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Week in Reston
The annual Tag Day fundraiser for the South Lakes High School Band is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 8. Tag Day is the band’s largest fundraiser and supplements funding provided by Fairfax County Public Schools. The band members will fan across the South Lakes Community, knocking on doors and asking for your donations.
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Letter: Defenseless Before Developers
Bob Simon may cling to the notion of seven village centers each with multiple high-rise buildings, but nearly all the rest of us realize that this was, and is, a ludicrous idea on many counts. For one, the inadequate road system Simon created struggles to accommodate existing traffic.
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Opinion: Registered to Vote at Current Address?
Oct. 15 deadline; encourage eligible high school and college students to vote as well.
It's a key question that must be answered by Oct. 15 in order to vote in this presidential election: are you registered to vote at your current address? Answering that question early, and voting early, will help ensure that your vote is counted and will contribute to a more orderly Election Day.
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Arlington Night Out: Sept. 5, 2012
ArtJamz Comes to Shirlie’s Girls Night Out
The Village at Shirlington invites DC-area fashionistas to Shirlie’s Girls Night Out on Thursday, Sept. 6, 5-10 p.m.
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Fairfax Fumbles Master Plan, Reston Future-Part 2
As the Progressive reported last time, Fairfax Supervisor Cathy Hudgins’ Reston Master Plan Task Force has stalled, failing to complete Phase 1 of its work—i.e., plans for development in the rail corridor. With the train arriving next year and no plan in sight, the County caved and is now telling developers not to worry about a plan, just bring in their plans so construction can proceed. If you wondered why Reston should become a self-governing town, watch as the County turns planning as well as building over to developers.
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Orange Line: Sept. 5, 2012
Upcoming events and activities.
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Reston Photographer Wins National Honor
Reston won another national honor, thanks to the talents of a local professional photographer. Two weeks ago, CNN Money Magazine listed Reston as one of the top ten "Best Places to Live."
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Arlington Calendar: Sept. 5, 2012
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An Excited, Nervous Start at Lake Anne Elementary
Five-year-old "excited, but shy," mom "happy and scared" on first day of school.
"I think this school year will be great. We have a great school community." --Blake Kohn, President, Lake Anne PTA
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Kindergartener Caroline Kohn poses in front of Lake Anne Elementary with her brother, third grader …
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Column: Symptoms or just Sometimes
Making the best of a bad situation, that’s how I roll (I’m a Red Sox fan after all). Some days are easier than others, some symptoms/treatments/results are better than others. And some columns make more sense than others. But that’s cancer for you: an equal opportunity “screwer-upper.”
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Herndon Festival With ‘Adult Flavor’
24th Annual Labor Day Festival features beer, wine and fun.
From noon to 6 p.m., Historic Downtown Herndon was hopping on the holiday. The Town of Herndon Parks and Recreation Department and their partners, the Herndon Women’s Club, produced the town’s 24th Annual Labor Day Festival. Chipper volunteers from the club welcomed the festival-goers, collected the cash, and checked id’s before handing out those coveted commemorative wine tasting glasses, which were put to good use at booths representing no less than 12 Virginia wineries. "Between the wine, the beer, and the cooking demonstrations, there’s definitely an adult flavor to this festival," said Alanna Greaves of Reston.
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Priest from Syria Speaks at Rock Spring Church
Recently expelled priest talks about the uprising in the country.
Members of the local Muslim and Christian communities gathered at Rock Spring Congregational United Church of Christ in Arlington recently to hear from Father Paolo Dall'Oglio, an Italian Jesuit priest who had lived in Syria since 1982, and was recently expelled from the country for speaking out against the Syrian government's crackdown on the uprising there.
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Capital BikeShare To Expand
County officials are considering 42 potential locations for 30 new stations.
By next spring, Arlington residents will have 30 new BikeShare stations to choose from — expanding the existing program of 44 stations dramatically and reaching beyond the Metro corridors for the first time.
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Gaston Deserves Storybook Ending
What if the villainous Gaston in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast found a happier ending?