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Commentary: Reston’s Disappearing Performing Arts Center
If you want to read a good book that will inform and entertain at the same time, get a copy of Kristina Alcorn’s “In His Own Words.”
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Mount Vernon: Taking Ownership of Their Health and Fitness
Nine women buy Curves franchise.
Curves, an international health and fitness franchise, has been in Alexandria for more than a decade.
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Alexandria: Four Mile Run Restored
Natural habitats slowly return to Alexandria’s northern creek.
In the 1970s, Alexandria was desperate. Throughout the ’60s and ’70s, Four Mile Run along the city’s northern border with Arlington was flooding.
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Wind and Mud Compete at Potomac Hunt Races
Annual event attracts a crowd.
If you enjoy mud, incessant wind, scattered clouds and a 58-degree, May 15, temperature you would have loved the 64th annual running of the Potomac Hunt Races last Sunday at the Kiplinger’s “Bittersweet” field, Poolesvile.
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Alexandria: Two Cents Worth
Where the city’s tax increase is going.
When the city manager presented his proposed budget to the City Council, it came with a one cent tax increase.
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Alexandria: Responding to Metro Delays and Closures
City leadership and ridership look at upcoming Metro changes.
It's frustrating but necessary.
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Local Designer Honored for Remodeling Reston Townhouse
Home transformation gives family of five more living space.
Mina Fies, CEO of Synergy Design and Construction, was recognized for remodeling a Reston townhouse that was built in 1968.
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Chantilly: ‘We’ll Never Forget Vicky and Mike’
New memorial dedicated to Armel and Garbarino.
May 8, 2006 is a date seared into the hearts and minds of everyone who remembers the tragic events that happened that day at the Sully District Police Station. It was when a heavily armed teen took the lives of two police officers — Det. Vicky Armel, 40, and MPO Mike Garbarino, 53.
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Fairfax: City Council Adopts FY 2017 Budget
Real estate tax rate rises just a penny.
When Fairfax City Manager Bob Sisson presented his proposed FY 2017 budget for the City, in February, he recommended raising the real estate tax by 2.7 cents, to $1.0815 per $100 assessed valuation.
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Clifton: Annual Home Tour To Benefit Local Charities
Clifton Community Woman’s Club’s event set for May 19.
The 44th Annual CCWC Homes Tour, Silent Auction & Book Signing, hosted by the Clifton Community Woman’s Club, will be held Thursday, May 19. Tour hours are 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. The silent auction and book signing with local authors is 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. the Clifton Presbyterian Church, with additional authors at Clifton’s Acacia Masonic Lodge.
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Potomac Column: It Often Is and Should Be Political
Commentary–WMCCA
WMCCA was called out by Montgomery County Councilmembers during the April 18 meeting of the Planning, Housing and Economic Committee for somehow creating problems and causing sewer policy to be a “political” issue. Politics is defined by the Cambridge English Dictionary as “the activities of the government, members of law-making organizations, or people who try to influence the way a country is governed.”
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McLean Outlook: Saving Trees While Building Houses
Developers at the third annual McLean Tree Forum surprised some audience members with their appreciation for trees.
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McLean Resident Inducted in U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame
The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame officially inducted the Class of 2015 in Aspen, Colorado on Saturday, April 9.
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Photo Exhibit Celebrates National Parks, Great Falls
“So Many Parks – So Little Time - Celebrating our National Parks’ Centennial” an exhibit of photography capturing iconic as well as unusual scenes from our National Parks throughout the U.S.
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Alexandria: Champions of Change
Community leaders to be honored at Philanthropy Summit
When Bill Butcher opened Port City Brewery in 2011, not only was he committed to producing a quality craft beer, he also made it a goal to use his time and resources to improve the lives of others in his hometown. On May 3, Butcher will be among those honored for his philanthropic contributions to the community at the 18th annual Alexandria Business Philanthropy Summit.
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Responding to Teen Sex Trafficking
Comprehensive approach seeks to educate teens.
In 2012 Fairfax County Detective William Woolf discovered a 16-year-old girl being prostituted by the M-16 gang. At the time there was little recognition that the problem existed locally. The girl was recovered and since then Woolf has interviewed 300 recovered victims, some as young as 12-years old. After the initial shock, Northern Virginia businesses, faith communities and educational groups sought to understand the extent of the problem.
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Potomac: ‘Sam’s Backyard Carnival’ Benefits Colon Cancer Alliance
Joining in a mom’s battle.
Seventh-grader Sam Benaim didn’t know a lot about colon cancer until his mom, Michelle was diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer. Life as the family had previously known it totally changed to focus on supporting Michelle Benaim in her fight.