Winning the Spirit Award
Langley Crew honors graduating senior Tyler Seckar.
Tyler Seckar, Langley rower and graduating senior, has won the Hillary J. Fein Spirit Award for the “athlete who best embodies the true spirit and passion for Crew.”
Create Day Showcase at Cooper Middle
Parents, teachers, students, and community members observed hundreds of projects that Cooper students created throughout the year exhibited at the school’s Create day showcase.
Widening Route 7
VDOT: Plans not finalized.
Construction to add another two lanes to seven miles of Route 7 could start by 2018.
Local Team Places Sixth in Odyssey of the Mind World Finals
Forestville Elementary’s Odyssey of the Mind team took home sixth place in the May World Finals competition.
Letter: Senator Who Gets It
As a small-business owner, I appreciate Mark Warner's work to foster the right environment to attract and retain new businesses.
Local Real Estate: May, 2014 Top Sales in Great Falls and McLean
In May 2014, 20 Great Falls homes sold between $2,900,000-$517,800, and 92 homes sold between $4,000,000-$156,111 in the McLean and Falls Church area.
Local Real Estate: May, 2014 Top Sales in Great Falls and McLean
Keeper of Our Local Story
The Great Falls Historical Society has carved as its mission, to keep the local story of life in Great Falls, Virginia over the centuries.
Helping Schools Visit Park
Raylynn Oliver, on behalf of the Great Falls Friends and Neighbors presented a check for $545 to Friends of River Bend President Tim Hackman, Vice President John Hughes-Caley and Board Member Odiorne Beebe.
Letter: Protecting Great Falls Trees
I commend the Great Falls Connection for doing everything to protect and expand the White Oaks in Great Falls [Protecting the White Oak, Great Falls Connection, June 18-24, 2014].
Memories of a Bittersweet Year
Langley Class of 2014 graduates, remembering the two who died.
They said their goodbyes with a little bit of old and a little new.
Opinion: Small Acts of Kindness
Evidence of the long-lasting effects of kindness to others in daily life.
A foster child alumni recently told me that what helps her to keep moving forward are the happy memories she has stored in her heart. Curious, I asked if she would share a few with me.
Observatory Groundbreaking, Pavilion Ribbon Cutting
Turner Park’s facelift
Years after money first began being raised to revitalize the land for a park, the pavilion had a ribbon cutting and the roll-top observatory had its groundbreaking on the drizzly Saturday morning.
Dancing for a Cause
Colvin Run dance raises funds for Alzheimer’s research.
In the historic Colvin Run Community Hall, local team Step and Swing for Elaine held a fundraiser in memory of Elaine Krawitz, who died last July of dementia.
Great Falls Home Sales: May, 2014
In May 2014, 20 Great Falls homes sold between $2,900,000-$517,800.
Great Falls Home Sales: May, 2014