amendments to bills that were passed in January and February. We made progress in many ways — but I believe we missed opportunities to strengthen our ethics laws, protect Virginians’ privacy, and at long last close the health care coverage gap.

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