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Options Set for Real Estate, Meals Taxes

Advertised rates are a cap on options; actual rates can be less or equal but not more.

Advertised rates are a cap on options; actual rates can be less or equal but not more.

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How Far Will Dominion Energy Go?

Reactions to Clear-Cutting NOVA Parks W&OD Trail

Dominion

6 Year Sentence for Tax Crimes, Wire Fraud

A Great Falls man was sentenced March 14 to six years and six months in prison for tax crimes and his wire fraud scheme, according to the Department of Justice.


Turn Down the Lights to Help Migrating Birds

In Northern Virginia alone, an estimated 100 to 160 million birds migrate through our skies each spring and fall. Artificial lights can turn their journey into a confusing and dangerous trek.

Million Dollar Initiative To Help Recently Unemployed Federal Workers

Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) has launched NOVAnext, a $1 million initiative to help recently unemployed federal workers and contractors transition into new careers.


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Beavers Are a Native Keystone Species Here

Humane coexistence tactics can protect trees; beavers benefit. wildlife.

Beavers

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Illegally Passing School Buses About to Get Expensive

New cameras on school bus arms will catch violators; $250 fines start May 12.

Illegally Passing School Buses About to Get Expensive


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Where is Best for Arts Herndon?

When Comstock dropped downtown redevelopment, many things changed for Arts Herndon.

Arts

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Town of Herndon Faces FY26 Budget Season

Nearly 30 percent increase year over year in the proposed budget: countered by tax and fund increases, cuts.

Herndon budget

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Fairfax County Man Ran Away to the Circus

The John Lewis High School alum found his calling with The Greatest Show on Earth

Step right up


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Community Eye Clinic

Exams, screenings help promote eye health.

More than 100 people turned out for the Community Eye Clinic held Feb. 1 at the Charles Houston Recreation Center.

Tax Rate Stays the Same in FY 2026 Proposed Budget

On Tuesday, Feb. 25, City Manager James Parajon presented the proposed operating and capital budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 to the Alexandria City Council.

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City Attorney Snow Retires

Snow served 33 years in CAO.

Assistant City Attorney Karen Snow was celebrated at a retirement reception in her honor following 33 years with the City Attorney’s Office Jan. 29 at Jula’s in Canal Center Plaza.


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New Butchery Opens in Mount Vernon: The Cut

The Mount Vernon area got a special valentine on Feb. 14 when The Cut, a new European-style butchery opened in the Hollin Hall Shopping Center.

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Arlington Philharmonic Exceeds Expectations

Guest soloist Akemi Takayama featured

I never paid much attention to the Arlington Philharmonic, oddly.

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‘It’s Going to Take All of Us’

The atmosphere in the packed Yorktown High School hall was intense. As people lined up to ask questions during Virginia Del. Patrick Hope’s Town Hall meeting on Saturday, they talked about not wanting their names used or a photo taken of a speaker who worked in the federal government.


EcoAction Arlington Volunteer leadership Training

March 19, 6-8 p.m.

Help steward our environment in Arlington.

Letter: Menhaden Study Fails to Advance in Virginia Budget

Despite mounting troubling signs about the health of the Chesapeake Bay’s menhaden population, this legislative session Virginia lawmakers failed to approve three separate efforts to fund a study intended to answer long-standing questions about the Bay’s menhaden.

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