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A Close Encounter With History in Herndon

Students experience the birth of the nation.

It’s a good thing that Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry were hardy souls, given the myriad of activities and actions and travelling and time that they both gave to the formation of “these new United States of America,” as our illustrious third President described the union the original thirteen colonies formed in 1776.

Worth Noting

Alexandria: Arrest Amplifies Questions about City’s Noise Ordinances

Old Town opera singer arrested.

Busking is the act of performing in public, typically singing or playing music, in exchange for a gratuity. Anyone visiting Old Town Alexandria late at night has likely seen buskers along King Street, whether they’re playing folk songs on guitar or hymnals on a glass harp. While buskers are a staple of Old Town for many, Alexandria has a history of struggling with their presence in the developing city.

Structuring For Cooperation in Alexandria

Advisory task force wants systematized joint city-schools capital planning.

How Three Individuals Became a Family

November is National Adoption Month. Here's the story of how adoption created one family in Chantilly. To learn more about adopting through foster care in the D.C. Metro area, email the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments at: picme@mwcog.org.

Financing Slows Rte. 28

Local Officials Meet to Discuss Money

Fiscal Outlook Not Good

Local Officials Meet to Discuss Money

Community

Assistance League Makes History

Northern Virginia league becomes chapter.

Assistance League Makes History

Shedding Sunshine on the Secret World of Regulation in Virginia

Advisory panel rejects effort to open records of the State Corporation Commission.

Ever wonder what happens during deliberations that regulate payday lending? How about the effort to oversee your health insurance?

Alexandria Symphony Orchestra Emerges From Hibernation

Cicadas share stage with orchestra debut

The blackened screen slowly fills with cicada sounds, and soon a red-eyed cicada crawls over the score of the “Arrival of the Queen of Sheba.”

Real Estate

Red Cross Has Its Own Emergency

Dire financial situation threatens to close Loudoun’s 90-year-old chapter.

Red Cross Has Its Own Emergency

Civil War Revisited

The reenactment of John S. Mosby: Making connections, taking the long view.

As the Great Falls Historical Society continues its annual reflection on the Civil War (1861-1865) over its five-year-long 150th year anniversary, Rick and Debbie Turner, residents of Great Falls, reenacted John S. Mosby and his wife, Pauline at the monthly meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 18. Rick took detailed, factual research about John Mosby’s life, battles and achievements and dramatized the tale in the first person.

Coping With Stress

Resilience Project hosts stress seminar.

Coping With Stress

Whitman Plans New Video Conferencing

Principal Alan Goodwin begins his second year.

Whitman Plans New Video Conferencing

Shooting for Stardom

Marshall HS vocalist/songwriter has global fans.

Remember this name: Sammy Hakim. The George C. Marshall High School junior is a finalist in the International Songwriting Competition, and holds the record for most weeks at number one on independent charts as ranked by New Music Weekly.

Fairfax's Lamb Center breaks ground for new building.

‘God Had a Plan for Us’

There is nothing like a fresh, new beginning to invigorate the spirit, and that is just what The Lamb Center is getting. On Oct. 20, it broke ground on its future, new home.

What Does the Apple Mean?

Letter to the Editor