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Talk of the Town: If It’s Not One Thing, It’s Your Mother
Happy Mother’s Day!
While the Wanderer’s attitude towards most events and holidays is somewhat nonchalant at best, leaning a bit toward cynical at worst, this is not his approach to the day devoted to his dear Mum.
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Hopecam Holds 5k Run/Walk
Benefiting children with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses.
For the twelfth year in a row, Hopecam hosted their annual Hopecam 5K Run/Walk on Sunday, May 6, to benefit the charity’s program
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Beating Bad Breath
Dental experts offer solutions for chronic halitosis.
When Amanda Welch’s boyfriend asked her to marry him last spring, she accepted his proposal on one condition: that he find a cure for his bad breath.
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Letter: Getting Our Trees Back
Letter to the Editor
When I returned to Great Falls, after only a week away, I was absolutely shocked to find that our small but charming shopping place was completely changed...
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Churchill Boys’ Lax Returns to Region Championship Game
Leonard, Dubick score five goals apiece against Sherwood.
The Churchill boys' lacrosse team will face Wootton for the 4A/3A region title.
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Arts Council of Fairfax County Receives $50,000 Our Town Grant
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced 59 Our Town grant awards totaling $4.725 million and reaching 34 states in the Our Town program's third year of funding. The Arts Council of Fairfax County is one of 59 grantees and will receive $50,000 for Imagine Art Here, a public art community engagement project in Tysons.
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Week in Fairfax
Volunteer Charged With Embezzlement
Volunteer charged with embezzlement, jewelry theft is investigated, utility bill scam.
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Letter: Get Tough On Texting
When it comes to rankings, Alexandria has accumulated some impressive laurels in recent years: one of the nation’s “100 Best Communities for Young People,” Money magazine’s “Best Places to Live,” one of the Top Ten “Heart Friendly Cities,” and even the Top Ten “Cities for Single Women,” among other lofty distinctions. However, no place is perfect...
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Brief: Intelsat to Relocate to Tysons
The company will bring more than 430 employees to local economy.
Brief: Governor Bob McDonnell announced that Intelsat, the world’s leading provider of satellite services, will relocate its U.S. headquarters to the Tysons Corner area of Fairfax County from its current location in Washington, D.C.
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MLK Foundation Celebrates Diversity
Organization welcomes member of Tuskeegee Airmen.
The Martin Luther King Cultural Foundaion hosted a celebration of cultural diversity Saturday, Jan. 26, at ArtSpace in Herndon. The Reston-based organization provides thousands of dollars per year to send local students to college.
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A Breach of Trust
In a Tom DeLay, Texas-style move, Republicans in the Virginia State Senate re-drew the legislative district lines without public notice or involvement. This action in the 20-20 divided body came on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday when Democratic Senator Henry Marsh who is one of Virginia's most prominent civil rights leaders was away attending President Obama's inauguration. The new map, if passed by the Republican-controlled House of Delegates and signed by the governor, would give Republicans an advantage in taking back control of the Senate which they hold now only by virtue of the lieutenant governor who is the presiding officer and tie breaker being a Republican. "Count this as a new low for hyper-partisanship, dirty tricks, and the unaccountable arrogance of power," is the way one newspaper editorial described the action.
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Column: High Density at Lake Anne—A Mixed Bag
Two major development projects in the Lake Anne area moved toward realization last week.
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Testing the Schools
By one measure of school capacity, new development could come to a stop in Potomac.
Testing the Schools
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Oakton Students Thank Troops
Classes send their holiday greetings to troops worldwide.
Oakton Students Thank Troops
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Wedderburn Decision Sticks
Proposed land-use changes head to the Fairfax County Planning Commission in April.
Wedderburn Decision Sticks
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Alexandria Letter: Ramsey Homes Deserve Better
Letter to the Editor
I am a neighbor of Ramsey Homes, and am one of the signers of the protest petition. Over 75 properties nearby to Ramsey were represented in the petition; this is not an example of a few individuals protesting a redevelopment proposal. I am writing to articulate the concerns of many of the neighbors of Ramsey, and to make clear our objections to the current proposal.
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Introducing Fall SYA Volleyball
SYA Volleyball completed its 17th year this past June.
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Staff Gets Go-Ahead to Negotiate Pact
Town and Park Authority will formalize trail-realignment agreement.
Relocation of a portion of the W&OD Trail is just one part of the Vienna Community Center expansion and renovation project – but it’s an important part.
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McLean’s Brown-Kaiser, Green Earn All-State Honors
Seniors each place top eight in one event.
McLean's Lizzy Brown-Kaiser and Jacqueline Green competed at states on March 8.