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Students Discuss Change

Annual Step Up event aims to make teens part of the solution.

Students Discuss Change

Committing to Cautious Driving

Senior Driving Tips

As the old saying goes, we are all creatures of habit. It’s true of life — and it’s definitely true of driving.

Mount Vernon: UCM Adjusting How To Elevate People Out of Poverty

Nichelle Mitchem has always been interested in poverty issues. “In the high school yearbook, other people’s future interests were roller-skating and disco dancing,” she said. “Mine said ‘poverty lawyer.’”

The Fighter

Longtime congressman celebrated by Alexandria Democrats.

During his first run for Congress, then-Mayor Jim Moran assembled a campaign team that was hungry to oust incumbent Republican Stan Parris. Mame Reiley ran the operation, which included a young communications consultant named Joe Trippi. As the race headed toward Election Day, Reiley and Trippi became concerned that Moran's campaign signs kept disappearing from Eisenhower Avenue. So they set up a sting operation with a video camera to catch the culprit, who turned out to be Jim Moran.

Alexandria Letter: Keep Open Little Longer

Letter to the Editor

I lament the closing of small, boutique shops in Old Town like Why Not. But there is one element that wasn't mentioned that I believe contributes to the failure of these little places: their hours.

Keene Mill's Word Masters

Students at Keene Mill Elementary School rank among top in nation in vocabulary challenge.

Keene Mill's Word Masters

Brighten the Boulevard

Design open house asks citizens what they want Fairfax Boulevard to be.

Brighten the Boulevard

Bulletin Board

Mentor Of The Month: Books, Barks and Bowling

Life of the Parties

Potomac gives $4.22 million to political candidates and parties.

Life of the Parties

Up Where the Air is Rare

City’s fire-protection rating is among the nation’s highest.

When John O’Neal came to the City of Fairfax a year ago to become its new fire chief, one of his objectives was to improve the City’s Insurance Services Office (ISO) fire-protection rating.

Jumping into Loudoun

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Jumping into Loudoun

Teachers, Parents, Get Validation from Experts

Make Every Day Mom’s Day

Mother’s Day can be every day during quarantine.

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Residents Plan Tysons' Future

Fresh ideas sought in planning exercise.

Residents Plan Tysons' Future

Geocaching Diversifies

Urbanites embracing new game

Geocaching usually has been portrayed as someone with hiking boots and a walking staff gazing afar from a hilltop in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Not so anymore.

Cryor Back on Board

Former Delegate Jean Cryor named is named to fill a vacancy on the Montgomery County Planning Board.

Cryor Back on Board

Chantilly Library: The Renewal Project

“A wonderful place for our community."

Just as the writing of a book begins with an idea, so did the renovations of the Chantilly Regional Library. It started around 2004, when then Branch Manager Bonnie Worcester and her staff first discussed how to improve customer service there.

Senior Center Sets Goals

After incorporation, Great Falls Senior Center plans to become nonprofit, name board by end of year.

The Great Falls Senior Center has big plans for 2013 after getting off the ground as a working group of the Great Falls Citizens Association.

Preservationists — Past And Prolog

The Ladies of Mount Vernon raise the stakes in preserving the nation.