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Food Trucks Come to Tysons

Another sign that this business area takes on an urban feel.

Thanks to a Fairfax County ordinance in Tysons Corner, areas known to the food truck world as “food deserts,” are getting relief, not in the form of rain like happens in the desert world, but in the form of a new lunch option in certain Tysons Corner zones where food trucks were previously banned.

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McLean, Great Falls: Area Teens Finding their Cause

Celebrate St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital this weekend at the French Embassy.

In true red-carpet-event style, Parker Gioia, a high school junior from McLean’s Potomac School, will be interviewing guests as they enter Saturday’s Parent/Teen Golden Gala to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

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Great Falls: Finding His Comfort Zone

Steven Kurtz, 14, of Great Falls becomes an accomplished baker.

very so often a youngster finds his passion in life, long before adulthood captures his time and energy. That is the case with 14-year-old Steven Kurtz, who has garnered a reputation as an accomplished baker in the Great Falls community.

Great Falls: Saying Goodbye to Agent

The Cheshire family of Great Falls trains assistance dog to help a Norfolk woman.

Canine Companions for Independence – a national non-profit organization that provides assistance dogs for children and adults with disabilities – has announced that Norfolk resident Patricia Coale has recently received an assistance dog from Canine Companions for Independence.

Snapshot: Robert Gilbert Exhibits at Great Falls Library

Robert Gilbert, a long time member of the Great Falls Studios, is exhibiting at the Great Falls Library throughout the month of September. This solo exhibit features 30 oil paintings - four of Washington, D.C., 16 of New York and the rest are still life. “I think this is my best solo exhibit and I’ve had many,” the artist said. This picture is titled ‘Capitol in the Fall.’

Great Falls Player Joins Soccer Academy

Adrien Cushing, 15, of Great Falls -- who attended Forestville ES, Cooper MS, and is 10th grader at Langley HS -- started playing recreational soccer for Great Falls and then travel soccer for them.

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Great Falls Teen Wins Track Championship

Thirteen-year-old Daniel Silvestri achieves track championship in the Bandolero Series.

Thirteen-year-old Daniel Silvestri from Great Falls won Southside Speedway’s track championship in the Bandolero series.

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Great Falls Writers Group Adds Evening Meetings

Daytime meetings will also continue.

“It’s time to write.”

‘Concert Across America to End Gun Violence’ at Tysons Biergarten

A coalition of gun violence prevention organizations in the DC/ Northern Virginia area have announced participation in the national “Concert Across America to End Gun Violence” on Sunday, Sept. 25.

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Suicide Loss ‘Club’

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When I was 15 years old, I received my first “membership card” to suicide loss. I got the platinum membership card because not only was my loss to suicide, but it was also a parent.

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Great Falls: ‘Straight Off the Farm’ Exhibit Opens at Triny's Tex Mex Grill

A colorful exhibit "Straight Off the Farm" has just gone up at Triny's Tex Mex Grill in the Great Falls Shopping Center. Leslie Anthony, local artist and member of Great Falls Studios, has bought her horses, hounds, roosters, cows and various other critters plus some flowers from the farm garden to brighten up your day. The exhibition will run until Oct. 14

Great Falls Snapshot: Karen Roll Exhibits at Katie’s Coffee House

Through the month of September the Great Falls artist Karen Roll will be exhibiting “Reflections of Nature,” landscapes in oil, at Katie’s Coffee House, 760 Walker Road, Great Falls.

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Paint Great Falls to Be Held Sept. 7-10

The community is welcome to come watch art as it's being created “en Plein Air” (outdoors).

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Great Falls: Saving Sea Turtles

MISHELL: Sea Turtle Drones & STEM Education Presentation held in Great Falls.

On Aug. 20, Katie’s Coffee House in Great Falls Mike Kearney hosted Kashmir World Foundation’s MISHELL Autonomous Sea Turtle Drone and Stem Education Presentation in order to raise awareness about threatened and endangered sea turtles throughout the world.

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Historic Night for Great Falls Grange

Eleven Great Falls organizations to present vision for community use of Grange to Supervisor John Foust in September.

Eleven Great Falls organizations reconvened last Wednesday night, Aug. 17, 2016, to solidify their vision that would bring the Great Falls Grange back to life, in line with efforts of local farmers who built the community gathering place in 1929.