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Theater Director Rebecca Holderness, Madeline Muravchik, and Danny Seagraves watch as Yusra Samaila, Jane Park, …

Column: Seeing Forward Movement on Variety of Bills

The General Assembly has been as busy as ever this past week as we approach crossover and I wanted to take a moment to send you a brief update on what is going on here in the capital as well as tell you about an upcoming event back in the 45th District.

Learning about Government Del. Scott Surovell hosted the 3rd Annual Amundson Institute earlier this year. …

Leathy Leggett (top right) takes her family ice skating one or twice a year.

Richmond Report: On Medicaid, Road Funds and Uranium

This week’s General Assembly session included “Crossover” on Tuesday — after which the House and Senate may only work on bills approved by the other body.

Column: Help Craft City’s First Youth Master Plan

Alexandria is a community that supports and enhances the well-being, success, and achievement of children, youth and families: True or false?

Eight Scouts Honored for Heroic Deeds

Eight boys from National Capital Area Council (NCAC) Boy Scouts of America (BSA) received National Court of Honor Lifesaving and Meritorious Action Awards in 2012 for remaining calm in a crisis, making quick use of Scout training and for living up to the words “to help other people at all times,” which is part of the Scout Oath.

Colvin Run Elementary Gives to the Needy

Children of Colvin Run Elementary School gathered in the school sport auditorium on Monday, Feb. 4, to mark the beginning of the school’s food donation program.

Alexandria Bulletin Board February

Thursday/Feb. 7 Blood Drive. 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at Alexandria Chapter House, 123 N. Alfred St. Donate blood through the a.m.erican Red Cross. Visit redcrossblood.org or 1-800-RED-CROSS.

Artificial Trend Offers Benefits

Council action paves way for artificial turf field to be installed at Wootton by August.

Montgomery County Council approved a $1.1 million appropriation to the Capital Improvements Program Tuesday, Feb. 5, for the building of an artificial turf field at Wootton High School.

Letter: In Support of Riverbend Park Master Plan

I am a Boy Scout from Troop 712 based in Chantilly and I am writing about the proposed Riverbend Park master plan.

Bulletin Board

Arlington Bulletin Board for February-March.

Fairfax Softball and Special Olympics Raise Funds Bowling

Participants, family, friends and supporters of Fairfax Adult Softball, Inc. (FAS) came together on Sunday, Jan. 27, for the 13th Annual Bowling Tournament to benefit Northern Virginia Special Olympics and Fairfax County Park Authority field improvements.

School Notes

School Notes for Arlington locals.

CSMS Science Olympiad Team Triumphs

The Carl Sandburg Middle School Science Olympiad Team has been notified that they have qualified for the Virginia State Science Olympiad Tournament to be held April 27 on the Virginia Tech Campus in Blacksburg. The team competed at the Virginia Science Olympiad Regional Tournament in Charlottesville, on Saturday, Feb. 16. Overall results placed Carl Sandburg Middle School as the 4th ranked school at the Science Olympiad competition that weekend.

Fairfax Connector Proposes New Routes

Public input meeting held to solicit feedback on new bus routes.

The Fairfax County Department of Transportation kicked off the public input process for their new bus routes in McLean Thursday, Feb. 1. The Fairfax Connector routes will be altered to take advantage of the opening of Metrorail stations in Tysons Corner and Reston in December, with the new routes expected to begin the same day as the stations open.

Library Hosts Children’s Book Club

Monthly meetings allow children to discuss variety of books.

Some of the youngest library patrons in Great Falls are coming together monthly to discuss children’s books as part of the library’s Children’s Book Club.

Taking the Plunge at Lake Anne

Hundreds participate in Polar Bear Dip to raise money for Camp Sunshine.

When Jean Young of Reston bundled up for her Saturday walk with her dog Seamus around Lake Anne Saturday, Feb. 2, she was worried her down jacket, long underwear, wool hat and gloves might not provide enough protection from the 30- degree weather. Little did she know she would be encountering more than 100 people wearing even less.

French Immersion at Herndon Elementary in Jeopardy

Program at Herndon Elementary could be changed to Spanish Immersion, parents object.

Herndon Elementary School has announced a proposal to discontinue the school’s French Immersion Program, one of two in the county, and replace it with a Spanish Immersion Program. Principal Ann Gwynn said that the French program would continue until 2019, meaning incoming first graders next year would be the last students who could take the program to completion.

Town Council Approves Downtown Guidelines

Pattern book lays out principles for downtown design principles.

The Herndon Town Council unanimously passed a vision for principles of downtown redevelopment at their Tuesday, Jan. 29, meeting. The “pattern book,” as it’s known, lays out guidelines for building design and frontage for downtown.

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