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‘Building a Culture of Excellence’ Workshop at RVDA Convention
FAIRFAX, Va. – Management Consultant Theresa Syer of Syer Hospitality Group will help dealers who want to earn a reputation for service excellence at their business during a pair of workshops at the RV Dealers Convention/Expo. Syer’s strategies and methodologies have helped hundreds of clients including many RV, marine,...
Adoption fees waived for senior pets at Fairfax County Animal Shelter
FAIRFAX, Va. — Come and discover your new best friend this weekend at the Fairfax County Animal Shelter! In an effort to help these pets find their forever homes, the shelter is waiving adoption fees on select animals. WHAT:. Join the Fairfax County Animal Shelter for "Vintage Tails," a...
Fairfax School Board members divide up liaison assignments
The Fairfax County School Board assigned members July 18 to these standing committees for the 2024-25 school year:. • Audit Committee: Ryan McElveen (At-Large), chairman, and members Robyn Lady (Dranesville), Ilryong Moon (At-Large) and Marcia St. John-Cunning (Franconia). • Budget Committee: Kyle McDaniel (At-Large), chairman, and Rachna Sizemore Heizer (Braddock),...
Gold, Light Blue, Royal Blue win senior softball crowns
Below are final regular-season standings and rosters of the championship teams in the Northern Virginia Senior Softball League for the 2024 spring and summer season. Games in the three conferences were played at various venues throughout Northern Virginia. Playoffs follow the regular season. The three conference regular-season champions were the...
Arlington-Alexandria residents become Va. 'folklife apprentices'
A team from Arlington and Alexandria has been named one of six from across Virginia selected by the Virginia Folklife Program as folklife apprentices for the coming year. Hayrunisa Yenilmes and Amar Kilich (Alexandria) and Ajinur Setiwaldi and Subhinur Elemin (Arlington) were selected for their efforts studying and performing Uyghur traditional music.
Competition Times for Alexandria, Virginia’s Olympians
ALEXANDRIA, VA – T.C. Williams High School (now Alexandria City High School) alum Noah Lyles will compete in the 100-meter preliminaries on August 3 at 5:45 am ET on NBC, Peacock, and NBCOlympics.com. The semifinals will take place on Sunday, August 4, at 2 pm ET on the same networks, and the 100-meter finals will take place at 3:50 on August 4. He will compete in the 200-meter preliminaries on Monday, August 5, at 1:55 pm, the semis on Wednesday, August 7, at 2:02 pm, and the final on Thursday, August 8, at 2:30 p.m. on the same networks.
Virginia Community Ranked Third 'Best Place To Live For Families' New Fortune Report Finds
If you know, you know. It's no secret to Fairfax County residents, but Fortune made it official, naming Chantilly the third "best place to live for families" in a newly released ranking, citing it as "a serene escape" from the DC craziness.Researchers cited Chantilly's proximity to t…
Metallica visits record pressing plant just outside Alexandria
Heavy metal band Metallica swung by a record pressing plant a few blocks west of Alexandria earlier this week. The band visited Furnace Record Pressing, a record pressing company that’s been in business, which Metallica gained a majority interest in last year. Furnace Record Pressing is at 6315 Ben...
The Story Behind the Frank Lloyd Wright House in Alexandria
Finding affordable housing in the Washington region is a challenge today, but it’s not a new challenge. The Pope-Leighey House at Woodlawn, designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright, is a unique example of 1940s, intentionally designed affordable living. In 1939, journalist Loren Pope, a 28-year-old copy editor at...
How DC-area shoppers can save some money in August
Virginia will hold a three-day sales tax holiday and Maryland will hold a similar one for a week, as local shoppers load their carts with back-to-school items. This year’s Virginia’s sales tax holiday, from Aug. 2 to Aug. 4, comes after state lawmakers forgot to renew the sales tax holiday during budget negotiations back in March 2023. That legislation expired so it could not be offered in August, as in previous years, when people are usually shopping for back-to-school items. But it was eventually held last October.
Pro-Palestinian encampment removed from Secretary Blinken’s Arlington home by police
The pro-Palestinian encampment outside of Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s Arlington, Virginia, home is no more. The encampment along the 400 block of Chain Bridge Road (Route 123) in McLean had been lined with protesters holding signs with phrases such as “Let Gaza Live” and “Full Ceasefire in Gaza now,” since January.
Beloved Virginia gay couple dies in plane crash heading home from New York
A profound sense of loss has gripped a community inVirginia after the tragic death of a gay couple on their way home from New York’s Long Island to King George, southeast of Washington, D.C., earlier this week. Christopher Kucera, 46, and Zachary Hatcher, 43, died in a plane crash,...
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