Newcomers & Community Guide

Newcomers & Community Guide

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True or False?

1) Arlington County’s written history goes back to Captain John Smith’s voyage up the Potomac in 1608.

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Year Round Newcomers' Calendar

Things to do all year long.

Be a Braddock Insider

What every newcomer should know about living, working and playing in the Braddock District.

Braddock is very much a district of neighborhoods, a rarity in busy and booming Fairfax.

Welcome Newcomers, Enjoy Potomac’s Beauty

If you are a newcomer to Potomac, you are in for a real treat — as living there for 20-plus years showed me every day.

My Favorite Places

State delegate shares tips on places to see, things to do.

State delegate shares tips on places to see, things to do.

For Young and Old

Arlington offers range of activities.

Arlington County is bustling with activities, events and places to socialize.

Getting to Know Area High Schools’ Sports

Getting to Know Area High Schools’ Sportshttp://connection.www.clients.ellingtoncms.com/admin/news/story/add/

Insiders Perspective

What is the best thing about living in Burke?

What is the best thing about living in Burke?

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Madeleine Steppel Finds Recipe for Success

Reston resident dines with president and first lady.

One night a few weeks ago, while she was at Camp Louise in Maryland, Madeleine Steppel, 9, of Reston headed to the administration building to wait for a call. Once she got to the building, known around camp as "the White House," the call came in: she had won a trip to the real White House for lunch with first lady Michelle Obama.

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Herndon’s History on Display

Town’s rail history still major part of downtown.

Commander William L. Herndon, never actually set foot in the town that bears his name. The naval commander died 22 years before the town was founded, going down with his ship, the S.S. Central American, when it sank in Sept. 1957 off the coast of Cape Hatteras, loaded with three tons of gold.

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Herndon Home to Many Popular Restaurants

More than 100 restaurants offer food from more than 30 cultures.

Herndon’s signature restaurant is, according to many locals, Jimmy’s Old Town Tavern. Owner Jimmy Cirrito, a native of upstate New York, signed his lease on Veterans Day, 1996, and has been a fixture of the community ever since.

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Strategic Plan Looks to Further Simon’s Ideals

Reston Association plans for new properties, service needs to 2016.

When Robert Simon used the proceeds from the sale of Carnegie Hall to buy almost 7,000 acres of Virginia farmland in March 1961, he founded a community with a plan. A place where residents could live, work and play in a variety of housing types with a variety of recreational opportunities. For the community’s first 50 years, those principals guided the community’s development and governance.

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Finding Recreation in Reston

Trails, tennis, pools offer variety of opportunities.

As avid outdoorsman, Larry Butler says he spends his vacations getting as far away from civilization as possible. As the director of Parks and Recreation for the Reston Association, he knows places in Reston offer something similar.

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Community Meets at Old Brogue

Katie’s Coffee House, Cars and Coffee, traditional Irish fare are signatures of local restaurant.

On most Saturday mornings, Matt Borland of Falls Church is up before sunrise, washing and waxing his red and white 1965 Mustang. Though Saturday is only one of two mornings during the week Borland doesn’t have to be in Washington, D.C. by 8 a.m., he doesn’t mind getting up early, he has a purpose.

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Great Falls Has Development Standards

Comprehensive plan, community involvement, designed to keep semi-rural character.

With an area of just under 18 square miles and one of the lowest densities in the county, Great Falls is designed to have a semi-rural character. The Great Falls Citizens Association, a non-partisan committee made up of residents, has as a primary goal to "preserve the historic, low density semi-rural character of Great Falls and its natural resources."

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