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Board Discusses Overcrowding
Elementary schools to be tackled first.
Leadership Arlington hosted a discussion on overcrowding in Arlington public schools among county officials in the WETA building on Tuesday, Jan. 15, as part of its Speaker Series.
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Marching for Gun Control
Arlington residents volunteer to help organize march on Washington.
Responding to the Sandy Hook massacre, local citizens have volunteered their efforts in organizing a March on Washington for Gun Control to take place Saturday, Jan. 26.
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A 10-Year Mission: End Homelessness
Our Fairfax-Falls Church community is one of the most affluent in the country. Our schools are second to none. We are the home for many Fortune 500 businesses. Even with the challenging economy, our unemployment rate is among the lowest in the country.
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Classified Advertising January 16, 2013
Read the latest ads here!
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Arlington Bulletin Board, Jan. 17, 2013
E-mail announcements to arlington@connectionnewspapers.com. Deadline is noon the Thursday before publication. Photos are welcome.
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Centre View Bulletin Board, Jan. 17, 2013
Email announcements to centreview@connectionnewspapers.com. Deadline is Thursday at noon. Photos welcome.
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Bragging Big
American Century Theater shows off through Feb. 2.
The American Century Theater’s production of “The Show Off” is playing now through Feb. 2 at Gunston Theatre Two, 2700 S. Lang St., Arlington.
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Defining the Dream Of Martin Luther King, Jr.
CPMSAC presents annual celebration Jan. 20.
Each year, the Chantilly Pyramid Minority Student Achievement (CPMSAC) Committee celebrates the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. This year’s event is slated for Sunday, Jan. 20, at 4 p.m., at Westfield High.
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Queen of Household Hints to Share Five Essentials Every Home Should Have
Heloise to headline 2013 Home and Remodeling Show at the Dulles Expo Center.
The high priestess of household hints will share her domestic wisdom this weekend at the 2013 Home and Remodeling Show at the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, Va. A nationally syndicated columnist, Heloise is one of the presenters scheduled to headline the weekend’s show.
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Herndon’s Ferguson, Johnson Burn Chantilly for 50 Points
Coach Smith says Chargers have had season-long offensive problems.
Chantilly sophomore Josh Conwell scored 12 points during a loss to Herndon on Jan. 10.
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Defense Propels TC Boys’ Basketball Past Lake Braddock
Titans hold Bruins scoreless for 7-minute, 31-second stretch.
The T.C. Williams boys' basketball team used a 17-0 run to pull away from Lake Braddock on Jan. 11.
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Woodson’s Boock Sets Career High in Win Against South County
Senior scores 20 points in fourth game back from finger surgery.
The Woodson boys' basketball team went 7-0 during the first half of its Patriot District schedule.
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Revoking Recess
Health advisory committee to consider policy of withholding recess as punishment.
Should students be punished by having their recess time revoked?
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Teacher Reads from Her First Book of Poems
McCabe hopes for new manuscript to become second book.
Yorktown Teacher Shares Her Poetry
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Climbing to New Heights
“Trekking For Kids” supports projects in developing countries.
In 2010, Bridgit Fried of Potomac and Cindy Steuart of Bethesda signed up to climb to the base camp of Mt. Everest with a group called “Trekking For Kids.”
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‘He’s Centreville’s Family Doctor’
Beloved physician, Richard Bowles, retires after 42 years.
Physician Richard Bowles Retires after 42 Years
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History’s ‘More Than Boring, Old Facts’
Rocky Run seventh-graders “visit” the Westward Movement.
Rocky Run seventh-grade history teacher Maggie Brown stacked the desks in her classroom on top of each other. She then covered them with brown paper to simulate a sod house and had her students sit on the floor inside it.