VDOT Hoists Beam for 495 Express Lanes in Tysons Corner
VDOT and its construction partners Fluor-Lane erected the 495 Express Lanes Project’s largest beam over the 495 north (inner loop) lanes on Friday night, Feb. 4.
Column: Keeping Dulles Rail On Track
Henry Ford once said that you should not find fault, but find a remedy, because anyone can complain. I believe this principle describes our efforts over the last year to reduce the cost of Dulles Rail and keep it moving forward.
A Place of Love and Beauty
1st Stage presents ‘Almost, Maine.’
Smitten you can become with the delightful, upside-down quirkiness at the heart of "Almost, Maine" the current 1st Stage production.
‘Find the Fun Fair’ Comes to Vienna
Free activities, raffle prizes.
Hundreds of parents and their children turned out for www.playtodaydc.com’s public launch at Westwood Country Club on Feb. 4, a "Find the Fun Fair." Favorites activities, from inflatable bouncers to modified "t-ball," and business partners promoting their children’s offerings, ran from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
They’re Making ‘100 Bowls of Soup’
Local entrepreneur wants to change processed food industry one bowl at a time.
Early in Katharine Mardirosian’s post-college life, she considered a career in international relations. A Harvard graduate, Mardirosian traveled and worked in eastern Europe and New York.
Entertainment (Vienna/McLean/Great Falls)
Feb. 9-16.
Weekly entertainment in the Vienna, McLean, and Great Falls area.
Bulletin Board (Vienna/McLean/Great Falls)
Feb. 9-16.
Community events in the Vienna, McLean, and Great Falls area.
Cementing the Districts
Republicans try to lock in eight-to-three advantage in congressional redistricting.
Now that congressional redistricting has moved through the House of Delegates and the Virginia Senate, a picture of 2012 is beginning to take shape.
Madison Boys Making Progress in District Hoops
Senior guard Nate Favero is Warhawks’ top scorer this winter.
The Madison High boys’ basketball team snapped a four-game losing streak with a 52-38 win at Liberty District opponent Stone Bridge High in Ashburn on Jan. 20. Then, in their next game three days later at district rival McLean, the Warhawks nearly pulled off an upset victory in a 54-53 loss to the sizzling hot Highlanders.
Fanquest at Oakton High
McLean, Oakton High Special Olympics basketball teams face off in a sold-out game.
Fanquest 2012 was held Saturday evening at Oakton HS featuring a game between the Oakton HS and McLean HS Special Olympics basketball teams.
She’s Got ‘Stage Presence’
Student placement auditions Feb. 1 and 2.
Stacey Jones has been engaged in dance and theatre pretty much her whole life. She sang in school choruses and performed in musical theatre in high school.
Opening Doors to Part-time Careers
Flexforce Professionals pairs experienced professional women with local companies.
If it weren’t for three highly-educated, resourceful local moms who wanted to be home when the school bus arrived, there would, probably, be no "Flexforce Professionals" today.
Comedy Club Opens in Vienna
The Back Room really is a back room.
To its list of social events, Vienna has now added "comedy club."
Madison Grad Stars in Spamalot
Rowan comes back to area in March.
In a musical replete with flying cows, insults involving hamsters and flatulent Frenchmen, Arthur Rowan, 1997 graduate of James Madison High School in Vienna and former actor with the Reston Players, plays the straight man.
Hair Cutting, Skin Care at Marshall High
Cosmetology class teaches real-life skills.
Following the twisted hallways inside Marshall High School leads to the side of the school not known to many where classes like Cosmetology are held.