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Alexandria: Make Eisenhower Great Again
City Manager Mark Jinks lays out plans for Eisenhower area.
While the city makes adjustments to local transit and fosters more cultural activities in the Carlyle and Eisenhower area, there’s been no word yet on the biggest issue affecting the Eisenhower Valley: whether or not the Transportation Safety Administration will move into the long-vacant Victory Center. At the March 10 meeting of the Eisenhower Partnership, City Manager Mark Jinks said that the city’s been hearing that they’ll find out whether or not Alexandria will be the new TSA home “any day now” since a judge voided the contract in November 2015.
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Great Falls: Langley Girls’ Basketball Finishes State Runner-Up
Saxons fall to Cosby in 6A championship game.
The Langley girls' basketball team finished state runner-up.
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Alexandria: Church Offers Grants to Nonprofits
For the fifth year in a row, Westminster Presbyterian Church opened its call for local grant applications as part of its local mission program. The grant program seeks to award $25,000 to local non-profits in 2016 who aid children, hunger, education, shelter or self-sufficiency for Northern Virginia residents. To date, the Westminster Community Grant Program has awarded 23 grants totaling more than $85,000 to local community programs.
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Alexandria Letter: A Too Tall Proposal
Letter to the Editor
On Wednesday, March 9, a neighborhood association meeting was held at the Durant Center for the purpose of listening to representatives from MHF Properties V LLC an affiliate of Magna Hospitality. A representative from planning and zoning also attended. There were approximately 22 members of our neighborhood also in attendance.
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Potomac: Whitman Girls' Basketball Team Wins State Championship
Vikings beat Western in 4A state final.
The Whitman girls' basketball team won the 4A state title.
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Alexandria Letter: Correcting The Record
Letter to the Editor
Ellen Tabb’s coverage [Letter, “Careful about History,” page 14] of the Feb. 8 hearing of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Confederate Memorials and Street Names was indeed right on.
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Alexandria Letter: A Tale of Three Tickets
Letter to the Editor
My recent experience with the city’s parking bureaucracy has confirmed that city government has failed to make the most basic review of its system and rushed gluttonously into proposing to raise taxes and spend $1.1 million on parking enforcement.
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Alexandria Letter: Doesn’t Fit Neighborhood
Letter to the Editor
Today I am writing to you with a major concern for our neighborhood.
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Alexandria Brief: ‘Spring Spruce Up’ With Local Designers
Members of the American Society of Interior Designers, including Alexandria’s Sydnye Pettengill, will take part in the The ASID Washington Metro Chapter’s 20th Annual Spring Spruce Up.
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Column: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
... of the 2016 General Assembly session.
The Virginia General Assembly finished its work for the 2016 legislative session a day early and adjourned a “long” 60-day session where we made progress on many issues but fought bitterly on several others. Because the improving economy has led to increased revenue collections, we were able to invest in critical areas and make a sizable deposit to our Rainy Day Fund without increasing taxes.
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Burke: Robinson Boys’ Lax Beats Broad Run in Season Opener
Two-time defending state champs have new leaders.
The Robinson boys' lacrosse team defeated Broad Run on Tuesday.
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Alexandria: Ireton Girls’ Lax Focused on Remaining Championship Contender
Nationally-ranked Cardinals defeat Georgetown Visitation.
The Bishop Ireton girls' lacrosse team defeated Georgetown Visitation 16-8.
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Reston: Founder’s Day Becomes Founder’s Week
Community groups come together to honor legacy of Bob Simon.
Robert E. Simon, Jr. passed away on Sept. 21, 2015 at his home on Lake Anne Plaza.
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Commentary: A Circus Show
The purpose of the legislative session is serious business and not entertainment like the circus. There are times, however, that it may be difficult to tell the difference.
Ironically Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus moved into the Richmond Coliseum for its annual stand at the same time last week that a few blocks away the General Assembly concluded its annual meeting and members packed up and went home.
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Herndon, Reston Business Update
Joe Grooming, which had a retail space at Reston Town Center is now PR Barbers. The business will be operated by Reg Laws, an owner of PR at Partners Salons.
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Week in Herndon
Weekly happenings in Herndon
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Herndon High School Navy Junior ROTC Pay Tribute to Nation's Heroes
Herndon NJROTC Cadets traveled to Arlington Cemetery to visit the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and other historic sites
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Herndon’s ‘Coffee with a Cop’
Virginia Attorney General highlights the event at Amphora.
No doubt the safest place you could have been anywhere near Herndon on Friday morning was in the private dining room at Amphora’s Diner Deluxe on Elden Street.
