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Michael Freedman

Mike Freedman, who found respite in radio early on and would become a radio network executive, journalism professor and university administrator, died at home in Alexandria, Va., surrounded by his family, on Sept. 18 from pancreatic cancer. He was 71.

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Caregiving Corner

My Loved One Has Dementia. What Do I Say or Do?

“We want our loved ones to smile.” — Speech language pathologist Susan Wranik

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‘In Darkness There Is Light’

Alexandria Police Department unveils Suicide Memorial.

“Make no mistake -- they are and will always be our brothers in blue.” — Retired Police Chief David Baker


Flourishing After 55 in Arlington

After 55

Fire Station No. 8 Replacement

Call for historical donations by Oct. 15

Fire Station

Food Security Mini-Grants

Food Security Mini-Grants


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Celebrate Banned Books Week

Read one … or more … banned books.

Books


Urban Agriculture Month

Urban Agriculture Month

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The Road from Recovery to Art

Artist


Letter: Eliminating Animal Protection Police?

Letter to the Editor

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Students Protest VDOE’s Policies

Flash point awaits as some schools balk at implementing policies.

Policies

Parktober Events in Fairfax

Fall events


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Long Time Career Forester Retires

Master Naturalists honor Jim McGlone

Master Naturalists honor Jim McGlone retires

Race for Soil & Water Conservation District Board

Get to know the candidates, and the Board

Soil Board

Keeping a Republic

History records that at the end of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 Benjamin Franklin who was the senior member of the Convention was asked what kind of government the delegates who had sweltered through months of heat and compromises had produced. His oft-quoted response was “a republic if we can keep it.”


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More Than Meets the Eye

McLean Community Center’s Fall Community Parking Lot Sale

On Saturday, Sept. 16, the McLean Community Center held its much-anticipated Fall Community Parking Lot Sale.

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Celebrating Citizenship

Goodwin House honors newest U.S. citizens.

“It is the many places, people and cultures that makes the United States so special.” — New U.S. citizen Nada Boris