Mount Vernon Column: Hosting 6th Annual Amundson Institute
Commentary
Recently, I recognized the sixth annual Amundson Institute scholars on the floor of the Capitol in Richmond. The Amundson Institute provides an educational opportunity for high school juniors and seniors who live in or attend a school located in the 44th district on the role of the Virginia state government and top government relations professionals. We had two students from Mount Vernon High School and two students from West Potomac participated in this year’s program.
Mount Vernon Column: Electronic Textbooks and Other Bills
Commentary
As we pass the mid-point of this General Assembly session, many bills are moving.
Mount Vernon Letter: Postal Service Response
Letter to the Editor
The Postal Service would like to respond to a customer’s letter to the editor [“Mail Delivery Failures,” The Gazette, Feb. 18], which we believe deserves acknowledgement.
Mount Vernon Letter: Wrong Side Of the Issues
Letter to the Editor
Once more, this week, state Sen. Scott Surovell has demonstrated that he is out of the mainstream of even his fellow Democrats.
Mount Vernon: West Potomac Boys Win Conference 7 Championship
Wolverines beat top seed West Springfield in final.
The West Potomac boys' basketball team wins the Conference 7 championship.
West Potomac to Face West Springfield in Conference 7 Championship Game
Coach Houston making third trip to conference final in 12 years with Wolverines.
West Potomac beat Woodson on Saturday.
Mount Vernon: Changes at Fort Belvoir
Garrison Commander Mitchell renews Community Covenant, gives overview at business breakfast
Uniformed members of the West Potomac High School JROTC color guard paraded into the dining room at the Belle Haven Country Club as classmates in a chamber choir sang the national anthem to open the February Business Breakfast of the Mount Vernon-Lee Chamber of Commerce.
Mount Vernon Home Sales: January, 2016
In January, 2016, 76 homes sold between $775,000-$97,500 in the Mount Vernon area.
Mount Vernon Home Sales: January, 2016
Mount Vernon: Local Author Creates ‘Jack Spade’
Second novel reflects influence of film noir.
In “Jack Spade: Dream Detective,” computer programmer James Harper takes on the persona of a 1940s detective, Jack Spade, in his dreams. The story follows Spade and his partner Joe Sawyer as they try to solve a missing person’s case.
Mount Vernon Snapshot: Supporting UCM Progreso Center
Enjoying the Valentine Dance and Dinner on Feb. 6, hosted by Good Shepherd Catholic Church, are UCM Progreso Center volunteers (from left) banker Ruth Esum, her sister attorney Joyce Williams, and attorney Janet Smith.
Mount Vernon Letter: Mail Delivery Failures
Letter to the Editor
The following open letter was addressed to David E. Williams, chief operating officer and executive vice president, U.S. Postal Service.
Mount Vernon Letter: Unconscionable Lack of Communication
Letter to the Editor
Recently the Virginia Citizens Coalition for Police Accountability, Inc. (CCPA), a Virginia nonprofit corporation, proposed that the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors appoint a Citizen Complaint Oversight Board, comprised of Fairfax County citizens who would accept and investigate citizen allegations of police abuse or misconduct and report its findings and recommendations to the Chief of Police or the Board of Supervisors.
Mount Vernon Column: Regional Gas Tax, Digital Divide, and Identity Protection
Commentary
The fifth week of the General Assembly Session brought some long days and nights as we rushed to complete work on bills before our mid-session deadline called “Crossover.”
Mount Vernon Column: About the Potomac Oil Spill
Commentary
Over the last several weeks, our area has been subjected to an oil spill fouling the Roaches Run waterfowl sanctuary and the Potomac River. Dominion Power claimed responsibility for a 13,500-gallon spill of mineral oil from the Crystal City substation, of which about 500 gallons contaminated the Potomac River. It is working with the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and US Coast Guard to clean up the remaining oil.