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Burke and Springfield: Saving ABLE Savings Accounts

Governor McAuliffe signs Del. Eileen Filler-Corn’s Bill exempting ABLE Savings Accounts from means testing.

Parkwood Baptist Church Celebrates 50th Anniversary

Parkwood Baptist Church in Annandale celebrated their 50th anniversary with a memorial picnic and outdoor service on Saturday, June 11, and Sunday, June 12.

Burke: Robinson Girls' Lax Repeats as State Champion

Rams finish undefeated season with victory over Woodson.

The Robinson girls' lacrosse team finished an undefeated season with a state championship.

Burke: Robinson Boys' Lax Wins Third Straight State Championship

Rams beat James River in 6A state final.

The Robinson boys' lacrosse team beat James River in the 6A state championship game.

Alexandria: TC Girls’ Soccer Falls to Cox in State Semifinals

Titans out-shoot Falcons 28-5 but fail to score.

The T.C. Williams girls' soccer team lost to Cox in the state semifinals.

Mount Vernon: Padres Select West Potomac’s Sara in 12th Round of MLB Draft

Sara facing choice between turning pro, attending William & Mary.

The San Diego Padres selected West Potomac pitcher Jamie Sara in the 12th round of the MLB Draft.

Reston: Neil Kothari, 15, Leads Odyssey of the Mind Team to World Finals

Kothari has coached a sixth grade team of Hunters Woods students for 8 months leading up to the World Finals.

Commentary: Selective Accounting

The Commonwealth of Virginia prepares its budget on a biennial schedule. The budget proposed this year by the Governor and adopted by the General Assembly will become effective July 1, 2016, and extend to June 30, 2018.

Commentary: TetraGate Review or Audit

There is a bit of a frenzy going on at the Reston Association.

Arno’s Pastries Come to Reston

Meet pastry chef Arnaud Herodet.

Reston: Yoga at the Pavilion

The Love Your Body Yoga Festival gives back and urges community to love their bodies.

The Pavilion at Reston Town Center filled with yogis on Sunday, June 12 for the eighth Love Your Body Yoga Festival.

Mount Vernon: Chamber Honors McAllorum

As Life Chamber Member.

Mount Vernon-Lee Chamber honored John McAllorum as a Life Chamber Member at its June 9 breakfast meeting at the Belle Haven Country Club. McAllorum has been a member of the chamber since 1981.

Alexandria People at Work: A Second Family at Sunrise

Every Alzheimer’s story is unique.

A yellow balloon zooms across the room. An arm reaches up from a wheelchair and bats it back across the room. The balloon flies faster and faster. "Go Hunter, you throw harder than anyone." Some of the residents are down the hall taking naps.

Local Art on Exhibit at ArtSpace Herndon

A reception was held on June 11 at ArtSpace Herndon for new exhibit, Truths in False Positives.

Hotel on Elden or High Quality Apartments?

Stout and Teague envision a hotel on the corner of Center Street and Elden Street to go along with new residential condos in downtown Herndon.

Alexandria: A Peace Plan

Confederate Memorials and Street Names Advisory Group completes recommendations.

The Civil War is over. The bitter, year-long argument over what to do about the Confederacy’s legacy in Alexandria seems to have ended with a report from the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Confederate Memorials and Street Names.

Herndon: Theater to Inspire Conversation

‘Guerrilla Theatre Works: At What Cost?’ at NextStop in Herndon.

Opening NextStop Theatre’s summer 2016 series of one-night only performances is a show about a very contemporary social issue; the search for home in an unsafe, complex world.

Reston: Development of a Solution?

Can the former American Press Institute building, architectural gem, still be saved?

The vacant American Press Institute Building at 11690 Sunrise Valley Drive drew international attention this week, days before a scheduled rezoning hearing at the Fairfax County Planning Commission this Thursday, June 16, 2016.

Mount Vernon Letter: Fairness and Taxes

Letter to the Editor

In the June 2 edition of the Gazette, a letter entitled “Seniors Unfairly Tapped for School Budget” argued that senior citizens in Fairfax County should be given a tax rebate funded by a surtax on school-age families because those seniors “have not had children in the school system for years and years.”

Mount Vernon Column: ‘To Do Nothing Is Also a Policy Choice’

Commentary

These tragedies occur faster than I can publish columns.

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