Obama, Clinton, Kaine Fire Up Virginia Crowd
Campaign rally in Bristow, Va. attracts 24,000 supporters.
President Obama, President Clinton, and Senate hopeful Tim Kaine gather supporters at a Virginia rally.
Romney at GMU: ‘He Believes in Us’
Fairfax crowd gives Romney ‘energetic’ welcome as more than 10,000 supporters gather inside and outside Patriot Center.
By the time GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney took center stage at George Mason University’s Patriot Center around 4 p.m. Monday, the crowd was fired up.
Editorial: Feeling Important
Presidential campaigns traverse Northern Virginia on last days, mark the importance of every vote.
The images from the last weeks of the presidential Election of 2012 make it clear that it would be hard to overstate the importance of voting, especially in Virginia, especially in Northern Virginia.
Absentee Voting Down Slightly from 2008 Election
More confusion about redistricting reported at polls, not Voter ID.
The line of 100-plus voters casting absentee ballots at the Reston Government Center Friday evening moved quickly.
A ‘Tremendous Turnout’ in Vienna
At Wolftrap precinct, about 100 voters were standing in line by the time the polls opened, some having been there since 5:10 a.m.
Election Day proved to be a cold, but busy morning at Colvin Run Elementary School in Vienna.
Vienna Student Wins Sixth Grade Art Contest
Henry James Ross, 11, won Oakton Elementary School’s sixth grade art contest.
Brief: Girls Scouts Celebrate Founder’s Birthday
Over 200 Daisies, Brownies, Juniors and Cadette Girls Scouts donned their Halloween Costumes to celebrate the Oct. 31 Birthday of Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts.
Brief: New Fitness Trail in Wildwood Park
The Town of Vienna, in partnership with the Vienna Rotary Club and QR F.I.T. Trail, LLC, will introduce a new fitness trail in Wildwood Park during a special ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 10, at 10 a.m. at the intersection of Talahi Road SE and the W&OD Trail in Vienna.
Marshall Road Elementary PTA Receives Grant for Artist in Residence Program
Marshall Road Elementary School (MRES) PTA is fully funding its 2012-2013 Artist in Residence program through an arts grant received from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Daisy Troops Plant Commemorative Tree
As part of the 100 year celebration of Girl Scouts, one of the Daisy Troops led by Sheila Riberiro at the Antioch Christian Church of Vienna planted a tree to honor the Girl Scout foundress Juliette Gordon Low, whose birthday is also Wednesday, Oct. 31.
Tysons Tax District Questioned
Residents, Taxpayers Alliance oppose new taxes.
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors is expected shortly to create a tax “service” district in Tysons Corner that will fund 11 percent of the estimated $3 billion in transportation projects over the next 40 years as the giant redevelopment plan moves forward.
Vienna’s Fair-est Saturday Presents Early Holiday Bazaars
The Vienna Woman’s Club and the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary host their annual fundraisers.
What better way to kick off the holiday season than with the first of Vienna’s festive bazaars? On Saturday, Nov. 10, there are two of them, adjacent to one another, no less.
World War II Veteran Recalls Wartime Experiences
From making machine guns to joining the WACs, Vienna resident shares memories.
World War II veteran Carolyn Fix may have slowed down somewhat as she approaches 90 years old, but she has not lost her sharp wits and her memory of her wartime experiences.
First-time Voters Viewpoints: "Who are you voting for and why?"
"I'll be voting for Barack Obama for several reasons. First of all, I've been pretty liberal all my life and I've grown up overseas in France, Belgium and Greece and it's no secret that Europe is pretty liberal also. It put American politics into perspective for me and helped shape my views. Also, I'll be going to college next year and it's increasingly expensive..."
Letter: Chris Perkins for Congress, VA 11 District
In response to Gerry Connolly for his comment that veterans and career-first officers, including Colonel Perkins, do not have the "sweat equity" needed to hold federal office: Gerry Connolly, a lawyer who doesn't legislate because Nancy says, read Obamacare after it is passed.
Column: Hands of Time
On the one hand, I want to take note every month on the 27th as yet one more notch on my living-with-cancer belt. On the other hand, maybe I don’t need a belt to be notching but rather a life to be living. Perhaps it’s time, nearly 44 months post-diagnosis – at press time, to stop counting backwards and try more living forwards.
Viewpoints: "What issues are most important to you in this year’s election?"
“Three issues really are on the top of my mind. The security of the U.S. I am very concerned about the defense of the United States. Secondly, the economy. We’ve done nothing to bring us out of this depression. Third, unemployment. Twenty-seven million people out of work is unacceptable. I think it’s time we get a new horse-holder up front.”
Oakton’s Klimkiewicz Repeats as Concorde XC Champ
Madison girls’ win Liberty District title.
For the second straight season, Oakton’s Allie Klimkiewicz held off Robinson’s Macey Schweikert to win the Concorde District girls’ cross country championship.
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Editorial: In Wake of Sandy, Still Plan to Vote
Variety of choices in political landscape.
Hurricane Sandy means that the week preceding the election will not be what we were expecting. This editorial is being written Sunday night, Oct. 28, as forecasters predict five inches of rain and 65-mile-per-hour winds over the next two days. With some predicting that power could take a week or more to restore, we have to worry about the likely condition of the Eastern seaboard will be on Election Day, Nov. 6. Absentee voting in person had been cancelled for Monday, and most government offices were closed in anticipation of the storm. What will this mean for voter turnout, for access to voting places on Election Day?