Alexandria Gazette Packet

Annual Golf Tournament Set for June 3

Proceeds will go to parent teacher groups for local elementary schools.

Celebrate Great Falls will host its annual golf tournament Monday, June 3 at Hidden Creek Country Club in Reston. The event serves as a fundraiser for Great Falls, Colvin Run and Forestville Elementary Schools, and has raised more than $98,000 for the schools.

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• By Alex McVeigh
• May 28, 2013

Dutchess is one of six dogs rescued by the Lost Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation …

• May 28, 2013

“I’m part of a medieval combat society, so we get together and about once a …

• May 27, 2013

Sadie Bowers, graduating senior at McLean High School “I like to hang out with my …

• May 27, 2013

Mary Francis McKinley, retired teacher, Great Falls “I love the summer, I’ll take the hot …

• May 27, 2013

Michael Privitera, senior vice president of HSBC Bank, Great Falls “My favorite place to be …

• May 27, 2013

The Langley Chorus performs the New Kids on the Block’s “Step by Step,” one of …

• May 27, 2013

State Senator Chap Petersen (D-34) “Celebrating freedom, celebrating the people who died to keep our …

• May 27, 2013

Mary Hess and daughter Andie, 2: “Honoring the people who served our country and lost …

• May 27, 2013

Community Comes Together for ViVa! Vienna!

Annual three-day Rotary Club festival featured food, amusement rides, live entertainment and 300-plus vendor marketplace.

Thousands of local families, teens, seniors, preschoolers and friends thronged the historic Church Street corridor over Memorial Day weekend at ViVa! Vienna! The annual festival, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Greater Vienna, featured 30 amusement rides for children of all ages, fried food, fresh food and frozen food, live entertainment on two stages—three if you count Vienna Idol—and more than 300 vendors selling arts, crafts, goods and services.

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• By Donna Manz
• May 27, 2013

Volunteers Ellie and Kate Krull welcome guests with a single rose to place on their …

• May 27, 2013

The Father William Corby Division of the Ancient Order of the Hibernians presents the colors.

• May 27, 2013

State Sen. Puller was one of the speakers at the citizenship ceremony at Gunston Hall …

• May 25, 2013

Yorktown pitcher John Yoest threw a complete game in his final high school start on …

• May 24, 2013

Northern Virginia native Pvt. William Lumsden is one of 9,387 U.S. soldiers buried on a …

• May 24, 2013

Bulletin Board

Information on events going on in Mount Vernon.

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• May 23, 2013

The Power of Persistence

New laws will deal with mental health, campus safety.

In a little over a month, two new bills dealing with mental health and college safety will take effect in Virginia. And both are a result of the work of two members of the Angel Fund board and a small group of politicians.

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• By Bonnie Hobbs
• May 23, 2013

Military Notes

News and notes on Mount Vernon natives in the military.

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• May 23, 2013

School Notes

Peter Hawes, a 2012 graduate of the University of Mary Washington, has received a U.S. Fulbright grant for 2013-2014.

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• May 23, 2013

Bridging Students’ Digital Divide

WPHS hosts community outreach event.

This past Monday evening, May 19, Fairfax County Public Schools conducted the first of 10 community outreach sessions countywide intended to engage interested parents, community leaders and others in helping the school system to develop a vision and plan for the future of digital learning in the Fairfax county public school system.

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• By Jerry Fill
• May 23, 2013