AHC Commits to Success for Low-Income Students
Forty-two low-income high school students celebrated College Signing Day hosted by AHC, Inc. who sponsors the College and Career Readiness Program.
The Best Way To Solve Violence Is To Get Ahead of It
Teaching middle school and high school students to know what a healthy relationship with a peer looks like, what are the boundaries, and conflict resolution.
SEEC gift
Gift
Mask Mandate—Yes or No?
Masks
What to Put in That Christmas Stocking
Christmas stocking
Outpouring of Local Help for Afghan Refugees
The need is great for volunteers, monetary donations and more.
Thousands of Afghan refugees have landed at Dulles Airport in recent days.
Senior Olympics Profile Orienteering
Which way is north again?
Grab a compass and detailed topographical map and head out over unfamiliar terrain to navigate a set course in the fastest time.
Lucky Danger Adds Twist to Chinese-American Food in Arlington
New take-out opens in Westport
Lucky Danger opened with much anticipation July 21 at Arlington’s Westport behind Pentagon City.
Silver Anniversary, Grande Finale
Last performance for Bowen McCauley Dance Company to celebrate final performance, at Kennedy Center
Lucy Bowen has decided to go out with a bang.
Rock Spring UCC in Arlington Donates $24,000 to Power Rural Clinics in India During COVID
One man’s journey lights a village.
Save a life with a reliable solar panel in a medical clinic in rural India.
Northern Virginia Senior Olympics Opens 39th Year in September
Step up and claim your Olympic medal awarded after each event.
It Just Gets Better and Better in Arlington
AFAC’s new warehouse expands capacity for feeding 2,300 families a week plus delivery to five senior centers.
A line forms on July 15 outside the AFAC (Arlington Food Assistance Center) building on S. Nelson Street as people wait with their bags and rolling carts for a week’s supply of supplemental groceries.
Ballston Farmers Market Offers CBD Products
Ryan Clark stands at the Cannabreeze CBD stand at Ballston Farmers Market on July 1.
Preview: Encore Theatre Innovates Drive Through Theatre in Arlington
Voyager’s Compass returns for two performances on Saturday, July 10 at St. Thomas More Cathedral School parking lot and Sunday, July 11 at Lubber Run Amphitheater.
Spring Is Bursting Out All Over – All Year Long at Culpepper Garden
Marta Hill Gray, Executive Director of Culpepper Garden, stands with mud on her boots as she supervises the planting of perennials in their new community garden.
Arlington Naturalists Unite in Common Cause
Japanese Knotweed crowds out native growth along the Potomac
It is 6:15 a.m. as Kit Britton heads for the Donaldson Run trailhead where he will have a 45-minute hike to the Potomac River.
Make Friends with a Chameleon in a Book...or in Person in Arlington
APAH hosts Parade of Animals book event
A colorful converted school bus emblazoned with R.E.A.D. sits by the First Presbyterian Church on N. Vermont Street Wednesday, June 2.
Living Donor Liver Transplant Saves a Life
Doug Post of Arlington donates 65 percent of liver to his uncle
Doug Post from Arlington flew to Seattle in early March and returned home with only 35 percent of his liver.
Arlington Parks Ranked Fourth in Nation
New measure assesses equity in park access
Some of the nation’s best parks are right down the block in Arlington.
Burdette Goal: A Microgreen in Every Fridge
Paula Burdette won’t stop talking about microgreens “until they are in everyone’s fridge in the Washington metropolitan area” because of their nutritional value.
Spring Brings Fresh Produce to Arlington Needy
Spring vegetables most needed right now include beets, lettuce, spinach, collards, kale, carrots and radishes.
Gardeners gear up for another season of donating produce to support local food pantries.
Summer Food: Summer’s Bounty at Farmers Markets in Arlington
Customers may choose their own produce this year, instead of prepackaged items.
Come hungry to the Lubber Run Farmer’s Market at 4401 N. Henderson.
Preview: Columbia Pike Blues Weekend, June 18-20
Columbia Pike Blues Weekend combines three days of blues, with both streamed and in-person performances, on June 18-20.
Drive Through Ceremony in Arlington Celebrates College-Bound
Thirty-one high school students sporting the T-shirt of their chosen college were cheered on, cowbells ringing, by family and friends on Friday, May 14 in a drive through signing ceremony by the Rinker Community Center.
Arlington Honors Fallen Police Officers
Acting Arlington County Police Chief Charles Penn stands in front of a plaque “In Valor There Is Hope” in the plaza outside police headquarters reading the names of the seven fallen ACPD officers on Monday, May, 10.
Second Chances Benefit the Whole Community
Toby Pendergrass opens the 13th Second Chance virtual fundraising breakfast on Thursday, April 22.
Stop Waiting — Start Donating
Blood donors suffering from COVID fatigue; visit www.inovablood.org/donate-blood/
Just a few minutes of your time can save a life.
Walker Chapel Cemetery Moves from Maintenance to Ministry in Arlington
Elaborate plans open spots for congregation and community.
Walker Chapel United Methodist Church, after four long years of permits and drawings and dreams, is set to break ground on renovations to its historic cemetery.
“Sisters” Leave Privilege to Join Resistance
Story of nine Vietnamese women in their fight against French oppression
Patricia (Kit) Norland sat listening to a Vietnamese social worker in 1988 in Saigon as Oanh explained in beautiful English what it was like to suffer postwar trauma with poverty, unemployment, domestic abuse and street children.
Manoukian Brothers Oriental Rugs in Arlington Nears 100 Year Anniversary
“Live from the Rug Shop” features local performers.
A stack of 3x10-foot runners lines one of the walls at Manoukian Brothers Oriental Rugs on Columbia Pike.