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Late Season Farmer’s Markets are Bustling Before the Holidays

Farmers Markets in December

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Local Jazz Artist Wows Crowds

Worldwide and at Laporta’s on Duke Street

Jazz singer

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Roadside Marketing Efforts Rampant on Richmond Highway

Some say it is unsightly.

Roadside signs

Celebrating Native American Heritage Month

Native American

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Transurban and Community Partners Promote Child Passenger Safety

Sponsored

Transurban, operator of the 495, 95 and 395 Express Lanes, and Community Partners Promote Child Passenger Safety.

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Local Deli’s Sandwich List Resembles the Old Ball Coach’s Playbook

Washington football stars go down in Franconia Deli history.

Football-themed sandwiches

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A New Springfield Discussed at Chamber Meeting in Mount Vernon

New elements around the town center will bring needed economic development.

New Springfield discussed

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Seasonal Bird Migration Is Well Underway

Birds

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Community Shopping Area Adorned by New Parklet

All sorts of possibilities for colorful space in the Mount Vernon Plaza shopping center.

New Parklet

Updating BRT Station Names

The community spoke out and officials listened.

BRT Names

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Quiet Mowers and Free Fertilizer, the Lamb Mowers

Lambs

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‘Hateful, Ignorant, Wrong’

Thousands of students around the state protest Youngken revisions to 2022 VDOE policies.

Protest

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Mount Vernon Fire Damages Apartments

No injuries reported in the top floor fire.

Fire

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Ribbon Cut on New Mount Vernon Trail Feature

National Park Service improvement is one of a few along the parkway.

MV Trail

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Working Up the Scares at The Haunt in Lorton

Workhouse Arts Center’s Haunted House in Lorton is a work of theatrical proportions.

Workhouse Haunt