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Roundups: Week of July 24

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Roundups: Week of July 9

Roundups

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City Acquires Apothecary Museum

After a two-year renovation, the apothecary shop is finally ready to open in November.

City Acquires Apothecary Museum

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City Acquires Apothecary Museum

After a two-year renovation, the apothecary shop is finally ready to open in November.

City Acquires Apothecary Museum

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Week in Loudoun

Week in Loudoun

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Lights, Camera … Work It Girl

Fashion Camp at The Chantilly Academy offers a glimpse into the modeling world.

Lights, Camera … Work It Girl

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Unanswered Questions

To the Editor: The debate between the candidates for the 34th District House of Delegates was canceled Tuesday night, Oct. 8. I have seen the various explanations provided by the host, Great Falls Citizens Association, as well as comments that have been posted online which contain statements that clearly are not true. I am a volunteer with the Concerned Citizens Against Gun Violence and was there on Tuesday.

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Editorials: Access to Activities for Home Schoolers; Action in Richmond; Changes in Gun Laws

Families who home-school their children in this area take a burden off crowded schools, and off taxpayers who pay on average between $12,000 and $16,000 per year per child in school depending on where in Northern Virginia.

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‘Crafting for a Cure’ Benefits Ovarian Cancer Research

Taking control through their craft.

All are touched by cancer, some more than others. Five Potomac women who met every week in a crafting group were devastated when one of their members was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. As an antidote to worrying and losing sleep while their friend was fighting the disease, they mobilized — and "Crafting for a Cure" was born. They started selling belt buckles, necklaces, earrings, and brooches — and donating all their profits for ovarian and gynecological cancer research.

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Alexandria Column: The Mailbox

Not unlike a man of like age, it leans slightly as dictated by their common enemy, age. Eight decades will do that.

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Grief As A Laughing Matter

Sisterhood drama is gigglefest at Firebelly.

Grief As A Laughing Matter

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Judge OKs Malvo Confession

Judge OKs Malvo Confession

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Column: “Battling Cancer”

I suppose, as a cancer patient, there’s a presumption/understanding that not giving into cancer and its potential ravages is an ongoing battle – to the death, if you will. And I imagine, on many levels, some truer than others, it is. War is indeed waged – so to speak, in hopes of defeating this horrible disease (enemy).

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Protecting the White Oak in Great Falls

Village-wide Legacy White Oak program announced.

Bill Canis is an advocate for Great Falls’ mighty white oak.

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Girl Power on the Road

Girl Authority comes to Jammin’ Java Saturday, April 21 with its new release "Road Trip."

Girl Power on the Road

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To Shoot Deer in Potomac?

To Shoot Deer in Potomac?

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Jean Cryor returns to Annapolis

Incumbent anxious to get back to work

Jean Cryor returns to Annapolis

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iPads Come Into the Classroom

Sixty first and second graders at Keene Mill try out these devices during the school day.

Tablets and iPads in the hands of 6-year-olds is not such an unusual sight anymore, and now these devices are being used in the classroom. At Keene Mill Elementary School, 60 iPads are in the hands of first and second grade students, and being used to “change the time, place and pace of learning.”

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Helping Babies Emotionally

Great Falls medical student makes crocheted octopus dolls to comfort babies in hospitals.