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Honoring Three Mentors
Tribute is part of Black History Month.
40 years of mentoring Alexandria’s youth through public service with an awards event honoring three African-American living legends: Lawrence “Lucky” Elliott, Traverse Gray and Jackie Mason.
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Comstock Skips Constituent-Organized Town Hall
Representative uses tele-town halls to discuss issues with voters.
A microphone reserved for U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-10) remained silent during a town hall meeting on Friday, Feb. 24, where 150 of her constituents gathered to question her.
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Community Urged to Get Involved at NAACP Gathering in Burke
Fairfax chapter hosted meeting at Kings Park library.
Mohib Ullah and Saquib Raheem of Sterling didn’t bring their boys to Burke’s Kings Park Library on Saturday morning to check out books.
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McAuliffe Helps Open Veterans Services Office in Springfield
Gov. Terry McAuliffe was on hand to open the new Virginia Department of Veterans Services Benefits office in Springfield on Feb. 22.
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Trinity Christian School Senior Receives Appointments to Four Military Service Academies
Trinity Christian School senior Tim Park has received a prestigious honor: appointments to four major United States military service academies.
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A Centreville Church with Roots and Wings
Lead pastor reflects while looking ahead.
Like any place of worship, Centreville United Methodist Church is a blend of the old and new.
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‘This Church Is Family’ — Centreville United Methodist Church celebrates 25 years in current building.
For the members of Centreville United Methodist Church, their Sunday, Feb. 19, services and fellowship were particularly joyful.
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Roundups: Centreville and Chantilly
Roundups: Centreville and Chantilly
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Pure Pasty Competes in World Pasty Championship
Vienna “pasty” chefs take their specialties to competition to the place where pasties were born.
Vienna’s The Pure Pasty Co. is off to Cornwall, England, to compete in the World Pasty Championship on Saturday, March 4.
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‘Into the Woods’ at The Madeira School
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You never know what to expect when journeying into the woods.
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Lessons from ‘The Children's Hour’ at McLean High
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Haunting xylophones ring and sharp shafts of light illuminate a schoolhouse.
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Crime Report: Vienna Police Department from Feb. 17-23.
Crime Report: Vienna Police Department from Feb. 17-23.
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Obituary: Richard Dell Rosenbaum
Richard Dell Rosenbaum, retired ABC News executive, respected journalist and beloved husband and father, died at Georgetown Hospital, Washington, D.C., Saturday, Feb. 19, 2017, from complications following surgery.
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Great Falls Town Hall Debates $57 Million Gap in School Budget
Where to cut?
The Fairfax County Public Schools projected a $57 million shortfall in its budget for next school year, which will impact the more than 188,000 students that are projected to be educated in the system next school year.
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Astronaut Tells Elementary Students To Reach For The Stars
“Find your dream.”
Former NASA Astronaut Sandy Magnus visited Chesterbrook Elementary School in McLean for National Engineers Week on Thursday, Feb. 23.
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Women on the Soccer Field
Local women are still in the game and on the field.
On Saturdays and weeknights in the spring and fall, women as young as 18 and as old as 78 can be found on the soccer fields across Fairfax County: nurses, lawyers, Army officers, software programmers, stay-at-home moms, lobbyists, graduate students, and grandmothers playing the game they love.
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Fairfax County Board Appoints Police Civilian Review Panel
Residents can submit complaints concerning allegations of abuse of authority or misconduct by Fairfax County police through the panel.
The ongoing goal of increased transparency and accountability for the Fairfax County Police Department now has nine fresh faces. On Tuesday, Feb. 28, the Board of Supervisors announced its appointees to the inaugural Civilian Review Panel, one of the recommendations of the Ad Hoc Police Practices Review Commission.