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The Private School Admissions Process

Local educators offer insider tips on how to select and get a child admitted to the perfect school.

While this school year might still feel new, some parents are already thinking next fall. Or if they’re not, they should be. For parents who are considering sending their children to one of the area’s private schools for the 2015-2016 school year, the application process should be underway.

Opinion: Letter to the Editor: For Some Workers, Nothing Leisurely About This Labor Day

Workers lucky enough to have a job face the double bind of fearing the risk of COVID-19 and being laid off.

There will be nothing leisurely about this Labor Day for many working families, not least for essential workers.

Keeping Options Open in Alexandria?

Board approves high school network plan, contingent on more analysis.

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Great Falls: Barn Dance Goes Out with a Bang and Optimism

Annual event benefited the Optimist Club youth fund.

The seven horses that live on Linda Thompson’s White Pines Farm property on Walker Road have shared their barn with the Great Falls Optimist Club for about once a year for the past 10 years.

RA Tweaks Its Rules for Governance

Referendum requirement, leadership titles and DRB independence debated.

RA Tweaks Its Rules for Governance

Alexandria’s Irish Walk to Close July 31

Economic uncertainty ends 50-year run.

The Irish Walk, a landmark shopping destination in Old Town for over 50 years, will be closing its doors July 31, a casualty of a string of recent economic challenges.

SSSAS Graduates Class of 2013

St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School celebrated the Commencement of the 111 members of the Class of 2013 on Saturday, June 8.

Business Notes

Appetite: Grab Takeout, Delivery From One of These Alexandria Spots

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Honoring Veterans at Sangster Elementary

Students carry on Veterans Day traditions.

Armistice Day. November 11, 1918. The day when hostilities ended on the Western Front of World War I and the day that ultimately gave birth to our Veterans Day Observances. Originally the day set aside to officially honor our fallen military heroes, it has become the time to not only honor their sacrifice, but to recognize all those who served and all who continue to serve.

Grab Your Library Card and Keep Reading in Arlington

You can keep on reading during the brave new world of coronavirus rules and restrictions.

Arlington Thrive Gets $60K Grant from CareFirst

Thrive’s safety net will be crucial as the virus has an impact on hourly workers

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'Miracle' Survivor Inspires Charity Walk

Brain injury survivor will speak at walk in his honor.

'Miracle' Survivor Inspires Charity Walk

Brain injury survivor will speak at walk in his honor.

'Miracle' Survivor Inspires Charity Walk

Brain injury survivor will speak at walk in his honor.

'Miracle' Survivor Inspires Charity Walk

Column: Covert Matters

Endangered Species List Grows

It is interesting how the business of political correctness has sneaked into American life with a threatening bang. It is getting "worser and worser."

Fairfax City Manager Presents Proposed New Budget

Would raise tax rates, fund employee merit raises.

The thing to remember about the proposed City of Fairfax budget for FY 2016 is that it’s still a work in progress. City Manager Bob Sisson presented it last Tuesday, March 3, to the City Council, but there will be work sessions and public hearings before it’s finally adopted on April 29.