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Return of the Arlington Planetarium: Facility to Reopen After Existential Crisis

It looks like something from space, a Neo-Brutal landmark that descended next to Washington-Lee High School.

Arlington Orange Line: Sept. 18, 2012

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Clarendon Celebrates Clarendon

Clarendon Day 2012 has a bit of everything for everyone. Runners of all ages can participate in the Pacer’s 10k/5k/Kids Dash. There will be local entertainment on two stages. More than a dozen local restaurants will offer a wide range of delicious treats, and beer, wine, and other beverages.

Good Tunes, Good Beer, Good Boy

Pooches welcome at Pups and Pilsners beer festival.

Sunny skies and full bodied Spanish wine welcomed visitors to the Crystal City Taste of Wine and Jazz festival on Sunday, Sept. 16.

2012 Fall For The Book in Arlington

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‘More Seats for More Students’

School board work session discusses boundary changes process.

More than 40 people, including School Board members, parents and staff gathered Sept. 12 for the first work session of the “More Seats for More Students” planning process to review the boundary changes as enrollment continues to grow.

Home Earns Gold-Level Certification

New energy efficient home is one of only 12 in Virginia.

A local homebuilder was honored recently for his efforts to reduce his carbon footprint. Andrew Moore, president of Arlington Designer Homes, says his company received its second Gold-level Green Building Certification in Arlington from the National Association of Home Builders Research Center for a custom-built home in Arlington.

Letter: Dominion Power Must Do More

Virginia is stuck in the past depending almost entirely on dirty, polluting energy sources like coal that make our kids sick, put our communities at risk and cost us millions in health care expenses each year. Dominion Virginia Power, our state’s largest utility, is arguably the biggest culprit by failing to develop a single wind farm or large-scale solar project in our state.

The fountain at Lake Anne, one of the first public art projects in Reston.

Gerry Burg and Sandra Aresli show off their canine comrades Pop and Lili at the …

For Justin Wolfe, It’s Good and Bad News

State won’t appeal overturned convictions, but Prince William plans to retry him.

For Justin Wolfe and his family, the past week has been a rollercoaster of emotions. On Friday, Sept. 7, the state attorney general’s office said it won’t appeal his overturned convictions in a murder-for-hire, death-penalty and drug-dealing case.

Hoping for a Traffic Signal

Willow Springs parents describe transportation troubles.

It’s not a done deal, yet. But if the traffic volume at the intersection of Braddock Road and Willow Springs School Road warrants it, a traffic signal will someday be installed there. And it can’t come soon enough for Willow Springs Elementary parents and schoolbus drivers.

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Best-Buddies Fundraiser, Republican Women to Meet, Meet New Sully Commander, Free Carseat Inspections, Democratic Women to Meet, Sully District Council Meeting, Centreville Civil War Tour, Bike Summit Is Slated, Women's Self Defense Program, WFCM Seeks Food, Volunteers and Meals on Wheels Volunteers .

The Community Remembers

Each year, firefighters from Station 38 in Centreville place 343 flags on their station's front lawn in honor and memory of the 343 New York City firefighters who lost their lives, Sept. 11, 2001, following the attacks on the World Trade Center. To each flag is attached the name and unit of one of those heroes.

Why CBC’s Members Love Their Church

During the Saturday, Sept. 8, open house at Centreville Baptist Church, members toured the new addition and talked about why their church is special to them.

Boys playing video games in the Game Truck donated by owner Joe Howe of Fairfax …

The Heron House, an apartment building at Lake Anne, is one of the examples of …

Author Bob Shea demonstrates how starting with a jellybean shape, dinosaurs and pigs can emerge.

‘A Place for People With a Purpose’

Centreville Baptist Church celebrates new worship center.

Centreville Baptist Church has a new worship center, bookstore, classrooms and area for gatherings and fellowship. But the Rev. Billy Ross knows it means much more than just a new addition to the facility.

The Background: Drugs, Murder and Money

When 21-year-old, Centreville High grad Danny Petrole was slain in his car in front of his Bristow townhouse, March 15, 2001, it stunned the community and devastated his family. It also led police to discover a drug ring of major proportions operating in the Centreville/Chantilly area.

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