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Park View Seniors Graduate

NASA Rep Returns to Alma Mater

Park View Seniors Graduate

Bulletin Board (Burke/Fairfax/Lorton/Springfield)

May 18-25.

Community events in the Burke/Fairfax/Lorton/Springfield area.

Commentary: A Bizarro World Slate

Imagine a state where the incumbents of the top posts—governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general—are all from one party. Imagine it is an election year. Imagine that party convening to select their candidates. One might expect a confident, party atmosphere celebrating a relatively popular incumbent governor and great unity in the coming battle to continue to hold power.

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Trinity Presbyterian Holds Annual Fall Festival

Herndon’s Trinity Presbyterian Church held their annual children’s fall festival from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 27. This free event included several activities including a cupcake walk, art and craft event, and trunk or treating. Trinity’s youth group sponsored the event.

Minority Chambers of Commerce to Host Candidates’ Forum

The recently formed alliance of Northern Virginia Minority Chambers of Commerce will give members of the fast growing minority business community the opportunity to meet with the commonwealth’s gubernatorial and statewide candidates at the first-ever joint Candidates’ Forum, Sunday, Oct. 6, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale Campus.

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‘Ride To Thrive Polo Classic’ to Be Held Sept. 8

‘Ride To Thrive Polo Classic’ to Be Held Sept. 8

The Northern Virginia Therapeutic Riding Program (NVTRP), based in Clifton, will host its sixth Ride To Thrive Polo Classic on Saturday, Sept. 8, at Chetwood Park in The Plains, Va. Gates open at noon, with the polo game beginning at 3 p.m. featuring Team Chetwood Park/Golden Zebra versus Team Los Tigres.

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‘Ride To Thrive Polo Classic’ a Smashing Success

Event benefits Northern Virginia Therapeutic Riding Program in Clifton.

The Northern Virginia Therapeutic Riding Program (NVTRP), based in Clifton, hosted its sixth Ride To Thrive Polo Classic on Saturday, Sept. 8, at Chetwood Park in The Plains, Va. The polo match featured Team Chetwood Park/Golden Zebra of Lorton versus Team Los Tigres of Clifton.

Crime Log

Crime Log

Protecting Providence

Fifth annual county-sponsored workshop aims to educate citizens about protecting the environment.

Protecting Providence

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Crime Report

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Crime Report

Crime Report

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Real Life Stories Told for a Critical Cause

"The Goddess Diaries" at George Mason University.

Local Oakton playwright Carol Lee Campbell has taken stories of real women's journeys from adolescence through later stages of life and used them to make a theatrical production called "The Goddess Diaries."

Potomac School Notes: Oct. 10, 2012

School notes

Neighborhood Outlook: What’s on Chantilly's Horizon?

Homes, shops, restaurant and Wegmans proposed for Westfields.

With the downturn in the office market, developers are looking at vacant parcels of land in the Westfields area of Chantilly as a place for residential and other uses, instead.

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Mount Vernon Sports Briefs for the Week of May 6, 2015

Sports Briefs for the Week of May 6, 2015

Cappies Review: Thought-provoking and Inspirational

“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” at Robert E. Lee High School.

R.P. McMurphy has always been the bull goose of wherever she goes. She is the wildest, lustiest, strongest woman in the world and, as long as she’s stuck in this cuckoo’s nest, the craziest too, the unquestioned bull goose loony. But when she finds herself butting heads with Nurse Ratched and his relentless iron fist of control, it’s not just fun and games anymore.