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Creating a Beautiful Thanksgiving Table

Local designers offer suggestions for laying the perfect tablescape.

While food preparation can be all-consuming on Thanksgiving Day, the table décor also plays a major role in a Turkey Day feast. Whether your style is subdued and casual or chic and sophisticated, local designers offer ideas and inspiration for table settings that are as delectable as the meal itself.

Sprinkler Extinguishes Apartment Fire

Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department units responded to an apartment fire, Tuesday, Aug. 28 at approximately 7:30 p.m. in the Fair Oaks area of Fairfax County. The garden apartment is located at 4104 Monument Court.

Civil Disobedience and Holiday Ordinance in Alexandria

Fireworks are illegal, but violating this particular ordinance has a long tradition.

Newsflash: Consumer fireworks are illegal in Alexandria. According to the city's fire-prevention code, use of fireworks is a class one misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in jail or a $2,500 fine.

Letter: Lyme Disease Bill Hits Home

Letter to the Editor

Children's Play, 'A Fish Story,' This Weekend at Chantilly

Near-Tragedy Makes Holidays Sweeter

Arnie Friedman and his wife Carol now cherish every moment spent with family.

Near-Tragedy Makes Holidays Sweeter

Letter: How To Save the Trees?

Letter to the Editor

Like most residents of Great Falls, I take pride in our trees. Effort has been made to identify the largest specimens of various species.

This Week in Potomac 8/8/12

This Week in Potomac

Fair Oaks Apartment Proposal Moves Ahead

Grants to Support Animal Welfare

2014 Barkdull Memorial Fund winners announced.

On May 13, The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia’s Margery Barkdull Memorial Fund for Animal Welfare announced four winners for the 2014 grant process from a group of 12 applicants.

McLean Letter: A Leader and a Doer

Letter to the Editor

I know I am not alone in my frustration with Congress’ seeming inability to get things done. We have to do our part to make sure this paralysis doesn’t continue.

‘Romeo & Juliet’ at Langley High

Langley’s modern twist on a classical masterpiece.

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Buying or Selling?

A primer for doing either and avoiding pitfalls.

Here we are, once again right on the heels of the spring/summer real estate season when it seems like “For Sale” signs become the most common lawn ornament or condo window decoration.

Volunteers

‘As Long As I’m Able to Run … ’

Telford preps for Marine Corps Marathon and “Over the Edge.”

BethAnn Telford has a brain tumor, but it doesn’t have her. Through the pain, the medication, the bad days and the setbacks, she not only keeps on going, she rises above it all and shines.

‘Great Performances’ at Mason

Featured acts include the Joffrey Ballet, Sir James Galway, and four productions from the Virginia Opera.

Though not exactly suffering from a surplus, it’s clear from their new lineup that the staff behind the George Mason University Center for the Arts is driving forward, sequester or not.

Potomac: Jolly Fat Man’s Run’ Promotes Spirit of Giving

Fun run benefits Operation Second Chance.

In 2004, a close friend of Cindy McGrew’s was deployed to Iraq. When his fellow soldiers were injured and heading to Walter Reed, she visited them, searching for a way to help the soldiers and their families.

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Local designers offer suggestions for laying the perfect tablescape.

Fireworks are illegal, but violating this particular ordinance has a long tradition.

Arnie Friedman and his wife Carol now cherish every moment spent with family.

Letter to the Editor

2014 Barkdull Memorial Fund winners announced.

Letter to the Editor

Langley’s modern twist on a classical masterpiece.

A primer for doing either and avoiding pitfalls.

Telford preps for Marine Corps Marathon and “Over the Edge.”

Featured acts include the Joffrey Ballet, Sir James Galway, and four productions from the Virginia Opera.

Fun run benefits Operation Second Chance.