Editorial: Holidays Are About Giving
Give thanks and share; tens of thousands of families around us are in need.
The holidays are about giving, and giving thanks. The holidays are about children and family. The holidays are about sharing, about joy. The holidays are about being thankful and about faith and appreciation. The holidays are about alleviating suffering for others. Surrounded by the bounty in so many neighborhoods in Northern Virginia, many of us see little signs of the massive unmet needs here. But in Fairfax County Public Schools, more than 52,000 of the students are poor enough to receive free or subsidized meals, a significant measure of poverty.
Letter to the Editor Mount Vernon:For All Those Who Believe
In the Nov. 13-19 publication of The Gazette, Rocky Curtis, in a letter to the editor, extolled the goodness of Tom (a.k.a. Santa) Bailey and indicated that with a neighbor, Wendy Kilpatrick, will miss Tom.
Letter to the Editor Mount Vernon: Help Disadvantaged Students
I found it very interesting that the Chantilly Pyramid Minority Student Achievement Committee (CPMSAC) [“Only Excellence Is Good Enough,” www.connectionnewspapers.com] is working so closely with the public school system and the community in an effort for bettering the academic successes and potential of minority students.
Letter to the Editor Mount Vernon: Supervisors Lack Transparency
I have grown frustrated with the lack of transparency of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors concerning the manner by which they vote upon prospective appointees to the various county boards, authorities and commissions.
Editorial: Why Shop Small? Shop Large Locally
Small business Saturday isn’t enough; don’t wait until then, and don’t stop after that.
There is a joy to shopping in local stores at the holidays, to participating in community traditions and celebrations, to walking along a sidewalk with the streets decked out for the holidays, to being greeted by someone likely to be the owner of the store, to finding gifts that are not mass-produced.
Column: And The “Scancer” Is…
Unknown at this date – Saturday, November 15. In fact, it will be six days from now until we’ll know the results. As it is always scheduled, a week or so after my quarterly CT Scan, we will have our usual follow-up, face-to-face appointment with my oncologist.
Letter to the Editor: Puller Supports Review Board
The following letter was addressed to Sharon Bulova, chairman, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. I am writing to you to recommend that the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors create, appoint and support a Citizen Complaint Review Board.
Letter to the Editor: Who Will Protect River?
To the Editor: For over a month, an abandoned boat named "Group Therapy" out of Washington, D.C. has been tied to trees along the shoreline of the Potomac River next to the George Washington Parkway just south of the exit for Vernon View Drive.
Letter to the Editor: Joyful Feeling
To the Editor: Apparently, next-door neighbor Wendy Kilpatrick and I have enjoyed the same experience with retiring Tom (Santa) Bailey of the Belle View post Office. [“‘Twas the Night before Retirement,” The Gazette, Nov. 6.]
Editorial: Thanksgiving Help for Those in Need
Roll up those sleeves and help.
This week is the week to jump in to help the many organizations that will help needy families through the holidays. Here are a few ideas of how to help, but the opportunities are limitless. More than 236,000 people living in the area do not have access to enough food to sustain an active, healthy life for all members of their households, according to Catholic Charities. That is to say, more than a quarter of a million people, including many children, go hungry on a regular basis.
Column: Excuse Me
Early on during my indoctrination/assimilation into the cancer-patient world in which I now reside, I remember asking a fellow cancer patient/friend if I could use cancer as an excuse for whatever it was needed excusing (directly or indirectly related), and she said: absolutely, “blame the cancer.”
Letters to the Editor
Left Out?
Just received the 2014 Transportation Bond Referendum Information from the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors.
Well-Deserved Local Honor
In last week's Gazette, Orron Kee corrected my inadvertent error concerning the former name of Colonel John R. Byers Park but he erred concerning Col. Byers' middle initial.
Letter: Addressing Metro Capacity
The following open letter was addressed to Aubrey Layne, Jr., Virginia Secretary of Transportation.
The following open letter was addressed to Aubrey Layne, Jr., Virginia Secretary of Transportation.
U.S. 1 Multimodal Study Is Done
Now it’s time for action.
Last week, a long-standing debate in our community was finally resolved — what should the U.S. 1 Corridor look like? It was a long time coming.