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Parents Battle to Save German Language Program
Virtual classes will fill in, but the future is unclear and unpromised.
Parents Battle to Save German Language Program
Give that Couch a New Life
ALIVE! assists low-income families with furniture program.
Each week people contact ALIVE! to donate furniture and others contact them with furniture requests.
Alexandria People at Work: The Many Faces of Firefighting
On a normal day Durant Cephers would be working at Firehouse 206 on Seminary Road. But it is Aug. 6 and he is on S. Albert Street at the Friendship Firehouse 150th anniversary event.
Arlington Food Assistance Center Faces Competing Parking Priorities
County: Restriping adds parking.
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Free Tax Returns Prepared Locally
The way it works is that when you arrive you will be interviewed by a tax counselor who will collect your information and then prepare your return. A second counselor will then review your return with you and answer any questions you may have. You will receive a printed copy of your return for your records and then your return will be electronically filed for you.
In the Kitchen: Carluccio’s Chef Celia Keeps it Simple, Fresh, Italian...
Carluccio’s Chef Alfio Celia juggles an industrial stove full of boiling kettles, one for the eggs that will go in the Nicoise salad and one for the chicken that will be brined for the chicken salad.
Puwen Gleans Vegetables and Friendships at Arlington Food Assistance Center
Retiring after 13 years building the Plot Against Hunger Program.
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Desire for Vaccines Outpaces Supply in Arlington
How do you divide 2,750 vaccines among 50,000 residents?
Arlingtonians are angry, frustrated and frightened about Covid.
Alexandria People at Work: Every Kitchen’s a Challenge
Shawna Dillon's mother let her pick out the furniture for her bedroom and rearrange it when she was 7 years old and, "I've always, always wanted to be an interior designer."
Alexandria People at Work: A Personal Cup of Coffee
Sumatra beans giving off steam bounced out of the roaster and into the cooling tray.
Meet the Chef: Frantz of Majestic
Chef Frantz discovers her sweet spot in the kitchen.
Wedges of lemon, squares of unsalted butter, curly green onion slivers, low country gravy and blackened shrimp sit mise en place in the prep kitchen at The Majestic on King Street. Lisa Marie Frantz, executive chef at The Majestic, is preparing shrimp and grits made to order for each customer.
People at Work: Keeping the City Safe in Snowstorm
Team works 24/7.
It is Thursday before the big snowstorm predicted to hit the D.C. area with up to two feet of snow.
Alexandria: Framing History
From George Washington to today’s White House.
It was just about three weeks ago when Gary Eyler got a call on Tuesday to be in the White House briefing room on Wednesday for the unveiling of a replica of the original White House Correspondents Charter. The original had disappeared in 2007. Eyler had been asked to recreate it.