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Man Pleads Guilty: Breaking & Entering

Riding Benefits Students with Special Needs

Simple Changes Inc. gives lessons at Meadowood.

Riding Benefits Students with Special Needs

Police Reach Out to Hispanic Residents

10 officers graduate pilot, Spanish-immersion class

Police Reach Out to Hispanic Residents

Buses, Trains and Mostly Automobiles

An estimate: rail line would be able to serve as many people as four lanes of traffic.

Buses, Trains and Mostly Automobiles

On a summer Sunday afternoon, several people huddle over a giant digital map of Van Dyck Park spread out across tables at the Sherwood Community Center, musing about future amenities at the City of Fairfax’s oldest and largest park, located just across the street.

Alexandria Schools See Rising Poverty In the Classroom

City has the highest rates of students who qualify for free or reduced price lunch in region.

In the last decade, the percentage of Alexandria students who live in poverty has grown from 50 percent to 56 percent. That's the largest percentage of students who qualify for free or reduced price lunch in the region, according to a recent analysis by the Washington Area Boards of Education.

Rotary Presents Youth Service Awards

Three local students honored for ‘service above self.’

The McLean Rotary Club presented its annual Youth Service Awards to three local students at their Tuesday, March 12, meeting. McLean High School senior Jung Wook "James" Choi, Langley High School junior Rebecca Pifer and Potomac School senior Britt Nelson were each awarded $250 scholarships in recognition of their efforts serving the community.

Springfield Neighbors Recall Truman Inauguration in 1949

As Washington prepares for Presidential Inauguration, Jim Upp, Scott Shipe, and Gray Parks recount their experiences of 64 years ago.

The inauguration of President Truman in 1949 produced many firsts—first to be nationally televised, first to be openly integrated, first to debut the current presidential seal.

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McLean Orchestra Takes Music Outdoors at Meadowlark

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Reston Week

Mr. Different Perspective

Arthur Purves runs for delegate in the 35th District.

Mr. Different Perspective

Council Says Yes to Historic District

The Vienna Town Council disapproves requests by homeowners for removal of their properties from the Windover Heights Historic District.

Council Says Yes to Historic District

Therapeutic Sessions to Resume at Lift Me Up After Week of Turmoil

To honor his grandson Patrick, Stan Corey donated the lift that the Great Falls therapeutic riding program, Lift Me Up, will use to lift wounded warriors and heavier riders with disabilities safely onto horses.

MV Softball Ends Season in Regional Tournament

Freshman pitcher Anderson key piece of Majors’ future.

Stormy Zyzyk’s senior season of sacrifice came to a close on May 28, ending a high school career that included being selected first-team all-district/conference four times, and receiving first-team all-state honors as a junior.

Achievement Gap Addressed at Budget Hearings

Admissions to Thomas Jefferson, cuts to Summer School, later start times discussed.

Of the 487 students admitted to the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, only 10 are black. Eight of these students are Hispanic. This is even though 177 black students and 214 Hispanic students applied for admission to the school. “Unless you actually believe that black and Latino children have some type of intellectual deficiency that prevents them from competing for admission to TJ, you have to believe there is a failure in the Fairfax County Public School system in terms of preparing these students to adequately compete for admission to TJ,” said Tina Hone, former school board member and founder of the Coalition of the Silence (COTS), at the FY 2015 budget public hearing on April 8.

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Fairfax Station artist draws on dreams for his inspiration.

Man stole from guests in two hotels.

Alexandria is set to receive disaster assistance from FEMA.