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Mount Vernon Letter: Ospreys Up Close

Letter to the Editor

In 2013, I installed a camera in the osprey nest behind my home and established a web page where those interested in these birds could view their activities.

Mount Vernon Letter: Mainstream Representation

Letter to the Editor

I thought the letter [“Wrong Side of the Issues,” Feb. 25] from Jay Spiegel criticizing state Sen. Scott Surovell was markedly offbase.

Mount Vernon Column: The Senate Budget Emerges

Commentary

This week, the seventh of this session of the Virginia General Assembly, both the Senate and House of Delegates are considering the state’s two-year budget. After each house passes a budget, a joint conference committee resolves the differences. The Senate budget has good news and bad news.

Mount Vernon Column: Accelerating into the Future

Commentary

This past Saturday, I had the privilege of conducting the annual Mount Vernon Town Meeting for the first time.

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Mount Vernon Snapshot: $18,000 Raised

The 2016 Wolverine Athletic Booster Club/PTSA/Fort Hunt Sportsmen's Valentine’s Dinner Dance Fundraiser attracted 180 West Potomac High School supporters who enjoyed dinner and dancing at the Mt. Vernon Country Club on Feb. 13.

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Mount Vernon: Arrest Follows Public’s Help in Identifying Suspect

Police credit community involvement.

Community members in Mount Vernon saw something and said something, working with patrol officers and detectives from the Fairfax County Police Department.

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Mount Vernon: Honored in Bankers Video Contest

West Potomac Academy student receives $2,500.

West Potomac Academy student Jackson Harvey placed second in a national video contest sponsored by the American Bankers Association Foundation.

Needlework Exhibition Now at Woodlawn

The 53rd annual Woodlawn Needlework Exhibition at Woodlawn Plantation began March 2 and runs until March 31.

Mount Vernon Brief: Jazzercise Aids Women in Need

Mt. Vernon Jazzercise recently raised $500 for Gifts of Hope, an alternative gift-giving program that serves as an intermediary between donors and organizations serving individuals and families in need in the D.C. metro area and internationally.

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Mount Vernon: County Picks Clinton and Rubio

But Trump joins Clinton in taking Virginia

Katie Hugo, daughter of Del. Tim Hugo (R-4?), turned 18 at the beginning of February and insisted she cast her first official vote with dad, who she said is the reason she’s involved and interested in politics.

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Fairfax County: Commission Recognizes Outstanding Women in Government Work

Edwyna Wingo of the Chantilly area began her career with Fairfax County as a nurse in the Health Department on Sep. 1, 1965 and worked her last full day Oct. 1, 2011.

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Mount Vernon: West Potomac To Face 6A South Champ Woodside

Wolverines suffer back-to-back losses at region tournament.

The West Potomac boys' basketball team is the No. 4 seed from the 6A North region.

6A North Roundup: Westfield, Battlefield Advance to Tournament Final

West Potomac, West Springfield to play in third-place game.

Westfield and Battlefield won on Friday night.

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Burke, Fairfax Station, Springfield and Mount Vernon legislators reflect on battles won, lost and tabled after General Assembly “Crossover”

Tuesday, Feb. 16 marked “crossover,” the milestone during the current session of the Virginia General Assembly session in Richmond where bills passed by the House of Delegates move to the Senate for debate and either approval or rejection, and vice versa.

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Springfield Veterinary Holistic Center offers extension to conventional medicine

Bettejeanne “BJ” Hammond much prefers the term “body work” to massage. “Open wine and get out the candles, that’s what people think of massage,” she said. “They think it’s to relax, but it’s so much more than that.”