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A Local Film, A Global Change

Local film makers are trying to change the film industry.

A Local Film, A Global Change

A Local Film, A Global Change

Local film makers are trying to change the film industry.

A Local Film, A Global Change

Editorial: On Funding the Silver Line

Commonwealth will collect the dividends, but refuses to invest; Northern Virginia pays.

Northern Virginia localities should together commission a study now to determine how much growth is stimulated by the opening of the Metro stations in Tysons and along the toll road out to Dulles, how many new jobs created, quantify how much that growth leads to increased income and sales tax, and how much revenue (taxes) would get shipped off to Commonwealth coffers.

School Board Keeps Up with Growth

The Three Bs of Education

School Board Keeps Up with Growth

'Doorways' Honors Community Volunteers

Benefit auction helps abused, homeless, and at-risk women and families

'Doorways' Honors Community Volunteers

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‘Working Got Me Back into Life’

Lamb Center celebrates success, looks toward future.

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Still Singing, Playing

Music keeps 75-year-old going.

Still Singing, Playing

No Vets Left Behind

Volunteer drivers needed to transport local veterans to medical appointments.

“I like to garden, and I wish I could still go dancing. Me and my wife, we used to love going to supper clubs like the Dipsy Doodle,” Brown said. But chronic pulmonary problems and degenerative joint disease make most physical activities difficult for the former World War II U.S. Navy pilot.

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Gap Between Relief Funds, Eviction Moratorium Could Cause Mass Evictions in Fairfax County

Slow: 12,000 eviction cases in courts statewide while only 300 tenant households had received federal funds.

The expiration of the state eviction moratorium and the refusal of the Fairfax District Court to extend it locally past July 10 has sent Fairfax County legal aid attorneys and Health and Human Services Department staff into a flurry of action to try to get federal assistance to the 500 tenants currently on the docket for eviction proceedings.

Keeping Shop

Working at…Artfully Chocolate

Keeping Shop

Keeping Shop

Working at…Artfully Chocolate

Keeping Shop

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Silas Burke House Stays, Sunrise Gets Closer

New language in rezoning application passes to supervisors.

Though once home to Burke’s enterprising namesake Silas, the stately white house he built circa 1824 and the property overlooking Burke Lake Road aren’t actually owned by the county.

Illegal Aliens and Emma Lazarus

I believe in law and order. I am a devotee of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. These are the basic tenets of civil and religious life in Virginia and the rest of the 50 states. There’s no question we like to brag about this all over.

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MCC Prepares FY2015 Budget

Draft budget would increase tax rate to 2.3 cents per $100 of assessed real estate value.

The McLean Community Center Governing Board will vote on the Fiscal Year 2015 budget Wednesday, Sept. 25. The board’s financial committee has recommended an increase in tax rate from 2.2 cents to 2.3 cents per $100 of assessed real estate value.

Letter: Is Current Spending Valid?

The March 22-28, 2012 Mount Vernon Gazette front page article “Hyland Calls For a Meals Tax” that would impose a 4 percent tax on meals that is for education and roads.

Operating Budget, Live

Public hearing testimony from April 8.

Operating Budget, Live

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A Collaborative Future for Arts in Alexandria

City approves Arts and Culture Master Plan.

Torpedo Factory artists turned out in force to the City Council meeting on Dec. 17 in a show of support for the artists’ institution.

Full-time Supervisors Outnumber Citizen-Statesmen

Full-time Supervisors Outnumber Citizen-Statesmen

Full-time Supervisors Outnumber Citizen-Statesmen

Full-time Supervisors Outnumber Citizen-Statesmen