Letter: Ebola: Panic in All the Wrong Places
Letter to the Editor
To the Editor: Ebola is spreading to epidemic proportions in West Africa. There are no uncontrolled cases of Ebola in the U.S. In spite of this, it is the people of Africa who need to worry more, and Americans who need to worry less. However, the virus is not taken nearly seriously enough by the people of West Africa.
Elizabeth Wiley wins the Great Falls Farmers Market Basket Raffle
Last Saturday, Sept. 13, was the Great Falls Farmers Market annual "Getting to Know You" Market. Vendors wore name tags.
Butterfly Window Display At Great Falls Library
Reston Anthropologie donates display to Great Falls Garden Club for use in new exhibit.
The Reston store of fashion-forward clothing retailer Anthropologie has donated its window display of more than 10,000 hand cut and hand painted paper Monarch butterflies to the Great Falls Garden Club for use in the club’s new exhibit on the wildflower and native grass meadow at the Great Falls Library.
Local Real Estate: July, 2014 Top Sales in Great Falls and McLean
In July 2014, 16 Great Falls homes sold between $2,200,000-$512,500, and 116 homes sold between $3,022,000-$188,000 in the McLean and Falls Church area.
Local Real Estate: July, 2014 Top Sales in Great Falls and McLean
Langley Volleyball Coach Shifflett Reaches 300 Wins
Andrejev’s 17 kills lead Saxons over South Lakes.
The Langley volleyball team defeated South Lakes on Monday night, giving head coach Susan Shifflett her 300th career victory.
Deadly Potomac
Drownings near Great falls Park are visitors, say experts.
Every year, a handful of people fall victim to the surging, powerful waters of the Potomac Gorge. According to experts, most accidents on the white waters near Great Falls Park are from visitors rather than experts kayaking or rafting the rapids.
BrightView Opening Soon
A new assisted living community will be opening soon in Great Falls. When BrightView Assisted Living opens this month, it will already be half full with residents.
Speaker’s Series to Be Held in Great Falls
The series will kickoff on Sept. 23 at the Great Falls Library.
The Great Falls Speaker’s Series, a dynamic, new series that will feature a wide array of literary artists from diverse creative backgrounds, will kick off on Tuesday, Sept. 23. The evening events, to be held monthly at the Great Falls Library, will be free and open to the public.
Planning for Holiday Homes Tour Underway
McLean Woman’s Club holds annual Kickoff Tea.
The Woman’s Club of McLean held its annual “Wintertime in August” kickoff tea on Thursday, Aug. 21, to preview its 48th annual Holiday Homes Tour, which will take place in early December. This year’s tour will feature four large houses in close-in Langley Farms, a historic McLean neighborhood just off Dolley Madison Boulevard. (Route 123).
Towlston Bridge Re-opens in Time for School Year
The Virginia Department of Transportation re-opened two bridges in Fairfax County on Sunday, Aug. 31, after crews worked quickly to replace the crossings in just two months and restore traffic for school bus routes.
Great Falls Artists Exhibit in Reston
‘Breakthrough event’ at U.S. Geological Survey extends reach of arts group.
“A Sea of Sticks and Stones,” a juried exhibition of artworks by 34 members of Great Falls Studios, opens Sept. 3 at the U.S. Geological Survey National Center, taking the creative energy of Great Falls artists to neighboring Reston and awarding them $1,000 in prizes in the process.
Riverbend Park Hosts Virginia Indian Festival
Park prepares for 17th annual Virginia Indian Festival.
Riverbend Park in Great Falls will be hosting its 17th annual Virginia Indian Festival on Saturday, Sept. 6. Members of eight tribes will gather on the banks of the Potomac River from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Letter: ‘Real Jobs’ and ‘Real Taxes’
To the Editor
In Leesburg on August 21, Supervisor John Foust, in discussing his opponent Delegate Barbara Comstock, said "I don't think [Comstock's] even had a real job."
Letter: Facing Homelessness
To the Editor
In his opinion piece (“Homelessness: Source of Trauma for Children,” Connection, August 13-19, 2014), Dean Klein, the Director of Fairfax County’s Office to Prevent and End Homelessness, clearly enumerated the reality for hundreds of homeless families and their children in the County.
Great Falls Optimists’ Planned Activities
Planned activities for the Great Falls Optimist Club that provide opportunity for all ages to learn, serve, lead and to help youth who influence the future.