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Yorktown Girls’ Soccer Dominant in Tournament Win
Patriots score seven first-half goals against Hayfield.
The Yorktown girls' soccer team will face Washington-Lee in the championship game on Thursday.
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Pressure for Athletic Success Can Lead to Stress
Balancing the need for athletic achievement with emotional wellbeing
Practicing with her club track team three days each week, training with a private coach on the other four days and balancing a challenging academic workload led to a stressful school year for Alexandria high school senior Alexis McCormick.
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Gunston Hall Apartments Preserved — For Now
Possible lawsuit could still bring about demolition.
Gunston Hall Apartments Preserved — For Now
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Organic Farmer Sent Packing?
Judge Robert A. Greenberg of Circuit Court issues stay Tuesday, effects unclear.
Editor’s note: As the Almanac headed to press on Tuesday, the effects of two court proceedings and the governor’s opinion cast uncertainty over county plans to take control of the Brickyard organic farm on Aug. 16 to turn it into soccer fields. This story was written Tuesday before the conclusion of the hearings.
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Arlington Bulletin Board -- April 18
Know of something missing from the community calendar? E-mail it to arlington@connectionnewspapers.com. Deadline is 2 p.m. the Thursday before publication. Call Steve Hibbard at 703-917-6407 with any questions. Photos are welcome. For more volunteer opportunities, classes, announcements visit http://www.arlingtonconnection.com and click on Community.
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Success Without Sound
Hayfield senior has overcome lifelong hearing disorder to lead Hawks into the thick of the district race.
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Exploring Option One
What impact would removing middle schoolers from South County have on Lake Braddock, Hayfield Secondary schools?
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Exploring Option One
What impact would removing middle schoolers from South County have on Lake Braddock, Hayfield Secondary schools?
Exploring Option One
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Sandy Leaves Clean-up Behind
The hybrid hurricane and nor’easter known as Sandy smashed into Alexandria Monday night, packing wind gusts of up to 60 miles an hour.
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Making Holiday Gifts
Students at Langston Hughes learn to make clothing and toys.
Making Holiday Gifts
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McLean Student’s Artwork Featured at the Smithsonian
High school senior would like to use art to help others.
Maya Chung, of McLean, a senior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST), is the youngest of 56 artists selected to have their art displayed in the “Artists at Work” exhibit at the Smithsonian’s Ripley Center in Washington, D.C. Chung’s black ink drawing titled “Redbay (Persea borbonia)” was inspired by a botanical sample collected in the museum’s butterfly garden, and is in the style of a scientific drawing.
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Football, Friends, French: Getting Immersed in Arlington
Sharing in each other’s cultural perspectives.
There were three French girls at the Yorktown Homecoming game. The only problem was, they had no idea what was happening on the field