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Try Sweetbites of McLean
Owner-baker Sandra Panetta, from food truck to a fabulous bakery.
From a successful food truck to a fabulous bakery in McLean, owner and baker Sandra Panetta has taken sweet eats to a new and yummy level at Sweetbites.
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Week in Great Falls
Weekly report from around Great Falls
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Great Falls: Sewage Hauled Elsewhere
Great Falls septic receiving site to close down on June 27; no alternative planned at this time.
Raw septic will no longer be hauled to Great Falls’ Colvin Run Septic Sewage Receiving Plant. The site will close down on June 27.
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Promoting Tea Culture in Great Falls
Meet Laurie Bell, the owner of the Great Falls Tea Garden.
Tea-lovers may enjoy their morning brew, but maybe few know the history of the steaming cup that awakens the palate and starts their day. Historians quibble: was it the Indian prophet Prince Bodhi-Dharma in the early 500s AD?
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'Carter One, Carter Two' Lead Centreville to Win Over Madison
Senior Bach homers, junior Egbers throws two-hit shutout.
The Centreville baseball team defeated Madison on Friday in the 6A North region quarterfinals.
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Clifton 5K a Success Despite Weather
Residents come together for night of running and fun despite poor weather.
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Fairfax: Promoting Native Plants
Volunteers plant 2,000 plants, 48 different species -- one-third grasses and two-thirds wild flowers.
Some 40 volunteers planted a pollinator meadow for two days last week on one acre of land adjacent to the Fairfax County Government Center in Fairfax.
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Fairfax: Mischief and Spies
Providence Players present comedy ‘Red Herring.’
Just in time to help divert an audience to escape from the real world comes “Red Herring” from the Providence Players.
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Meet Fairfax City Fire Chief John O’Neal.
Sporting nearly three decades of experience, John O’Neal became chief of the City of Fairfax Fire Department in January. But he wanted to be a firefighter ever since he was a boy, growing up in Portsmouth, Virginia.
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Burke and Springfield: History in Basements
Nathaniel Lee’s book inspires new look at railroads.
Nathaniel Lee was always inspired by the long history of trains and railroads. As a child he stumbled upon an abandoned train station while exploring the woods of Northern Virginia. “I grew up next to the railroad.
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Community Forum Series Focuses on Disability Services
For those unable to attend the Fairfax Area Disability Service Board’s monthly meetings, June will be an opportunity to voice concerns in person to board members regarding community disability services.
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Burke: Area Girl Scouts Earn Highest Award
Maureen Sawyer of Burke is one of 11 Girl Scouts awarded a Gold Award Scholarship of $2,000 by the Girl Scouts Nation’s Capital for her project titled Bridging the Gap: Increasing Awareness of Educational Poverty.
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Commentary: Up Close and Personal with Marie, On Her Own Terms
Using an approach called Trauma-informed Care, Cornerstones helps clients create strategies and find solutions that offer them control, choice and hope.
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Reston: Police Need Help in Identifying Reston Robbery Suspect
Detectives from the Major Crimes Division are investigating a commercial robbery that occurred in the 7-11 convenience store located at 2303 Soapstone Drive #C, on Friday, May 20.
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Letter: Meals Tax, Where Will This End?
To the Editor
"Diversified revenue," Supervisor McKay hails the tax, as though it were some kind of blessing. Hunter Mill's Hudgins describes it as a "tool" -- a hammer?
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Reston: Splashes of Color with Rain
25th annual Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival showcased the work of 200 artists across the United States and Canada.
Talib Aleem of Reston brings his camera into waves big enough for him to get in. “If you want your images to be more, ‘Wow,’ you have to go where you can get more ‘Wow’ pictures,” said Aleem.
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Commentary: Energy Sustainability and Resiliency in Virginia
Those who were concerned that the 2016 Energy, Sustainability and Resiliency conference sponsored by the Virginia Chamber of Commerce Foundation would be business as usual were in for a surprise.
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Herndon Hosts Second TEDxHerndon Event
Saturday, May 21, Herndon hosted its second TEDxHerndon event at Herndon Middle School. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a global set of conferences run by the private nonprofit Sapling Foundation.
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Herndon: Thanks for 40 Years, Miss Helen
Helen Guest has been the director at St. Timothy’s Pre-School more years than Carrie Manetto has been alive.
