Classified Advertising April 3, 2013
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Madison Boys’ Lax Edges Yorktown
Madison goalie Hayden, Yorktown keeper Pollack play well.
The Madison boys' lacrosse team comes from behind to beat Yorktown.
Flourishing After 55 April 3
“Flourishing After 55” from Arlington’s Office of Senior Adult Programs for April 15-20.
Orange Line Calendar April 3
Information on events taking place around the Orange Line.
Arlington Entertainment Calendar April 3
Information on entertainment events taking place in Arlington.
New Super Stops on Hold
Within a month of the opening of the first of 24 Columbia Pike Super Stops at Columbia Pike and Walter Reed Drive, Arlington County Manager Barbara Donnellan halted the planned construction of the 23 remaining Super Stops following an outcry about the cost.
Reviewing Seasonal Energy-Saving Tips
Environment Virginia, U.S. Rep. Jim Moran and the BlueGreen Alliance offered springtime energy-saving tips during a tour at Scott Sklar’s super-efficient home in North Arlington on Thursday morning, March 28.
41st Annual ‘Messiah’ Sing-Along
The church quietly filled with people as Dennis Edelbrock, Chuck Seipp and Paul Skevington performed a pre-concert recital on Sunday evening, March 31, at the Clarendon United Methodist Church in Lyons Village.
Arlington Crime Report April 3
Information on crimes reported in Arlington.
Column: Ballston BID Is Launching the Future
In a bygone era, the old adage “good fences make good neighbors” might have been true — but not in today’s Northern Virginia, and definitely not in Ballston.
“Flourishing After 55”
“Flourishing After 55” from Arlington’s Office of Senior Adult Programs for April 15-20. Arlington senior centers: Aurora Hills, 735 S. 18th St.; Walter Reed, 2909 S. 16th St.; Culpepper Garden, 4435 N. Pershing Dr.; Langston-Brown, 2121 N. Culpeper St.; Lee, 5722 Lee Hwy.; Arlington Mill at Fairlington, 3308 S. Stafford St.; also Madison Community Center, 3829 N. Stafford St.; TJ Comm. Center, 3501 S. 2nd St.
Local Researchers Address ‘Concussion Culture’
Education and proper health care are keys.
With the impending warmer weather comes an increased number of children participating in outdoor activities. Some local health care professionals and researchers are issuing words of caution.
Fairfax County’s Homeless Population Declines 12 Percent
Emphasis on rapid re-housing, prevention keys to success.
Despite economic obstacles and fallout from across-the-board sequester cuts, Fairfax County’s number of homeless individuals declined 12 percent decline in the past year, and 26 percent since 2007.
Classified Advertising March 27, 2013
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Lucky dog animal rescue adoption event
Megan is hugging her new dog bud during the lucky dog recue adoption outside dogma dog bakery in shirlington on sat. march 16. Volunteers from lucky dog animal rescue come to shirlington once a month for local residents to adopted a rescue dog. Most dogs rescued by from lucky dog animal rescue are from S. Carolina.
Editorial: More Obstacles to Transparency
General Assembly puts more information out of public reach, but other factors also limit access.
The first paragraph of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, passed by the General Assembly in 1968, states that all public records "shall be presumed open." It doesn’t add, “except when we don’t want to,” although that provision does seem to be available in many cases. Individual government entities have a variety of ways of making it hard for the public to access public information.
Column: 14.8 Percent
That is the percentage of diagnosed lung cancer patients who survive beyond five years, according to The National Cancer Institute’s SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2009, in a graph published in the Feb. 26, 2013 Washington Post’s weekly Health & Science section. As a non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) survivor beginning his fifth year post-diagnosis, charting my prospects in such a cold and impersonal manner is both chilling and arguable. “Chilling” in that facts speak for themselves and are hardly made up of whole cloth, to invoke one of the late Jack Kent Cooke’s more famous quotes. And “arguable” in that charts, statistics, etc., may very well measure the mean, but it sure doesn’t measure the man (this man, anyway). Meaning, from my perspective: sure, the chart is scary as hell, but I’m not sure I’m on it, if you know what I mean? (I know you know what I hope.)
Better Training, More Technology
The bipartisan commission released findings, recommendations regarding long lines on Election Day.
"The commission has identified a variety of improvements and efficiencies to ensure access and convenience for voters in future elections.” —Sharon Bulova
Governor Approves Conditional Budget for Medicaid Expansion
Vote-swapping operation traded transportation votes for Medicaid money.
Half a million uninsured Virginians may be eligible for Medicaid under an agreement now being worked out in Richmond — a deal in which Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell agreed to include Medicaid expansion as part of the budget if Senate Democrats supported a transportation package.
Fairs and Festivals 2013-2014
Information on fairs and festivals taking place in 2013-2014.