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Column: Hands of Time

On the one hand, I want to take note every month on the 27th as yet one more notch on my living-with-cancer belt. On the other hand, maybe I don’t need a belt to be notching but rather a life to be living. Perhaps it’s time, nearly 44 months post-diagnosis – at press time, to stop counting backwards and try more living forwards.

A Book A Day Keeps the Coronavirus Away in Arlington

Moms Demand Action volunteers delivered hundreds of new and gently used books and games June 9 to children participating in the weekly Barcroft Elementary School food distribution program.

CARE To Give IHS A Bill Of Particulars

Cultural Exchange Initiatives Continue

Dundee, Scotland and Alexandria renew friendship over recent weekend.

Cultural Exchange Initiatives Continue

Alexandria: Last Stop

Sandy Modell retires from DASH.

Thirty-two years after she started driving buses part time in Harrisonburg in college, Sandy Modell is retiring from her position as CEO and general manager of DASH, the Alexandria transit company. For 28 years, Modell led DASH through massive expansions. Since Modell started, the company has grown from one million passengers on 17 buses to four million passengers across 85 buses.

Trout Fishing Derby Held In Herndon

Families fish at Sugarland Run Trail.

Beginning Saturday at 7 a.m. at Sugarland Run Trail in Herndon, parents and children arrived to participate in the annual fishing derby. The Town of Herndon’s Parks and Recreation Department coordinated the event. Other volunteer groups assisting at the event included members from the Town of Herndon Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Lodge 64 and Trout Unlimited. “This is our fifth time participating in this event,” said George Paine, a resident of Reston and secretary of the Northern Virginia Chapter of Trout Unlimited (NVATU). Members of NVATU helped families clean and prepare the fish after they had been caught. NVATU is a diverse group of residents from the Alexandria, Arlington County, Fairfax County, and Prince William County, who enjoy fishing and associated activities to enhance fishing opportunities. The chapter holds regular meetings the first Thursday evening of every month at the Vienna Firehouse, in Vienna.

Integrating Immigrants into Loudoun

Networking Is Made Easy

Potomac Community Village Offering Advice on Cybersecurity

Potomac Community Village will bring information about today's wired world to members and guests at a Feb, 16, 7 p.m. presentation entitled, "Staying Safe in the Cyber World,” featuring Tracy D. Rezvani, administrator, Office of Consumer Protection, Montgomery County.

School Reorganization to Save $200,000

Tistadt to Head New Department

School Reorganization to Save $200,000

Arlington: Task Force Votes To Keep Fire Station 8 at Current Site

Questions continue about how to improve response times.

Attendees at the penultimate meeting on Fire Station 8 shook their heads.

Opinion: Letter to the Editor: Too Much At Stake

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Green Knights Help ‘Keeping Our Forest Clean’

Bulletin Board

Volunteering Keeps 70-Year-Old Former Hospital CEO Young

Finding the right volunteer opportunity.

New Officers Elected

Letter: City Cuts Affect Parade’s Future

I am writing to alert the citizens of Alexandria about some serious financial decisions made by our city council in the past few years that could impact the way that George Washington, St. Patrick’s Day, and our Scottish heritage is celebrated and remembered (or not) in Alexandria.