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FCPS Student Stabbed Inside West Potomac High School

County authorities prohibit parents from signing students out afterwards.

County authorities prohibit parents from signing students out afterwards.

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Call for Artists

Sculpture sought for new Lorton facility

ArtsFairfax is issuing an open call seeking a professional artist or team to design, fabricate, and install a permanent sculpture on the grounds of the Lorton police station and animal shelter.

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Diehard Gardeners Brave the Elements at AHS Garden Market

It was a rainy, drippy slog that tested gardeners’ grit on April 11, the first of the American Horticultural Society’s (AHS) two-day, annual, spring garden market in Mount Vernon.

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Alexandria Gazette Packet and Mount Vernon Gazette Win Awards

Each year the Virginia Press Association (VPA) holds a competition to select the best published material from newspapers and news sites from across the state.

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Some Success in Richmond but PFAS Headaches

Potomac Watershed Roundtable looks at challenges ahead

The news was both grim and hopeful on April 11, when officials at the Potomac Watershed Roundtable heard about the Potomac River basin and area water supplies.

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‘Native Gardens’ in Alexandria

DC-based comedy playing now through April 13 at ACCT.

Theater

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Groovy Waynewoodstock Right Here in Mount Vernon

Second annual neighborhood music event elevates Waynewood to new heights.

Second annual neighborhood music event elevates Waynewood to new heights.

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Celebrating Women Who Make a Difference in the MVD

Making a difference

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Stunning Stitchery Stars at Woodlawn

Stunning Stitchery Stars at Woodlawn

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Hoda Kotb Started at Fort Hunt

Kotb named one of USA Today’s ‘Women of the Year’

Kotb named one of USA Today’s ‘Women of the Year’

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New Butchery Opens in Mount Vernon: The Cut

The Mount Vernon area got a special valentine on Feb. 14 when The Cut, a new European-style butchery opened in the Hollin Hall Shopping Center.

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Restoring a Stream, Removing an Eyesore on U.S. 1

To most people whizzing by the desolate-looking property at 8800 Richmond Highway (U.S. 1) largely devoid of life, with a gravel parking lot and an empty roadside sign frame looming, it’s a mystery.

Mount Vernon-Springfield Chamber Scholarships for High School Seniors

Mount Vernon-Springfield Chamber Scholarships for High School Seniors

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Track Reunion In Alexandria

Track Reunion

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