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Give that Couch a New Life
ALIVE! assists low-income families with furniture program.
Each week people contact ALIVE! to donate furniture and others contact them with furniture requests.
Bins Overflow with Drugs at Prescription Drug Take-Back Day in Arlington
Over 700 pounds of drugs collected.
Knock Down/Build Up for Affordable Housing in Arlington
Berkeley redevelopment to create 217 affordable housing units.
Ellis Tells Inmates: ‘Don't Be Afraid to Change’
If you mess up, there's a brand new box.
Message while being in jail
ACPD Creates New Latino Liaison Officer
Latino officer
Opera NOVA Supports Children’s Opera
Annual concert brunch helps opera reach 55,000 children since it began
Opera
The Dress With a Story in Arlington
The dress to wear to the first annual Teacher’s Festival which Dr. Soyini Richards founded to honor teachers
Dress
Arlington: At the Polls, Voters Fulfill Their Responsibility
26-27 percent turnout anticipated.
Election day dawns cool and crisp.
Recalibrating Fight Against Hunger
Setting Priorities
The monthly meeting of Hunger Free Alexandria focused on the accomplishments since the release of the report “Toward an End to Hunger in Alexandria” which was released in 2014.
Holidays in the Homeless Services Center in Arlington
Good cheer, warm and supportive environment
Walk into the Homeless Services Center at 2020-A 14th Street N and one immediately feels the good cheer.
People at Work
Sharing Food and Conversation
The telephone is ringing; customers line up at the counter for large white carry-out plastic bags of scrambled eggs and pancakes; the cash register clinks.
Postal Worker Rescues Elderly Man on Her Route in Arlington
“If you see something, say something.”
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Everyone Loves a Good Parade in Arlington
Police cycles lead the parade down Four Mile Run Drive with antique cars wedged in the middle and two Arlington County fire engines, with sirens blaring, bookending the rear.