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Editorial: Shop Locally …
Small business Saturday isn't enough; don't wait until then, and don't stop after that.
There is a joy to shopping in local stores at the holidays, to walking along a sidewalk with the streets decked out for the holidays, to being greeting by someone likely to be the owner of the store, to finding gifts that are not mass-produced.
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Senior Safety Summit Held at the Herndon Harbor House.
Area senior citizens got a lesson on safety from the professionals. The first of two Senior Safety Summits was held on Friday, Dec. 5 at the Herndon Harbor House to show the area’s oldest residents how to remain safe for the holidays and beyond.
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Opinion: Letter to the Editor: COVID-19 Crisis and Financial Crisis Facing Our Low Income Neighbors
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The Private School Admissions Process
Local educators offer insider tips on how to select and get a child admitted to the perfect school.
While this school year might still feel new, some parents are already thinking next fall. Or if they’re not, they should be. For parents who are considering sending their children to one of the area’s private schools for the 2015-2016 school year, the application process should be underway.
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Opinion: Letter to the Editor: For Some Workers, Nothing Leisurely About This Labor Day
Workers lucky enough to have a job face the double bind of fearing the risk of COVID-19 and being laid off.
There will be nothing leisurely about this Labor Day for many working families, not least for essential workers.
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Keeping Options Open in Alexandria?
Board approves high school network plan, contingent on more analysis.
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Great Falls: Barn Dance Goes Out with a Bang and Optimism
Annual event benefited the Optimist Club youth fund.
The seven horses that live on Linda Thompson’s White Pines Farm property on Walker Road have shared their barn with the Great Falls Optimist Club for about once a year for the past 10 years.
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RA Tweaks Its Rules for Governance
Referendum requirement, leadership titles and DRB independence debated.
RA Tweaks Its Rules for Governance
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Alexandria’s Irish Walk to Close July 31
Economic uncertainty ends 50-year run.
The Irish Walk, a landmark shopping destination in Old Town for over 50 years, will be closing its doors July 31, a casualty of a string of recent economic challenges.
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SSSAS Graduates Class of 2013
St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School celebrated the Commencement of the 111 members of the Class of 2013 on Saturday, June 8.
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Honoring Veterans at Sangster Elementary
Students carry on Veterans Day traditions.
Armistice Day. November 11, 1918. The day when hostilities ended on the Western Front of World War I and the day that ultimately gave birth to our Veterans Day Observances. Originally the day set aside to officially honor our fallen military heroes, it has become the time to not only honor their sacrifice, but to recognize all those who served and all who continue to serve.
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Grab Your Library Card and Keep Reading in Arlington
You can keep on reading during the brave new world of coronavirus rules and restrictions.
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Arlington Thrive Gets $60K Grant from CareFirst
Thrive’s safety net will be crucial as the virus has an impact on hourly workers
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'Miracle' Survivor Inspires Charity Walk
Brain injury survivor will speak at walk in his honor.
'Miracle' Survivor Inspires Charity Walk
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'Miracle' Survivor Inspires Charity Walk
Brain injury survivor will speak at walk in his honor.
'Miracle' Survivor Inspires Charity Walk
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'Miracle' Survivor Inspires Charity Walk
Brain injury survivor will speak at walk in his honor.
'Miracle' Survivor Inspires Charity Walk
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Column: Covert Matters
Endangered Species List Grows
It is interesting how the business of political correctness has sneaked into American life with a threatening bang. It is getting "worser and worser."
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Fairfax City Manager Presents Proposed New Budget
Would raise tax rates, fund employee merit raises.
The thing to remember about the proposed City of Fairfax budget for FY 2016 is that it’s still a work in progress. City Manager Bob Sisson presented it last Tuesday, March 3, to the City Council, but there will be work sessions and public hearings before it’s finally adopted on April 29.