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West Potomac Dominates Mount Vernon in Second Half

Wolverines get physical, earn third straight conference win.

The West Potomac boys' basketball team beat Mount Vernon 68-48 on Tuesday.

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Mount Vernon Snapshot: ‘Into the Woods, Jr.’

Aldersgate Community Theater will present "Into the Woods, Jr.," a family-friendly musical in Wesley Hall of Aldersgate United Methodist Church at 1301 Collingwood Road. Shows are Jan. 15-18 and Jan. 22-24. See acctonline.org. Above, Jack (Grant Hamilton) sings with the Townspeople, after the magic beanstalk appears.

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Alexandria: LTA Stages Docu-Drama, ‘Grey Gardens’

Story of Jackie Kennedy's relatives and the American Dream gone wrong.

The Little Theatre of Alexandria (LTA) is staging "Grey Gardens" from Jan. 16 to Feb. 6, 2016. Based on a true story and the 1975 cult documentary, it is an exploration of the American Dream gone wrong and what it means to become a social pariah.

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Alexandria/Mount Vernon Weekend Fun: Jan. 15-24

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Events in Alexandria City and Mount Vernon, Va.

Mount Vernon Home Sales: November, 2015

In November, 2015, 84 homes sold between $1,625,000-$119,000 in the Mount Vernon area.

Mount Vernon Home Sales: November, 2015

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Alexandria/Mount Vernon Weekend Fun: Jan. 8-17

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Events in Alexandria City and Mount Vernon, Va.

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Mount Vernon: Gearing Up for 2016 Challenges

Looking at the year ahead.

With winter vacation, unseasonably warm weather and 2015 in their rearview mirrors, community leaders and elected officials from the Fairfax County School Board, Board of Supervisors, General Assembly turn their attention to some of the most significant issues, developments or decisions in 2016:

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Mount Vernon Snapshot: Teen Heads to National Competition

Jackson J. Harvey, a student at West Potomac Academy in Alexandria will advance to the American Bankers Association (ABA) national competition, Lights, Camera, Save!

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Mount Vernon Snapshot: Book Donations

Waynewood's Junior Girl Scout Troop 6931 delivered on Dec. 16 more than 400 new and gently-used books to United Community Ministries (UCM) of Alexandria as a result of their fall book drive. The majority of the contributions came from the Waynewood Elementary School teachers and students. The books will be provided to children of clients to bring home and encourage the love of reading.

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Mount Vernon Snapshot: Baking Pies To Donate

Boy Scouts from Troop 888, sponsored by Heritage Presbyterian Church, stand with some of the more than 50 fresh apple pies that Scouts of the Troop prepared and baked on Dec. 12 in the kitchen of Plymouth Haven Baptist Church. The pies were donated to local organizations including Rising Hope Mission Church and the Elks Lodge soup kitchen.

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Mount Vernon Snapshot: Grand Champions

At the Dec. 12 Winterfest Dance Invitational hosted by Hylton High School, the Carl Sandburg Middle School Dance Team, won first place trophies in the Pom, Jazz and Hip Hop categories against five other middle school dance teams.

Mount Vernon Snapshot: Scholarship Award

Mount Vernon High School senior Rosemary Morataya received a silver award from The Hispanic Heritage Foundation.

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Mount Vernon Snapshot: Student Leader

Martha Gallagher, West Potomac Class of 2017, has been appointed to the Fairfax County School Board's Student Leadership Development Program. At the Dec. 10 orientation meeting, she is with School Board Member (Mount Vernon) Karen Corbett Sanders and School Board Member (At-Large) Ryan McElveen.

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Mount Vernon Snapshot: Folk Dancers

Alexandria residents Lillie and KD Soriano, as part of Hulala, performed Filipino folk dances for the Christmas celebration at the Mrs. Philippines Home for Senior Citizens in Oxon Hill, Md.

Mount Vernon Letter: Political Correctness

Letter to the Editor

Political correctness run amok has begun to seep into the precincts of Fairfax County.