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Alexandria: Musical Enhances Historical Romantic Mystery
MetroStage stages "Blackberry Daze."
MetroStage in Alexandria is staging the world premiere musical of "Blackberry Daze" now through Oct. 9.
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Alexandria: An Ode to ‘Steel Magnolias’
LTA’s play centers on Louisiana women who bond and gossip at local beauty shop.
The Little Theatre of Alexandria (LTA) is staging "Steel Magnolias" now to Oct. 1. The play features a group of Louisiana women as they bond and gossip at a local beauty shop while following the marriage and motherhood of one of the customer's daughters.
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Alexandria Home Sales: August, 2016
In August, 2016, 217 Alexandria homes sold between $1,710,000-$120,000.
Alexandria Home Sales: August, 2016
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McLean Home Sales: August, 2016
In August, 2016, 115 homes sold between $3,125,000-$140,000 in the McLean and Falls Church area.
McLean Home Sales: August, 2016
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Fairfax: Roadside Protest for McKenna and Martinez Deaths
The Northern Virginia chapter of the group Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) organized a demonstration at 4 p.m. on Sep. 14 along Lee Highway in Fairfax, calling for justice for Natasha McKenna and Giovanny, or Jovany, Martinez.
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Swim, Bike, Run: Reston’s 33rd Annual Triathlon
More than 500 compete in area event.
During the preceding week, Kelly Edwards of Waterford, Va., had been experiencing a strange feeling: butterflies in her stomach, but not the usual kind. They were “happy butterflies.”
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Burke, Fairfax, Springfield: Local Authors Create a Space in Burke to Sell, Sign Their Books
Eric Gardner of Springfield and John B. Wren of Fairfax set a tent at Burke Centre Festival.
Springfield author Eric Gardner has learned writing his book is easy. So is getting it published.
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Paul VI Site Challenge: Striking Right Balance
One plan preserves part of school; other creates a replica.
Since Paul VI High School will leave the City of Fairfax in 2020, plans are underway to redevelop its 18.5-acre site along Fairfax Boulevard. And last Tuesday, Sept. 6, developer IDI Group Cos. presented two possible design concepts to a joint work session of the Fairfax City Council and Planning Commission.
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Mount Vernon: Tag Day Yields More than $29,500
School Notes
Hundreds of West Po performing arts students hit the streets for last Saturday’s annual Tag Day.
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Mount Vernon Letter: Meals Tax Effects
Letter to the Editor
Last week, I received in the mail a brochure signed by all members of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors that concerns the referendum to appear on the Nov. 8 ballot asking taxpayers and voters whether or not they approve adding a meals tax to the list of taxes we already pay.
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Mount Vernon Letter: Meals Tax: Missing Items on This Menu
Letter to the Editor
It’s good to be the King, especially when you can manipulate the message and censor opposing points of view to an entire county on a major referendum issue.
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Mount Vernon Letter: My Three Angels
Letter to the Editor
Fifteen years ago today I was lying in the street dying — cardiac arrest.
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MOunt Vernon Column: Need To Raise Minimum Wage
Commentary
Over the last several weeks, our area college students have returned to school to resume their studies for the fall semester. I know that their parents are very proud of them as are we all.
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Alexandria: Remembering POWs and MIAs
“Rocky” Versace among six Vietnam veterans still considered MIA.
The strains of “God Bless America” were the last words anyone would hear from Capt. Humbert “Rocky” Versace before he was executed Sept. 26, 1963, while a prisoner of war in Vietnam. Versace, whose remains have never been found, is one of six Alexandrians listed as Missing in Action from the Vietnam War.
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Alexandria Letter: Laws Against Public Karaoke
Letter to the Editor
As a resident of Old Town for over 20 years, and a musician, I love live music. And Krista Clouse has a beautiful voice. So why does she, or anyone, need recorded music blaring on the street?
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Alexandria Letter: Wilson Pledge Appreciated
Letter to the Editor
Kudos and thanks to Councilman Wilson for his Sept. 2016 Council Connection newsletter pledge (Confederate History): “… a modern Alexandria should focus not just on what should be removed or renamed, but how to portray a more accurate and fair telling of our history.”
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Alexandria Letter: Uninsured Get Pushed Out
Letter to the Editor
Councilmember Tim Lovain’s “We Must Help Alexandria’s Uninsured with Healthcare Costs” brings to mind Lord Woodhouselee’s dictum, “Democracy will last ‘til the people realize they can vote themselves benefits from the public treasury.”
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Alexandria: Last Minute Donation Saves Dog
Arrielle is one lucky puppy.
By all accounts, Arielle should be dead. The black-haired, big-eared German Shepherd suffered from dens aplasia, a condition in which the first vertebrae of the neck does not form properly and the instability creates damage along the spinal cord.
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Alexandria People At Work: Listening to Her Patrons
Talking Books librarian provides concierge-style service.
The green caterpillar inches along a tree branch toward a juicy looking leaf.