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Transformation: from Swamp to Gorgeous Design

"In 1995 when I first started working on this yard, it was basically a swamp with dense trees growing straight up because they had nowhere to go."

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  • By Shirley Ruhe/The Connection
  • April 23, 2015
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57 Different Summer Camp Choices

Glen Echo offers wide selection of arts in wide open spaces.

A lump of brown clay sits on the potting wheel. Water is added as the wheel begins to turn, teenage hands cup around the clay to begin forming the sides, then start in the middle and work outward.

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  • By Shirley Ruhe/The Connection
  • April 30, 2015
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Arlington: New Police Chief Stresses Community Outreach

Nauck Civic Association hosts discussion of local criminal justice system.

Jay Farr, addressing the Nauck Civic Association community meeting June 1, said he was there to " put a face to a position." He emphasized the importance of community outreach and input.

Sex Trafficking Young Victims in Northern Virginia

Federal funds for gang task force expire April 1.

The first article in an occasional series on human sexual trafficking in Northern Virginia.

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  • By Shirley Ruhe/The Connection
  • March 30, 2016

All Aboard the Trolley

It was a cool October morning. The trolley door opened with a swish. “Good morning, watch your step," Marlene Stevens, the bus operator for the Alexandria trolley was beginning her first trip of the day.

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  • By Shirley Ruhe/Gazette Packet
  • October 16, 2014
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Alexandria/Mount Vernon: Beer and Barbecue at Bilbo Baggins

In the Kitchen

Ancho chili pepper, garlic and onion powder are poured into the large aluminum pot already simmering with ketchup, vinegar and leftover pork drippings.

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Bag It?—Not Any More

Arlington to consider a new five-cent tax for each plastic bag.

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Bag It?—Not Any More

Arlington to consider a new five-cent tax for each plastic bag.

Bag It?—Not Any More

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  • By Michael Lee Pope and Shirley Ruhe
  • September 15, 2021
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Pioneering Change For Autism

University of Virginia seminar studies tension between “The Science & Lived Experience of Autism.”

Despite a recent surge in attention and research over the past decade about autism, controversy exists.

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