"how to keep one's financial affairs in order"

Letter: Rejecting a Fairy Tale

Letter to the Editor

I am writing in response to the letter titled "Making Care Affordable" from the July 18-24 edition of The Connection. This opinion article says that we should all celebrate now that Obamacare has been upheld by the Supreme Court as a tax.

Caring for Crabs

One evening my mom, my sister Rose and I were walking on the boardwalk at the beach and we saw a lot of people walking past us with interesting pets. We asked one person where they got it and they said at the store farther down the boardwalk.

Top 100: Sarah Spring, The Vault Queen

The 1999 Lake Braddock graduate won three straight state titles in vault competition.

Sarah Spring, 1999 graduate and gymnast from Lake Braddock, is remembered by a number — the number 10.

McLean Home Sales: June, 2012

In June 2012, 137 homes sold between $3,250,000-$210,000 in the McLean and Falls Church area.

McLean Home Sales in June, 2012

Clifton, Fairfax Station and Lorton Home Sales: June, 2012

In June 2012, 93 homes sold between $1,225,000-$135,000 in the Clifton, Fairfax Station and Lorton area.

Clifton, Fairfax Station and Lorton Home Sales in June, 2012

Heading to States

West Springfield Little League 9-10 American All-Stars Head to States.

West Springfield Little League American All-Stars win district title.

Pedaling with Pals

Potomac Pedalers provides group rides for area cyclists.

Cyclists of all ages and ability levels can participate in group rides with the Potomac Pedalers.

TC Football Players Put in Work on ‘Green’ Day

Titans polish individual skills during offseason practice.

TC football coaches and players took part in their first of seven "green" practices on July 10 at Parker-Gray Stadium. "Green" days are part of the Virginia High School League’s offseason policy passed last season which allows coaches and players to work together in a non-team-oriented fashion

Verbanic Named Flint Hill School Football Coach

Tom Verbanic is the new head football coach at Flint Hill.

As Temperatures Rise, RSTA Swimmers Heat Up

Five more pool records set.

Five pool records set in hot weather.

Title IX Marks 40 Years (Potomac)

Area coaches reflect on the law’s impact and societal changes.

Title IX's impact is felt 40 years later.

Title IX Marks 40 Years

Local coaches reflect on the law’s impact and societal changes.

Title IX's impact is felt 40 years later.

Suspended Prison Sentence for Centreville Man

Former Robinson band director must register as sex offender.

When Michael Keith Cook was sentenced last week for computer solicitation of a child under age 15, he didn’t lose his freedom. But even before he set foot in the courtroom, he’d already lost something precious to him — his career as a school band director.

Centre View Business Notes 7/18/12

Centre View Business Notes

‘The Music Is Infectious’

Alliance Theatre presents “Legally Blonde, the Musical.”

Scott Olson has been a director and actor for 20 years, but he says the cast of The Alliance Theatre’s “Legally Blonde, the Musical” is something special.

‘I Like the Kind Of Man He Is’

Residents flock to Centreville High to hear President Obama speak.

They came, they waited and, more than three hours later, they entered Centreville High’s gym. Hundreds and hundreds of people from the local community, as well as from Loudoun and Prince William counties, stood in humid, 96-degree heat Saturday afternoon, July 15, to see President Barack Obama in person and hear him speak at a grassroots campaign rally.

Sort By

Date