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Local Connections
NVCT Wins $500 in Patch Contest
Patch is pleased to announce the winner of a $500 donation from Patch is Annandale-based Northern Virginia Conservation Trust. Earlier this month, Patch ran a contest in which a lo...
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Local Connections
NGA Visits West Potomac High School
(Editor's Note: The following was contributed by Adriana Meeks, West Potomac High School Media Liasion) On April 23, students from Ms. Frances Coffey’s AP Human Geography class were...
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Local Connections
PHOTOS: Mount Vernon Council of Citizens' Associations Gala
Outstanding Mount Vernon District residents were honored at the Mount Vernon Council of Citizens' Associations 23rd Annual Gala Saturday night at the Laurel Hill Golf Club in Lorton. ...
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The Neighborhood Files
Park Service Seeks Input on Dyke Marsh Preservation
The National Park Service is asking for your ideas on proposals for the agency's Dyke Marsh Restoration and Long Term Management Plan. The George Washington Memorial Parkway, a part ...
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The Neighborhood Files
PHOTOS: Historic Huntley Restored to Former Glory
Historic Huntley has at last been reconnected with its long-lost sibling down the road. A Federal period villa built in 1825 for Thomson Francis Mason, a grandson of George Mason, Hi...
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Business
Residents Work to Save Woodlawn Stables
A petition to save a Mount Vernon equestrian facility from closing garnered nearly 1,000 signatures in one day. Save Woodlawn Stables was organized by Mount Vernon residents Shelley ...
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Schools
Princess for a Night Comes to West Potomac
The fanfare surrounding this high school rite of passage has flourished, and it’s no wonder that prom spending in the U.S. has increased to an all-time high. Fortunately, some studen...
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The Neighborhood Files
TV Producer Donates Walk-On Role for Auction in Charity Gala
Living in Hollywood, network television producer Greg Garcia is surrounded by worthy charities that hold fancy events to support good causes. But when the time came for him to lend a hand...
