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Alexandria Appetite: 3 Cocktails Perfect for Summer Happy Hour
Hot temperatures outside mean it’s time for a cool, refreshing beverage.
The mercury’s rising outside, and summer picnic season is well under way. So too are weekend happy hours, offering up a number of cool, refreshing concoctions to wet your whistle. Here are three cocktails to try the next time you’re out and about.
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Chantilly: Love for All, Hatred for None
Letter to the Editor
Hate has no religion. No gender. No race.
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Centreville High: Farewell to Class of 2016
Centreville High School graduates celebrate their milestone.
Surrounded by both friends and family, more than 500 Centreville High School graduates walked across Eagle Bank Arena stage at George Mason University on Wednesday, June 15 as they received their diploma from Principal Dave Jagels.
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Chantilly: Pastry Chef Arnaud Herdot Sells from a Food Truck
To be his own boss.
When a fancy French pastry chef takes to selling his baked goods from a food truck, you know that American food shopping habits have changed. Especially startling is that this pastry chef, Arnaud Herodet of Chantilly, worked as the pastry chef at the French Embassy in Washington for 18 years.
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Helping Students onto a Better Path in Life
Mountain View celebrates its 20th anniversary.
Mountain View is a small high school, but the impact it’s had upon its students’ lives has been huge. And last Friday, June 17, it marked two decades of existence and achievement.
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Potomac Nature: A Family Affair
Nesting Baltimore orioles at C&O Canal National Historical Park at Great Falls.
Every five or 10 minutes, one or the other of the adult Baltimore Orioles returned to their pendulous, hanging, nest, with a beak full of food for their recently hatched chicks.
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Potomac: Kennedy Creates Chemical-Free Skin Care Products
Business began in effort to help her mother.
“If you asked me 10 years ago what I'd be doing today, I don't think making natural skincare products would have been on my short-list, or even on my long-list for that matter,” said Potomac’s Renan Kennedy.
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Potomac: Brothers Light Up Their Own Candle-Making Business
Filipino Fire offers homemade scented candles.
Inspired by a candle-making segment on the TV show “The Chew;” three local brothers decided to go into business together. Zach, Nico and Anthony De Leon started their small business to have fun and to earn some extra money. Their slogan is “Homemade scented candles by Hand of Brothers.”
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Arlington: ‘A Lot of Project in a Little Space’
New condominium approved despite neighborhood concerns about density.
As Arlington County’s population continues to climb, projects are getting more densely packed together.
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Lafayette Federal Credit Union Opens Branch in Crystal City
Lafayette Federal Credit Union opened a new full-service branch in Crystal City at 2231 Crystal City Drive on June 16.
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78 Students Receive Scholarships from Arlington Community Foundation
The Arlington Community Foundation (ACF) awarded college scholarships valued at a total of $473,500 to 78 students to attend college next year.
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Alexandria: A “View From Within” at Gallery Underground
Alexandria artist and retired pediatric occupational therapist Anna Schalk, 74, presented “View From Within,” her solo show in June at Gallery Underground in Crystal City.
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Mount Vernon: Storck Reflects on His First Six Months in Office
...and commitment to constituents.
Daniel Storck was elected Mount Vernon supervisor last November, replacing 28-year veteran Gerald Hyland, who retired rather than run for an 8th term.
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Chantilly: For Some, a Hobby, for Others, a Lifestyle
Car enthusiasts flock to Sully Antique Car Show.
Families and car enthusiasts gathered at the Sully Historic Site for the 43rd annual car show, which coincides with Father's Day.
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Letter: Harmful House Bill
To the Editor
Last week, the US House decided that keep our air safe is not important and passed a bill to restrict implementation of the new standards for nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, particulate matter and lead.