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Mount Vernon Sports Briefs: MV Football To Face First-Place Yorktown
Mount Vernon Sports Briefs: MV Football To Face First-Place Yorktown
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Theater, May 14-20
Theater, May 14-20
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Local Man Charged: Online Solicitation
Arrested in statewide sting targeting child predators.
Anarug Sharma, 35, of Fairfax, was one of 20 people across Virginia arrested last week as a result of “Operation Phalanx” – an undercover operation targeting alleged child predators. It was a collaborative effort between Virginia's two Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task forces and the attorney general’s office.
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Bethesda Holds Annual Literary Festival
Downtown Bethesda celebrates the diversity of modern literature by presenting the 13th annual Bethesda Literary Festival from Friday, April 20 to Sunday, April 22.
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“Flourishing After 55”
Upcoming events and activities for seniors.
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Reston: South Lakes, Storm Water and Collaboration
RA approves funding for independent study of stormwater flows between Cedar Cove Cluster and Wakerobin Lane.
When the Board of Supervisors approved a 40,000 square foot addition to South Lakes in October 2015, Terry Maynard of Reston 20/20 emphasized a failing stormwater management plan for the adjoining neighborhoods of Wakerobin Lane and Cedar Cove.
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Orange Hunt Elementary Math Night Transformed
Winter Olympics as theme of first STEM Night experience.
On March 20, Orange Hunt Elementary School revamped its former Math Night into a STEM Night that rocked the students and the community into an evening of learning and fun for the whole family. What began as a somewhat daunting endeavor, our new, small, STEM Planning Committee, which consisted of a half dozen science and math teachers and another half dozen of parent experts and scientists, planned an evening with over 20 hands-on experiments, activities and demonstrations aimed to educate students and community in the areas of Science, Technology, Math and Engineering.
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Kid Save Holds Picnic for Visiting Orphans
Kid Save Holds Picnic for Visiting Orphans
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Wachovia Bank Robbed
Wachovia Bank Robbed
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Letters to the Editor
6,750 Bags Of Thanks
The 2013 Combined Parent Council (CPC), many parents, Mount Vernon High School faculty members, and MVHS student volunteers sold over 6,750 bags of mulch on Saturday April 20, raising over $15,000 towards the 2013 MVHS All Night Graduation Party.
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Clifton Haunted Trail
The terrors of the Clifton Haunted Trail will be unleashed Saturday, Oct. 27, from 7-10 p.m., in the Town of Clifton’s Eight-Acre Park. (Rain date, Oct. 28). Tickets are $20 for adults and $10, children; there are no advance sales. Sturdy shoes are recommended; snacks and beverages are available.
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Centreville’s First Zombie Slouch
The first annual Zombie Slouch 5K Run and Walk was held Saturday, Oct. 20, in Centreville. Proceeds benefited the D
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Fundraiser Yields 126 Thanksgiving Dinners
More than 75 Keller Williams Realty Old Town staff and friends volunteered on Tuesday, Nov. 20, to sort, bag and deliver 126 complete Thanksgiving dinners to families in Alexandria.
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News Briefs: Boater Education Course Offered
A boater's education course that meets the boating education requirements for Virginia, Maryland and D.C. will be offered by Flotilla 25-8 of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary on Oct. 20.
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Mount Vernon: Annual Gala Supports MVAH
On the banks of the Potomac River just off the Mount Vernon Parkway, the Mount Vernon at Home non-profit senior citizen service organization once again celebrated its annual gala fundraiser at the American Horticulture Society's site, River Farm on May 20.
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Police Arrest Six for DWI
Alexandria police conducted a DWI enforcement effort to deter and apprehend intoxicated drivers from 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 20, to 5:30a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 21.
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Girls on the Run
Twenty-six girls from Lees Corner Elementary School ran in the Girls on the Run of Northern Virginia 5K held on the George Mason University Campus on Sunday, May 20. The run was the capstone event of a 12-week after school program that aims to help girls between 3rd and 6th grade develop self-esteem and self-respect through a curriculum integrated with a running program. More than 3,600 girls from schools in northern Virginia, and their buddy runners participated in the 5K.