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Alexandria People at Work: Emily Henry of Hooray for Books Makes Transition

Emily Henry makes transition from story hour to the guitar.

It is 10:29 a.m. and the floor is crowded with chairs all filled for the Friday morning story hour at Hooray for Books on King Street.

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People At Work: On Route, Collecting Trash in Alexandria

It was 7 a.m. and 25 degrees in the truck yard. The hose on the trash compactor at T.C. Williams high school had frozen up and city resources for trash collection were reconfigured on the spot.

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Alexandria Snapshot: Holiday Sweets

In the kitchen at Bittersweet bakery on King Street, a special order of mixed cupcakes is being loaded for a corporation with the company logo on the top and an “asap” on the order.

Spooky in Arlington

Annie Ruhe and Spook Ruhe kept each other company on her first Halloween.

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Arlington Sewer Maintenance Rediscovers Manhole

John Lyles, assisted by Dodolvo Sanchez, Arlington sewer maintenance, is cutting out a square around a “lost” manhole.

Arlington Snapshot: First Day of Spring?

Despite threatened rain, an Arlington woman and her dog celebrate the first day of spring with a walk in Gulf Branch Park. The dog was unwinding after 23 houseguests had just left and he finally got to sniff some leaves and chase a few squirrels.

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Preparing the Roads in Alexandria

It is 7 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 14 and Mike Haynes is checking in with a City of Alexandria truck driver after dumping in 2 tons of salt from his loader. The trucks had been out working since 1 a.m. preparing for predicted snow and sleet.

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Victory Day Fly-in

Disappointed visitors searched the sky at Dulles on Saturday, May 9, hoping for a break in the weather.

Arlington Snapshot: Spring Planting

James Corbett stops by the Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC) table where Rosemary Jann, a volunteer, gives away bean seeds as well as a variety of herb seeds including thyme, tarragon, basil and cumin. Other seeds are offered to grow a plot for AFAC to feed the families served by the organization. Corbett has a table at the AFAC “Plot Against Hunger” summer season kick-off that demonstrates beekeeping. In two more weeks he will have his colonies in. He sells honey and raises bees as a pollination service for orchards.

People At Work: City’s Sign Fabricator

Meeting an ever-increasing need for signs.

The black wedge jerks back and forth, making small cuts in the shiny red vinyl. Two or three minutes later Abraham (“they call me Abe here”) Kifle, sign fabricator for the City of Alexandria, cuts off the 24-inch rectangle from the large roll with his sharp blade.

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.

Alexandria: Never a Slow Day in the ER

People At Work

It is 11:10 a.m. and the emergency room is full with light blue curtains drawn across the patient rooms lining the long hallway.

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In the Kitchen: Working Inside Alexandria Food Trucks

Specializing in what their customers want.

Mike Tokarz has pulled on his transparent plastic gloves and scoops out the second layer of the Pearl Special, a pint-size container layered with mac and cheese, baked beans and chopped pulled pork in the Rocklands Barbeque food truck kitchen.

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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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Patching City’s Potholes

A matter of teamwork.

Earplugs in, yellow vests zipped up and protective eyewear in place. A large white knob on the back of the protective helmet adjusts it to an individual’s head size. The 65 -pound jackhammer blasts into the 6 x6 foot square of asphalt at the High and Orchard intersection in Alexandria.

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  • By Shirley L Ruhe/Gazette Packet
  • September 25, 2014
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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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