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Floris Elementary Chess Team Wins Silver Knights Cup
Floris Elementary students competed in the third annual Silver Knights Cup chess tournament recently and won top school in the competition. The top four scorers from each school were taken to calculate school placements; from Floris, the top scorers were Ray Shen, Mantra Vivek, Anand Vinod, and Jonathan Tong. More than 220 students from 20 schools participated in the tournament in one of four sections: K-1, K-3, K-5, and K-8. Other Floris students who competed were Connor Whiting, Alec Riso, Aditya Kakkar, Vikas Nanduri, Shrey Papneja, Shiven Chokshi, Sumanth Ratna, Sri Kapa, Krish Sahoo, Yashwant Kapa, Shivam Papneja, Yash Sahoo, Maria Izzi, and Zahra Izzi.
Letter to the Editor: Retail's Role in Quality of Life
To the Editor: Our quality of life, even in Potomac, continues to deteriorate as yet another retailer folds. The most recent victim was the closing of Toys Unique after 20 years in the Village.
Week in Herndon
MOMS Club to Host Spring Swap
The MOMS Club of Herndon will host a Spring Swap on Thursday, March 20, from 10 – 11:30 a.m. at Trinity Presbyterian Church (651 Dranesville Rd, Herndon). All Herndon (zip codes 20170 and 20171) stay at home mothers are encouraged to come and meet other at-home mothers.
Private Gardens of Bethesda on June 2
Garden Tour. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visit some of the most fabulous private gardens in the Bethesda and Chevy Chase area at the height of the gardening season. Join Brookside Gardens for its second annual private garden tour for your only opportunity to visit several extraordinary, designer showcase properties — guaranteed to provide inspiration to the most avid gardeners and designers as well as garden hobbyists. Pre-register through www.ParkPASS.org. Visit one garden for $5, course # 202399, three for $15, course #202400 or all eight of the gardens for $20, course # 202401 on this exclusive tour, including one designed by Oehme van Sweden & Associates. Visit www.brooksidegardens.org or call 301-962-1402. Check-in location is McCrillis Gardens, 6910 Greentree Road, Bethesda.
TheatreMcLean Presents ‘Don’t Drink the Water’
McLean High School's award-winning theatre company, TheatreMcLean, presents Woody Allen’s hilarious slapstick comedy “Don’t Drink the Water.” Playing for one weekend only, Nov. 18-20, at McLean High School, 1633 Davidson Road, McLean.
McLean: ‘Enchanted Forest’ Returns to Tysons
Junior League of Northern Virginia (JLNV) will host the 16th annual “The Enchanted Forest,” a weekend-long holiday festival featuring a variety of affordable events for the entire family on Nov. 19 and 20 at the Westin in Tysons Corner, located at 7801 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church.
Black Lives Matter Banner in Reston Stolen – Again
The Unitarian Universalist Church in Reston (UUCR) discovered on Thursday, May 20, that the Black Lives Matter banner that they fly at the entrance of their property on a major street in Reston, had been stolen – for the third time in the past year.
Home Sales Report
Home Sales Report
Modified Schedules Affect School Calendar
Most students return to school Sept. 3.
Modified Schedules Affect School Calendar
Police Notes
Police Notes
Theater, June 18-24
Theater, June 18-24
Camps & Schools
Camps & Schools
Crime
Crime
Birth
Birth
Alexandria Home Sales: June, 2017
In June, 2017, 319 Alexandria homes sold between $3,900,000-$100,000.
Alexandria Home Sales: June, 2017
Around Town
Around Town