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Wolftrap Students Travel to Civil War

A teacher-written play finds students studying antebellum letters, taking them to place and time.

Wolftrap Students Travel to Civil War

Appetite: 3 Tables to Reserve for Alexandria Restaurant Week

Do Alexandria’s many restaurant deals have you stymied? Here are three menus to consider.

As Alexandrians dig themselves out from their recent string of snow days, Restaurant Week arrives at the perfect time to provide a respite from the shoveling. Here are three eateries worthy of saving a spot for in the coming week.

‘We Are Devastated’ in Alexandria

Atlantis Family Restaurant closing after 38 years

Long before celebrity chefs invaded the local culinary scene, there were Bill and Jim Patrianakos, who opened an unassuming restaurant in 1983 in an effort to provide quality food at reasonable prices.

Working on Behalf of At-Risk Youths

John Coleman, security and safety specialist at SLHS, works to help teens at school and in the community.

Working on Behalf of At-Risk Youths

Letter: Small Area Plan Disaster

As some of you may know, I voiced an opinion about the proposed Arlandria Re-Development plan that praised the concept, the new tax revenue, the revitalization of the area and the addition of developer funded affordable housing units. As this letter progresses, please keep in mind that as the developer in Arlandria adds affordable units, it is not tearing a single one down.

Brief: Fitness on the Run and Friends Raise More Than $5,000

Will feed more than 70 families for Thanksgiving.

Fitness on the Run, a fitness studio in Old Town Alexandria, chose to benefit the Carpenter’s Shelter in its Thanksgiving fitness and food donation challenge, “Fit for Food.”

Group Builds ‘Girl Power’

Surviving Big Box Businesses

Chamber hosts small business seminar.

Marc Willson, a consultant with 40 years of small business owner and consulting experience, addressed how to compete with “big box” companies at Mount Vernon-Lee Chamber of Commerce-hosted seminar on July 17.

Alexandria 'Appetite': Hidden Gems in Plain Sight

Successful restaurants in unsuspecting places.

Location, location, location — that’s the first tenet of any successful restaurant. A cutthroat business on a good day, restaurants need every advantage they can get in order to thrive, and location is crucial.

Letter: Distress over LED Streetlights

To the Editor: One could never have imagined that Arlington County would perpetrate such an injustice on its citizenry. Unfortunately, I can find no other way to sum up the county’s force-feeding of LED streetlights to county residents.

Volunteering

Lorton: Curator Sought for Historic Stempson House

Deadline for submitting applications for Stempson House is Feb. 17, 2017.

Stempson House applications are being sought for resident curator program. The Fairfax County Park Authority (FCPA) is accepting applications for the rehabilitation and long-term maintenance of the historic Stempson House, located on Furnace Road in Lorton. The curator leases are without charge in exchange for a financial commitment and approved rehabilitation of the Park Authority’s underutilized historic properties. The deadline for submitting applications for Stempson House is Feb. 17, 2017.

Commentary: Reclaim Kindness by Giving Locally

Yesteryear's Symbol of Hope Offers Tomorrow's Promise

The Eagle Has Landed

Yesteryear's Symbol of Hope Offers Tomorrow's Promise

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Regent University hosts founder, students in ceremony.

Raise a toast to John Fitzgerald at Alexandria’s Irish Festival.