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Bob Hanson, 89, Potomac’s Citizen of the Year

“Did you run out of candidates?”

Bouncing around in a John Deere “Gator,” Bob Hanson in the driver’s seat, we were overlooking fields of Timothy hay and pasture land. Black Angus cattle were munching and chewing their cuds. Water glistened on an acre farm pond designed in the 1940s by the U.S. Soil Conservation Board. All this, plus circumventing 70 acres of woodland on a 200 acre farm is what one would call really “Getting Around.” Robert M. Hanson, 89, has been named 2013 Potomac Citizen of the Year. “When they called me my first response was, ‘Did you run out of candidates?,’” he jokingly asked. In retrospect, learning about his many accomplishments and interests, one wonders what in the heck took them so long? First and foremost it is very apparent his love of the land and the animals are his true dedication. What he accomplished since his boarding school days at The Landon School, Bethesda, where he kept his horse and rode home every weekend; a BS degree in agriculture from the University of Maryland; a stint in the U.S. Air Force (2nd Lt.) during the Korean War; dozens of civic activities; plus his professional life, would take most people two life times.

Vienna Volunteer Fire Department Celebrates 100th Anniversary

>Fire department has witnessed Vienna's growth from farming community to suburban town.

Vienna Volunteer Fire Department Celebrates 100th Anniversary

Week in Vienna

Weekly happenings in Vienna

Vienna Volunteer Fire Department Honors Volunteers

To thank the multitude of community volunteers who contributed 29,000 hours of service in 2014 to the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department [VVFD], the department hosted an “appreciation” banquet on Feb. 7 in the station’s Flame Room. More than 160 guests came to support award-winners, volunteers and new elected officials as they were sworn in by Vienna vice-mayor Edythe Kelleher.

And Chaos for Those Who Live on Lee Street

Lee Street

'Homerun Hitter for Justice'

Robert F. Horan Jr. receives lifetime achievement award.

'Homerun Hitter for Justice'

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Del. Bob Marshall (R-13)

Robert A. (Bob) Clark

Capt. Bob Blakley.

State Theater in the Rain, by Bob Gilbert

Bob Korzeniewski

Arlington: Strain, 76, Sways to the Music

And dances the night away.

Arlington resident, Robert (Bob) Strain, 76, has not let the “golden years” slow him down.

Tree Loss Signals Another Battle of Burke

Reston Celebrates 48th Birthday, Simon’s 98th

Lake Anne hosts annual Founder’s Day activities.

Reston founder Robert Simon officially founded the community that bears his name in his 50th year, in 1964. Forty-eight years later, Simon celebrated his 98th birthday at the Lake Anne Plaza Saturday, April 14.

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Chantilly High Drama Director Ed Monk writes children's play.

Flaps Restaurant to close after 23 years in Potomac.

“Did you run out of candidates?”

>Fire department has witnessed Vienna's growth from farming community to suburban town.

Robert F. Horan Jr. receives lifetime achievement award.

And dances the night away.

Lake Anne hosts annual Founder’s Day activities.