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Call for Citizens
Call for Citizens
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Week In McLean
Week In McLean
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Letter to the Editor: Play Ball!
Baseball continues to be one of America’s favorite sports, and games are everywhere in the D.C. area, with the Nationals being a favorite. To bring the wooden-bat flavor up close and personal, come see the Alexandria Aces play during June and July at the Frank E. Mann Memorial Field at Four Mile Run Park.
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Letter: Supporting 23-story Building
"Today only one authentic village center and the town center have been built. There are no village centers, other than Lake Anne, with plazas in Reston; nor have the high-density structures planned to support Lake Anne Plaza been built." --Bob Simon, Reston Founder
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Letter to the Editor: School Takeover Is Necessary
I believe the legislature took a step in the right direction when it decided to require the state to take over schools which lose their accreditation.
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Letter: Burke Centre Becomes One of Fastest Growing Amtrak Stations
Amtrak recently posted rider numbers for 2012 and 2011 for every station in the nation. While ridership increased nationally 3.5 percent, Virginia’s ridership increased a whopping 8.3 percent and boasted the third (“Lynchburg Train,” stopping at Burke Centre) and fourth (“Newport News Train,” stopping at Woodbridge) fastest growing of the country’s 46 passenger services.
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Fitzgerald’s Warehouse
The city of Alexandria enjoys a rich and colorful history, one that began in colonial times and has encompassed periods of industrial concentration, wartime pressures and residential booms.
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7 Burglaries in Avenel Area
7 Burglaries in Avenel Area
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Searching For Treasures
Searching For Treasures
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Letter: Supporting Public Uses
There are major obstacles in the way of reusing the now-closed power plant property in Old Town North. Perhaps the most daunting one is transportation.
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Arlington Brief: Patrick Henry Named Blue Ribbon School
Patrick Henry Elementary School was named a 2015 Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education based on its overall academic excellence.
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Letter: Prohibit Signs On Public Property
Letter to the Editor
Once again our beautiful City of Alexandria has been defaced by thousands of signs promoting candidates for mayor, City Council, State Senate and state House of Delegates.
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Letter: Council’s Shortcomings
Letter to the Editor
An election comes and goes. The mayor gets voted out (yea), but all the council members get re-elected. Why?
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Around the World in One Day
Greenspring focuses on culture and heritage with Diversity Expo.
On Thursday, July 31, Greenspring hosted the 4th Annual Diversity Expo at the Springfield retirement community. The event, spearheaded by the community’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee, provided for an eclectic cultural experience with international foods, clothing, food, music and dance.
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Arlington: Projects To Restore Stream; Upgrade Storm Sewer
The Arlington County Board approved contracts on June 18 for two projects, one to restore the lower section of the Four Mile Run stream and another to upgrade the storm sewer and install new water mains and four facilities to filter stormwater runoff in north Arlington.
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Opinion: Letter To the Editor: Unorthodox At Best
Citizens have the right to expect that our local government will make decisions on their behalf only after holding a public hearing and listening to their informed opinions. The great failure of the Potomac Yard Metro decision process is for this hearing, the procedure normally followed was discarded.
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Electrical Event Cause of Fort Hunt House Fire
Saturday, Aug. 1, at approximately 11:25 a.m., units from the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department and the City of Alexandria Fire Department were dispatched for a reported house fire in the 2100 block of Rampart Drive in the Fort Hunt area of Fairfax County.
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Rotary of Great Falls Named Top Achiever
Rotary District 7610 recently named the Rotary of Great Falls as one of its top achievers for 2019-2020.
